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Blimey! 18 tracks & a 75 minute running time; that's pretty good value whichever way you look at it. All we need now is for the brothers Joe & Daniel's music to be a killer & we're laughing so what is it actually like, then? Actually, I don't think I did this album any favours by listening to it for the first time on headphones as the sort of album that ProNoize put out are meant to be blasted out over a massive pair of speakers & although I'm not a massive fan of this sort of instrumental industrial style I actually found the album a lot better than many similar releases. Like any of its type, its natural home is the dancefloor & while it inevitably loses something when listened to in any other environment it still proves to be a surprisingly engrossing listen although the fact that none of the tracks stray over the 5-minute mark probably helps in this respect. '24 Stunden' is the first track to really stand out due to its unrelentingly repetitive, almost hypnotic groove (& the fact that it appears in two different versions might suggests it's one of the duo's faves, too!) which is a trick that 'Black Rubber Dance' repeats with ease. There's a strong hard trance feel on both these tracks that, for me, conjures up a very clear image of the glostick-brandishing hordes at Infest going ape to either track (a vision which I'm sure the aftershow DJs will make a reality come the august bank holiday weekend, anyway!) as well as the stronger EBM-influenced tracks such as 'Hard Technology' & 'Rorschachtest' while 'Enemy List', 'Trapperfieber' & 'Therapie' all benefit from a resemblance to the god-like genius that is Combichrist. In fact I initially thought the opening sequence-line of the latter track was sampled from Get Your Body Beat! Similarly, 'Ascent' puts me in mind of a more one-dimensional version of the current horde of dark electro newcomers while 'Time Envelope' states its case with a barrage of heavy rhythms & minimalistic but effective embellishments that again show the brothers' skill at manipulating a wide range of sonic sources & it's this skill that, for my money, elevates this album above many of its ilk, including the duo's more established labelmates. |
