In this episode of Radio Valencia's Escape Velocity show, DJ Fraser presents artists featured at the 2025 Cruel World festival. Both legendary and newer bands lay down goth, electric pop and dance; some call it "darkwave".

Whatever you call it, it is a celebration of life in the face of world that is indeed often cruel.

Wonderful Life - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dat Fire (feat. BLKGMMN) - Dave P
Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
Nobody's Diary - Yaz

Thunderstorm - Café Alé - Café Alé
MH Acid (feat. Pharaohs) - Café Alé
Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange

Changing - Kite
Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty - Garbage
House Of Self-Undoing - Chelsea Wolfe

We Don't Have to Dance - ACTORS
Deep Down & Dirty - Stereo MC's
Electricity - Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark
Across That Fine Line - Nation of Language

Club Zero - The Go-Go's
God's Zoo - The Cult
Waiting To Wait For You - N8NOFACE & Chico Mann
Apocalipsis Virtual - Depresión Sonora

The Perfect Girl (The Motion Retrowave Remix) - Mareux
Waiting for the Sirens' Call - New Order
It Goes Fast (Sacred Skin Remix) - Sacred Skin & Patriarchy
Angelus - Monks Of The Abbey Of Notre Dame