Fresh from a second tour across Europe, Industrial Synth Crust artist Schkeuditzer Kreuz (alias Kieren Hills) announced the new remix collection, Schkeuditzer Kreuz is Reinventing Axel F – Swan Grinder Remixed, a companion release to the third studio LP, Swan Grinder, ahead of the upcoming Swan Grinding Oceania Tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The album features seven of the eight tracks from Swan Grinder, overhauled by UK industrial-darkwave giants ATTRITION; US anarcho-breakcore artists Distruster, Robert Inhuman of Realicide / Decide Today, experimental Siberian-Canadian artist Alia of the Knife from Subterranea, Brisbane’s electro-industrial outfit Hostile Architect, and Sydney industrial-gabber project Mattblackshotgun. Schkeuditzer Kreuz completes the collection with their own Missed Meds Mix of Poor Impulse Control.

“I love putting these remix albums together – hearing how other people take apart my tracks and put them back together in their own image is an amazing feeling. And this time the range of sounds is huge – from oversaturated distorted breakcore, to reimagining with traditional Arabic instrumentation, and pretty much everything in between. This is a huge part of what electronic music is to me – the possibility of pulling everything down and building it up again from scratch in totally different ways, so I’m very excited to get this out in the world and into people’s ears.”

The Australian leg of the international Swan Grinding Tour kicks in from November to December 2025, before returning to Aotearoa for Auckland and Wellington shows in January 2026. Reflecting on the recent tour of Europe, Kieren says the best thing was the sense of community everywhere he went.

“I played gigs across the continent from Armenia to Sweden, from Poland to Spain, and everywhere I went there were these amazing communities of people – putting on shows, being involved in their local squat or bar, or just turning up to have a great time and support touring artists. I felt so welcome and wanted everywhere I went, and that is such a huge part of what we do. This record, Swan Grinder, is the best music I’ve made. I feel like I’ve managed to get the sounds in my head onto record the way I want them, and I’m so excited to take those songs on the road and play them to people who may well have seen me before, but I feel like this is the best I have ever been, particularly when I’m fresh from playing 30 odd shows across Europe. I feel like I am on and I’m stoked to be taking that out there on the road.”

“It’s been two years since I was last in New Zealand and they have been two extremely busy years. I’ve toured a fair bit of the world, released this new album, and worked to get myself, my performance where I want it. So, to bring that back to NZ, to my home country, and to my friends there, means a lot to me.”

Variously termed Industrial Synth Crust, D-Beat Raw Synth Punk, and One human and some machines making noise, in the face of it all, Schkeuditzer Kreuz is a mutant post-apocalyptic hybrid. An intersection between harsh, confronting, mechanical noise and the comparatively raw, organic materials of Hardcore, Crust, and D-Beat punk. It is a noise wrought from the anguish and despair of Antipodean punk veteran Hills from a cabin that he built in the Blue Mountains in Australia.

Since 2020, Schkeuditzer Kreuz has released three full-length studio albums. Isolated and Alone in 2021, No Life Left in 2023, and the latest offering Swan Grinder this year. Alongside a raft of singles, videos, EPs, split-releases, compilation tracks, and remix collaborations Swan Grinder has quickly become the most widely acclaimed release of the project yet. Praised internationally Schkeuditzer Kreuz remains in constant live demand worldwide, while Kieren has also become a touring live member of pioneering UK industrial legends, ATTRITION.Schkeuditzer Kreuz is Re-Inventing Axel F – Swan Grinder Remixed is available both as a standalone digital release, and a physical bonus disc as part of the new Swan Grinder Double CD issue.

Swan Grinding Oceania Tour

Australia 2025

Friday 21 November – Banshees Bar & Artspace, Ipswich

Saturday 22 November – Vinnies Dive, Southport

Sunday 23 November – Old Ambulance Factory, Nambour

Saturday 29 November – Hotel Metro, Adelaide

Saturday 6 December – Café Gummo, Melbourne

Sunday 7 December – Blacksound Records, Melbourne

Saturday 13 December – The Croatian Club, Newcastle

Aotearoa 2026

Friday 23 January – Dead Witch, Ding Dong Lounge, Auckland Saturday 24 January – Underworld Tavern, Wellington

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