Observer: May 2nd, 2014
EPs and LPs from Ars Phoenix, Roppongi Inc. Project, and Processor send you into the weekend with another set of Observer reviews.
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Author: Bruce
Winter Severity Index, “Slanting Ray”
Winter Severity Index make a forceful move into starker post-punk territory on their first full-length.
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Mystified, “Eschate Thule”
Mystified offers dark ambient listeners a detour into more orchestral terrain.
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Inkubus Sukkubus, “Love Poltergeist”
Twenty-five years into the goth rock game, Inkubus Sukkubus are still finding fresh territory, like this blend of folk and darkwave.
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Eisbrecher, “Zehn Jahre Kalt”
Eisbrecher’s odds and sods comp for the North American market has utility in introducing new ears to the Neue Deutsche Härte band.
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Concentration City: A Brief Discussion of Industrial and Science Fiction
Beyond sampling, how does science fiction intersect with industrial music? Bruce takes a brief look at the history and potential future of an inter-genre relationship.
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THYX, “Super Vision”
The third THYX LP in less than two years consolidates Stefan Poiss’ ambitions outside of mind.in.a.box, and prompts reevaluation of his body of work.
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Replicas: The Fourth Man, self-titled
A reissue by Vancouver’s oft-overlooked The Fourth Man emerges from the vaults with raw electro-industrial which sounds utterly fresh in 2014.
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MEND, “Vanishing Point”
MEND’s debut perfectly consolidates the Chicago IDM project’s uncanny mix of the familiar and the alien.
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Welle:Erdball, “Tanzmusik Für Roboter”
Stalwart retro-futurists Welle:Erdball return to their roots with an excellent batch of bleepy synth numbers.
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Alphaxone, “Living In The Grayland”
Prolific Iranian dark ambient project Alphaxone goes in a slightly spacier direction on their solid new release.
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Observer: February 21st, 2014
Our second run at our new capsule reviews column features EP(ish) releases by Kindest Cuts, Yinghti, and Inhalt.
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Severe Illusion, “Deliberate Prefontal Leucotomy”
A terse but acidic release from Severe Illusion serves as an excellent introduction for any yet to experience the Swedish act’s bitter strain of dark electro.
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Seabound, “Speak In Storms”
Seabound’s return is immaculately produced, but too often forsakes instrumentation for the sake of Frank Spinath’s (excellent) vocals.
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Marching Dynamics & Cervello Elettronico, “Shutter and Cross Yourself/Animalism”
The new split from Marching Dynamics and Cervello Elettronico serves up originals and remixes, giving an efficient snapshot of where each of these instrumental projects is at.
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