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Here is Cryonica's fourth offering in their ongoing quest to bring you (to quote Alexys' sleeve notes) 'the best of the innovative sounds of industrial'. It goes without saying that this is something every comp should aim for & while the hits outweigh the misses here I personally could have done without so many remixes of Alfa-Matrix artists. Such heavy involvement is understandable given that they co-compiled it & while the involvement of Ayria, Unter Null (with a fine C-Drone Defect remix of "Sick Fuck"), Diskonnekted, Plastic Noise Experience or OVNI is usually cause for celebration I'm sure it wouldn't have taken much effort to dig up something unreleased. Luckily Inure's "Subversive", which shows this US band coming along nicely and Headscan's "Dead Silver Sky" do make partial amends for this and it goes without saying that Leaether Strip's "Suicide Bombers" is automatically exempt from these comments! Cryonica's lot fair better in this respect, offering newies from Fiction 8, an accessable, almost poppy track from Inertia (with Reza's vocals sounding more melodic than ever) & Swarf, whose "Not Enough" is remixed by Chaosphere who is, in fact, Chris Keefer, so the end result isn't a million miles away from the Swarf we all know & love. Blue October's "Nervous Energy" gains an edgier, dancier style to fit in with the comp while Knifeladder will appeal to all hard industrial fans. There are also a couple of new names here in the shape of Tekkno Orgasm & Octolab, the latter of whom present a lively mix of synthpop & electroclash and it's nice to see C-Drone-Defect (whose "Adolescence" has lost none of it's excellence in the 2 years since its release), Brainclaw, Mind:State, Interface, X-Fusion and Taktical Sekt all getting some well-deserved recognition while Infekktion team up with Sero.Overdose (themselves, in effect) for "Black Ocean". I'm positive, however, that such relative unknowns as Human Decay and Schattenschlag would have done themselves more favours by sticking to the originals of their respective tracks, thus giving the listener a better idea of what they're about although Per Herb's work does nothing to lessen Militant Cheerleaders On The Move's old skool style. Overall, then, this is a fine collection that should help you to follow the label notes & 'get your arses out on the dancefloor'!! |
