The Damage Manual Category: Industrial Album: Limited Edition I have to say that I’m not really a tremendous fan of Martin Atkins. I seem to buy all the CD’s he’s involved with, I enjoy several of the bands he works with, but there’s a certain tone to all his music that’s a bit… off.…
S. Sturgis Category: Noise Album: In A Haze For those not “in the know,” Scott Sturgis is the mind behind Pain Station and Converter, as well as other projects, such as this one. This is a CD of a live performance recorded early last year. It speaks more so to the electronic side of Mr.…
Rotersand Category: Electro-pop Album: Truth Is Fanatic I’ve wracked my brain for weeks trying to figure out why someone would like this CD. And, after all that time, I don’t think I’m really capable of figuring it out. Rotersand, which apparently features members of 1AM and The Fair Sex, seems to be less than the…
Genitor Lvminis Category: Ambient Album: Virgæ I think I’m suffering from clinical depression. I’m trapped in a dreary world that seems to be twitchy yet stagnant, nothing moving, life slowing down to a gray, soulless grind. No, I’m just listening to Genitor Lvminis, whose 20 minute Virgæ 3” minidisk EP offers a dark wave of orchestral…
Flesh Field Category: Industrial Album: Strain Industrial music used to be cool. There was a day when it was an edgy reflection of the dark parts of our society, harsh, unforgiving, defiant, rebellious. It got you excited. It raised your blood pressure. It made you want to kick the shit out of someone. It was…
Various artists Category: IDM Album: Warp Vision (The Videos 1989-2004) Warp Records has provided for those who enjoy IDM a massive collection of all the luminaries of the scene that have appeared on Warp over the years. In this collection you have a DVD of the 32 videos that Warp has produced over the past…
Home Video Category: Electro-pop Album: Citizen EP I can’t say that I’m much of a fan of the slow, mellow, atmospheric groove music that makes its way around. I never cared much for Underworld except for “Dirty Epic” and I shouldn’t really like Home Video. But I do. There’s just something about the lamenting nature…
Ultra United Category: Ambient Album: Ultra Audience Ultra Audience is a collection of Carlo Magno’s work between 1998 and 2001. It has a certain atmospheric vision to it that is consistent throughout, droning strings and light metal percussion that give it the flavor of a dark, moody, and introspective film soundtrack. And that much is…
Mortiis Category: Industrial Metal Album: The Grudge I was familiar with the name of Mortiis. I hadn’t heard of his change from the ways of black metal, so I was a bit surprised upon listening to the album The Grudge, his latest (which he refers to as “Era 3”). Mortiis, with the help of his…
Industrial/Coldwave New Music Reviews Yet again we start out on this journey through the current landscape of unsigned bands. There are far too many CD’s and too little space, so let’s get to those that made the cut… I had hoped that I’d receive Firewerk’s Circuits And Curses after hearing their first self-produced album…