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I've known the name Tyske Ludder for ages but for some reason I always thought they were a darkwave/goth-type band. Still, I'm glad I've finally discovered who they are & how good they are on this superb album that announces their comeback in style. Their robust style acts as a reminder of what EBM used to sound like in the days before the world & his wife started getting in on the act, sounding as if it was all hand played rather than programmed & if it turns out that's not the case then it only serves to demonstrate their undoubted expertise. In fact this expertise is evident throughout, starting with the opening "Betrayal" which sees the band using a greater variety of sounds & effects to make their music constantly exciting & especially during the excellent "Canossa" where powerful rhythms are embellished & emphasised by minimal but effectively simple melodics or in the way that "Khaled Aker" is expertly developed from a simple but assertive bass drum & sequence line into an enthrallingly full-blooded experience that utilises buzzsaw synths & Indian voice samples. Both "Beaufort 12" & the full-blooded & danceable "Bionic Impression" should appeal to fans of more modern EBM although once again there's that genuine old-skool feel that resembles the likes of E-Craft & even if the slower "Schreie" does go on a bit too long the Stuka sample is a very cool touch indeed. In fact, the only moan I could make here would be that the closing "Orion" is rendered more of a curio due to its relative brevity of 2.28 is the only moan I could make about this album (& at least it crops up at the end where it does no real harm!!) & the excellence of the rest of the album will soon make you forget all about that. This excellence is maintained throughout with such later tracks as "Manipulation" impressing through another expert combination of harsh vox, rapid-fire sequencing & scorching melodic backing while the excellent bass chords that grace "Frequenzwechsel" prove well able of holding the listener's attention in the absence of any real vocal content. Such a superior EBM experience shows the newbies just how it's done, proving that there's no substitute for experience & that, while form is temporary, class is permanent & class is what Tyske Ludder have got in spades. |
