| Artist |
| X-RX |
| Title |
| Stage 2 |
| Format/Cat |
| CD PN039 |
| Label |
| ProNoize |
| Style |
| Hardfloor industrial |
| Date of review |
| 26th April 2009 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 7.5/10 |
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In many ways the music on this album is as simplistic & straightforward as both the band's name & the title of this, their second (see what I mean?) album. The 15 tracks here are the sort of hard-hitting hardfloor style that the band have branded 'Digital Terror' (& giving one track the same name, just in case you missed it!!) & which always goes down a storm in the clubs & if you like acts such as SAM & Soman then stop reading this right now & rush to make this your next purchase. So, you'll probably have decided already if this album is for you or not & the opening title track sees the band setting their stall out right from the off with the amusing computer voice, which sounds like a horny excercise instructor quickly being joined by the requisite thumping dance beats & spikey electro riffs & while none of the 15 tracks even remotely threaten to move on from the established 'hardfloor' premise (the more abstract, scrapey sounds that grace 'Assholes' being as adventurous as it gets) it proves unfailingly catchy with enough infectious riffs to keep the attention going on tracks such as 'Homofurst' & 'Bleeding Ears', to name just two examples. Subtle & varied this album ain't & its appeal for home listening is, like any of its kind, likely to be fairly limited but what it does it does well & if you're looking for some dynamic & infectious music to get you in the mood for a night's clubbing then this should fit the bill nicely. And once you're there ask your favourite DJ to play it & you're sure to be dancing past the midnight hour & maybe even until the sun comes up!
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