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before you. As promised, a plethora of START Slave Unitscene has... from a punk sensibility, “In the eighties, when I was interviews awaits you. I would like to start Slave Unit has released their first full length sounds in general. In order to ensure a variety of tracks, by thanking everyone (and everything!) for helping make Black Monday a con- self-titled CD on COP International records. younger, the technology stuff I didn’t really like, and tinuing reality. Where to start? Ah, yes....
The name Slave Unit is taken from the midi Maria Azevedo of Battery contributes her vocals to “Slow 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown16 volt crush letdown crush
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some of the stuff I didn’t even understand. I have always 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown crush [re-constriction/cargo music] to the Master device. Before a recent show Time.” When asked about working with Maria, Welch [re-constriction/cargo music] with Scar Tissue in San Francisco, Black been into really aggressive music, and the technology of This album is one good fuck to the 16 Volt has developed a completely 16 Volt style. LetdownCrush is their Monday snagged Mike Welch of Slave Unit replied, “It was really fun. The whole thing was what we head. Eric Powell has thrown third full length release, following Skin and Wisdom, both also on Re- for a brief verbal drilling. Welch is the (it really is over! you can go home now) Constriction. They have gotten super (in a big bright yellow way) tight the 80’s, much like the 80’s sound, was really wimpy. I another slab of cool music at the founder, vocalist, percussionist, guitarist, and only occasionally would their new tracks displease the cyberpunk 16 had really wanted to have. We just didn’t know who. We masses, and i do mean masses as ‘General Manager,’ and Music Director of SU. Volt fan. What I am referring to is that seemingly inevitable pop/”alterna- couldn’t relate to it. I couldn’t get into it. Later, when they this album has major distribution. There are four band members who perform tive” catchy (and too accessible for the too punk rock) sound which wanted to have some girl do backup vocals. Then we had live as SU, but Welch spends the bulk of the With the addition of Marc LaCorte appears on tracks like “The Dreams That Rot In Your Heart.” Yet, 16 Volt
time in the studio creating the band’s sound. started to develop technology, so it was more aggres- (of Black Metal Box) to the band, only sounds similar to a Sister Machine Gun (the “we sure got paid a lot Although Welch is responsible for most of this song, I don’t know, I guess, because I’m her spawn*. spawn as well as some guest players, Eric to do this soundtrack” band) song on this one track. The rest is sure to Slave Unit’s material, he is more than willing sive… No rules or anything that you know you HAD to has put forth an album that builds make you glow (even if you closed your eyes to make the yellow packaging to include a good idea, “The main percentage We were all like ‘I don’t know, why don’t we ask Maria? ‘ and expands upon his previous not a factor!). of the music is done by me, because I spend do. The sounds really started getting better, too. I listened work. My overall impression of the
a one or two issues... • well, we’ve doubled that expectation, that doubled we’ve well, • issues... two or one a “A Cloth Like Gauze” has those unmistakable whispered 16 Volt vocals, a
the most time doing it, but, at least in a live and she said ‘Yeah, sure I’ll do it.’ So we went in there to do album is that it sounds like the superacumen spiffy territory=universe wafting intro, and pretty keyboard samples with some white show, I wouldn’t be as entertaining as the to them, and I always thought that I could do a better job. songs from Skin with some of the noise sections. It’s heavy on the chug-chug guitars, but they are left in the band would be. I come up with a lot of ideas it and when we came out it was what it was. It came out electronics of Wisdom and a lot of that get changed with the rest of the band. background. “Something Left” contains those same vocals but more distort- I was doing the Punk thing, and the way I started was I •••• lovlies! my all buh-bye • esh!) melody thrown in. Ninety percent of the stuff I start but things ed and somewhat more hushed, over keyboards with noisy static and screams good as far as I’m concerned.” The standout tracks on this album get changed by the others. They don’t like towards the end. “The Cut Collector” and “Two Wires Thin” contain this, or they have another guitar idea.” In really got tired of dealing with other people. Because you are the frantic, rhythmic “Breed,” appearances by William Tucker playing guitars. “Two Wires Thin” has him order to make sure that their live show is Mike Welch is quite down to earth, rather quiet and shy. the heavy groove laden “A Cloth goofing around with ‘wah treatment’ making for a very hard aggro-industrial entertaining, Welch exhibits full throttle inten- know how people in a punk band are really all flaky and Like Gauze,” “Shameface” with its sound with a rockin’ beat, neat ping noises, almost techno keyboards, and powerful drums and moody nature, sity and, besides singing, plays percussion on The music of Slave Unit seems to be cathartic. Welch has whacked out guitar effects. The dance floors will have a square dance (lop- a snare drum and a folded metal garbage can. stuff, and I just wanted to do everything myself.” Slave and the slow electro-beauty of sided perhaps with everyone in silver smelting suits.) Right?!! Basically, 16 “Crush.” With all the songs being the anger of a punk, yet he steps back and smiles about it Volt’s new Letdowncrush is neato, nifty and NOISY industrial dance. Have Unit takes the punk elements and throws them into a pit very strong, it’s easier for me to some with your soup. (And just remember you can fast forward through mention the ones I don’t like than “Carla’s Tarantulas,” it’s kinda funny at the end.) [hotstess twinkie] all. The direct and simple honesty of the lyrics and music the ones I do. While not being
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dean sell sheets acumen territory=universe[fifth colvmn] etc Territory=Universe is the new offering from those evil guys in Acumen, and, although it may be hard to find, it’s def- initely worth getting. They continue with their nasty habit of layering electronics and then piercing the electronics with slashes of heavy guitar. Although at first listen this album seems to have even more guitar than the last, if you listen carefully they have really packed in the electronics. From the spooky to the quirky, it’s all here. They have not *spawn (spôn): 1. the mass of eggs deposited in the water by fishes, amphibians, and other aquatic creatures. 2. the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market. 3. a swarming brood; numerous progeny. 4. any lost their sadistic, sarcastic sense of humor either which shows up in songs like “You Deal With This,” which claims person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc. 5. to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water. than more be would i think did never • everyone! bonjour •••• monday... black of episode to ANOTHER welcome • about life, “It’s not as funny as you think.” This song is also a good example of Acumen’s schizophrenic style of song think about acquiring one... or two... • i’ve temporarily run out of thoughts... (you can stop applauding anytime... ge anytime... applauding stop can (you of thoughts... out run temporarily i’ve • two... or one... acquiring about think 017 002 blackMONDAYv1.4 peppermintSEVENTEEN cinnamonTWO First up we have Resist. A local north Jersey/NYC band and, Energetic, dancey, electronic songs with strong female well, they suck. I’ve seen them a bunch of times, with a few vocals make this band an enjoyable group to watch. different band members, and they have always sucked. They Christ Analogue kicked heads in. This rising band from have a penchant for all the typical industrial cliches, and the Seattle, which recently signed with Re-Constriction, is words ‘fuck’ or ‘fuck you’ seems to be the choruses for most very powerful, both sonically and visually. Their aggressive, writing because at one point they launch into a double time assault proving that Acumen is cool at any speed. One songs. Next up was My Psychotic Motor, an alright local and sometimes violent, live show is intensely demanding. of my favorite tracks is “Crazy Stalked Eyes” which has an energetic bass line over a soupy mixture of samples and band that sounds like KMFDM at times and looks a bit like Though there is a level of humor, I thoroughly enjoyed electronics that have all been twisted up to an evil purpose. And nothing can beat the way that song breaks into a EBN. Some maturity and they’ll be pretty good. this performance with the only drawback being the antics slow, weighty groove that grinds your soul down. The cd also contains a cool remix of the song “Mike,” which origi- Fifth Colvmn’s Zia were next. This Boston band is and poor performance of their guitar player, or the ‘big,
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Go see them with Acumen, and you work to date. Maria’s vocals are rap songs I wasn’t so sure that it feel with a slightly more aggressive will know pleasure. nature (more towards Front seamless and brilliant, integrated could be pulled off. But the bands with Evan and Shawn’s electronic Topping the bill was Fifth Colvmn’s Deathride 69. This band is led by 242/Frontline than Armageddon on this compilation have done an in which case you might want to gain, you might not have a computer. wizardry to give us 13 new cre- Dildos/Klute, but not sounding excellent job of keeping the origi- Beatmistress Linda LeSabre, who has played drums for the Thrill Kill CMJ INDUSTRIAL ations and five bonus tracks. like any of the aforementioned). nal intent of the songs in mind Kult. Their show was full of dance laden percussion, campy sex antics, and SHOWCASE, NYC Some of you may be familiar with while adding a lot to the music. good old rowdy fun. While not the best band, definitely an entertaining A LINE FETISH! (you may laugh now, please...) • black monday has a new A LINE FETISH! (you may laugh now, batcave, september 9th, 1996 Some pretty heavy musicians Battery’s reinterpretation of Coolio’s Operation Beatbox has lots of fun act to listen to as well as watch. appear, adding their touch to some “Gangsta’s Paradise” originally creat- stuff, like 16 Volt covering Cypress [gair] great songs. Seibold of Hate Dept. ed for Re-constriction’s Operation Hill and Clay People doing a recreates “Dysphoria” and Matt Beatbox and now played at clubs House of Pain song. Of course Green of Spahn Ranch offers the everywhere. Be warned, this is one of Numb’s cover of Salt-n-Pepa’s Beaten to Death remix of “Ego the weakest tracks on Distance, and “Push It” is hilarious but it’s also a WILL THERE BE A TKK MOVIE??? Death.” Other appearances include it is of very high quality. What is little creepy too. However, many of > Is the writing done as a team? in for “Hit and Run Holiday” to give it that girl group, rock chick feel, ‘cause that’s what we felt Morpheus Sister, Apparatus NC, refreshing about Battery is the intri- the bands took a serious approach Decree, Pneumatic and Oneiroid cate layering of electronics rather to the songs and came up with >>> It’s team. Buzz usually does all the like we wanted. That’s about the only thing we really bring into it right now is different chicks, Psychosis. The most powerful than the inclusion of guitar as is cur- stunning results. Society Burning music, and I collect lyrics and titles and then but not necessarily people that write. It’s me and Buzz who usually write everything. tracks are “Misanthrope” and rently so predominate in this genre. really cuts to the heart of Ice-T’s go there and jam and fit it all in and create > How do you come about finding these new people? “Dawn” created and re-manipulat- Distance is new, fresh and creative, gangland song “Colors”. My it. Some stuff, like the new album, a lot of it ed by Alien Faktor themselves. while maintaining a soothing and favorite song is Battery’s version of we created on the spot. Few ideas, but it just >>> Word of mouth, clubs, people who hang out. It’s just kind of like surface. This last sonic journey is a master- calming charm. If you’re becoming “Gangsta’s Paradise”. You have to kind of happened spontaneously. Our music, > Will there ever be a My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult movie? ful ambient composition which irritated with guitar crunching hear Maria Azevedo sing it to I like it that way. It just like sparks. sits ‘...on the verge of the electro-sounds, Battery is definite- believe it. Some surprises include >>> Yeah. We always say ‘We’re still shooting it.’ We are the movie, but there will be some millennium.’ [miles] ly worth checking out. [miles] Terminal 46’s ultra heavy remake > How have all the member changes over kind of collage. We’re just collecting it. So, yeah there will be. the years affected the sound? of Public Enemy’s “Night of the Living Baseheads” and Institute of Technology’s geeky-cool version of Run- >>> I don’t think it has. It’s good to bring in > What kind of progress is there, or do you have any kind of vision for a completion time? DMC’s “King of Rock”. There are a total of 17 songs by 17 different bands making this one doozy of a compila- different voices. We brought Cinderella Pussie >>> Probably around 2000. Yeah, probably before 2000. Like 1999 or something. tion. 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some muscles they never knew they had. There’s no excuse not to check out Operation Beatbox! [jennifer barnes] A Groovie Mann Interview collide beneath the skin [jill grant]
collide beneath the skin COLLIDEBeneath the Skin for my taste. I love the idea behind Collide, a clash of collide beneath the skin September 20, 1996 • Sanctum, Pontiac, Michigan collide beneath the skin [re-constriction/cargo music] the sweet and enchanting with the harsh world of From the first time I heard Collide’s “Violet’s Dance” noise. There’s a lot that can be done with those con- > Since this has always been a concept of the band, can you tell me about how it started? on the Re-Constriction compilation, I knew I wanted trasts, and I’m not sure they use noise to it’s fullest >>> We had ideas about film, and we borrowed cameras from a friend of ours and did some to get the album. Beneath the Skin fulfills all the potential. However, you have to be impressed by the goofing around. We just used to jam. We’d find some loop and just play it and just ramble on promises that “Violet’s Dance” made. Beautiful and creative use of noise in a traditional song structure. and just play around with it and drink and smoke and have little parties and just roll it. catchy melodies are tinged everywhere with noise, and And, of course, Karin’s vocals are stunning, a perfect the sample manipulation is extremely nimble. The counterpoint to the harsh elements in the music. > If you could, is there an existing movie that you’d like to make a soundtrack for? Or ever songs are electronically based and when guitar and bass Another good thing about Beneath the Skin is that it make a soundtrack for a movie? appear they never overpower the synths. The music is has a variety of tempos and moods. From the hectic >>> I haven’t seen any movies lately. I think it would be probably fun to do a soundtrack to • you could read black monday again... or check out the electronic version at http://www.wormburner.com/bm • then a the electronic version at http://www.wormburner.com/bm • you could read black monday again... or check out put together almost flawlessly and is a little too perfect swirl of “Violet’s Dance” to the gentle, lullaby-like true, i confess, I HAVE of ‘em! it’s we! • you may have noticed , in addition to four more pages, lines, lot’s haven’t a Roman Polanski film or Paul Morrissey, who did Warhol’s early stuff.
003 016 blackMONDAYv1.4 basilTHREE garlicSIXTEEN I showed up at the club not knowing what to expect, since and, at one point, Blaine was on top of the bar rolling I’d never heard Insight 23 or Christ Analogue before. about when CRASH he fell right off with only the drum Then Insight 23 hit the stage, and what followed was the set and broken glass to cushion the fall. This knocked out most abusive performance I’ve ever seen. As the opening power on half the stage, so they stopped for a few minutes notes of the first song began, front-man Blaine hurled a to solve the problem. During this time, the drummer put beer bottle onto the electronic drum set sending a spray of his set back together. You got the feeling that he was used “Strange,” the music flows on like a stream of varying depths. There is an undercurrent that links all the songs broken glass everywhere. The trio played with every ounce to doing this as the whole band did its best to destroy the together but at the same time each evokes very different impressions. The title track, “Beneath the Skin”, is breath- of energy they could muster. I was very impressed with drum set song after song for the rest of the show. You have the crush of the guitar, intricate electronics, explosive per- to admire a drummer who spends so much time hunched taking, and Cevin Key’s remix is pretty interesting. Christ Analogue’s Wade Allin did a really great job of remixing
cussion, and intensity of the vocals. Blaine threw himself over, playing drums that are lying on the stage. I enjoyed “Deep”, bringing out a totally different side of the song. [jennifer barnes] controlled bleeding inationcontrolled bleeding ination around the stage, convulsed, and smashed into everything their set so much that I bought the CD that night. CONTROLLED BLEEDINGInation that I think about it, Controlled
on the stage, totally lost in the emotion of the songs. For “Disease”, “Two More Reasons”, and “Backwash” are controlled bleeding ination [hypnotic/cleopatra]controlled bleeding inationBleeding’s Paul Lemos’ interpreta- some reason, there is a bar on the stage at Club Heaven, totally devastating live. Controlled Bleeding has been a driving force in electronic music for may tion is similarly cracked!? Next up was Christ Analogue, definitely the band most of the crowd was years, pushing boundaries and exploring new territory at every opportuni- Deranged In Space never gets tire- there to see. And for good reason. The undeniable pulse of their songs got ty. This 2-disc set combines selected ambient selections from between the some, you’ll discover something everyone in the place moving. The rhythm was a juggernaut backed up by years of 1985 and 1994 with 4 new tracks of aural exploration. new with each listen (headphones slashes of guitar, layered synths, and the singer’s voice was like a beacon shin- There is an overall eeriness and mysticism about Ination, from the inclusion of are suggested for at least one listen- ing out from the center of the storm. It was good to see a keyboardist who some of the earliest electronic ambient works ever created, “After the Rain,” ing...). To note, other remixers could not only really be into the performance but was the most energetic and “Chain Loop” to the completely ‘symphonic’ “Our Journey’s End (parts include Len Del Rio, K.A. Corp., member of the band as well. These two bands are obviously not only a good 1-4)”. This later composition is part of their current repertoire of thought pro- Torben Schmidt of Aqualite (who, match but good friends as well, as they demonstrated during their mid-song barnes, jennifer thank i will, think and i should, spelling... ly gair jill grant, voking minimalism. The vocals blend in with the myriad of sounds to become incidentally, remixes the ONE song that is not a version of Deranged In INSIGHT 23 & brawls. Christ Analogue will be releasing an album on Re-Constriction, and fun...! grand always that’s nonsense! their about go lemmings the watch ll and a whole rather than separate arrangements. This is unlike any of their past CHRIST ANALOGUE Insight 23 is supposed to be recording this summer, so we can look forward ambient works. The inclusion of 12 tracks from past works is a nice addition. Space, “The Path”), Uberzone,
to hearing more from both bands soon. Dean De Benedicts, Gerald & [john lawson] kraftwelt deranged in spaceIt not only shows the evolution of Controlled Bleeding’ lesser known ambi- Heiki, Anton Floriano, Dr. Kevin ent/etherealdemolition side zoth but compilation showcases a point in the historical timeline of electronic & Virus, and Don Falcone. [miles] music’s brief existence and a hint of it’s future. [miles]
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult... [cleopatra] demolition zothbonus compilation “Zoth Ommog Megamix” The first thing you may notice is START This is one of the shortest and by Vernon B. which is fun, mixing > jill grant: Do you have a new that people haven’t heard, or wanted to duced the album too?!’ Cos that’s what it that all the songs are nice and long, noisiest electro-industrial, wave- all of the songs into one horrible album coming out? hear through the years that we don’t play, said on the computer things you get info on from five to nine and a half minutes. crossover compilations to come confusion of sound. [dean] >>> groovie mann: Yeah, as soon the harder songs: “Gateway To Hell,” “On it. It cracked me up. But yeah, they used to Noise Unit is a side project of Bill from Europe’s industrial label Zoth kraftwelt deranged in space
as we get a label together, we have another This Rack,” you know, a lot of the first put out 12” stuff, you know “West Coast KRAFTWELTDeranged In Space Leeb and Rhys Fulber of Frontline Ommog (via Cleopatra). It is not kraftwelt deranged in space new album coming out called The Crime album stuff. It’s a pretty solid set. Damn,” I think. “Elvis Christ,” that’s one of kraftwelt deranged in space [hypnotic/cleopatra] Assembly. Imagine Frontline of the highest caliber, but is a good For All Seasons. It’s a 10 track album. their older songs. I can remember seeing Assembly and Delerium (another introduction for first time Zoth Denmark’s future advancement of > It’s kind of an odd time to be touring. Is this their records around. Hard to find kind of Kraftwerk. I’d say this is by far side project of Leeb & Fulber) com- > What’s it going to be like? Ommog initiates. more to promote the Deathride 69 project? things. They weren’t distributed. Hypnotic’s most fun and listenable bined and the result would be >>> It’s sort of similar say to some of the >>> No. We just wanted to pop out there All the musicians present are musi- releaseto date, although I hear Decoder. Take the dancey aspects of earlier stuff. It’s got a combination of differ- and do some shows and let our fans and > What are My Life With The Thrill Kill cians of integrity. But they lack a there is another Kraftwelt single in Frontline Assembly and the atmos- ent types of songs on it. Kind of like how friends know that we’re still thinking of them. Kult all about? creative edge that is to be expected existence, which would mean there pheric, ambient aspects of Delerium “Confessions” is. Some aggressive songs and >>> Everything that’s around each of us and from such artist as X Marks the are TWO!? There are exactly 12 and there you have it! It’s the next > Since you’re somewhat involved with some dance grooves. It’s pretty interesting. all of us. It’s just an expression of how we Pedwalk, Klute, Læather Strip and remixes of “Deranged,” my person- evolution of Intermix (yet another Deathride 69, can you tell me about them? feel at the time. You know, like each album, The Armageddon Dildos, who side project of Leep & Fulber) with > When do you expect it will be available? al favorite being the “Coercian >>> Buzz produced some of their album, that’s why they’re all so different. It’s just the perform my favorite track on more vocals or Will (this being an >>> Around January hopefully. As soon as Mix” which is remixed by Matt and I just did a couple of vocal tracks, but way that our lives are going and how we’re Demolition Zoth. “East/West Edit” old, some would say ancient, side- we can settle on the label that we want. Green of Spahn Ranch, which has that project’s just been Linda LeSabre’s, expressing ourselves and what’s influencing which features the ferociously hard a most wonderful trance-like feel project of Fulber) with less vocals! Beat Mistress’ project, and that’s her band. > How’s that going? us at the time and then we do it and then we EBM danceability that the and energy about it. The work as a Guess they figure three names is easi- They dubbed it as our side project, and that >>> OK. Got a couple of different ideas. go on to the next phase of things. It’s kind of Armageddon Dildos are known to whole flows seemlessly and sustains er to remember than five, ACK! WaxTrax!/TVT is interested in getting it, and was a wrong thing. That was a mistake. It a natural process. It just happens. People, produce. Other artist making a consistent level of wonderment Happy dancey industrial which leans some other new label called Red Ants has was a mistake that the label almost inten- when they heard “Hit and Run,” they were appearances include 44xEyes, for the listener to enjoy. The odd towards 80’s new wave pop and expressed interest in it too, so we’ll just wait tionally made to market it, you know. It like ‘WHAT!? All those horns?’ They didn’t get Psychopomps, Orange Sector, track is Claus Larson’s (Læather techno. “Protector” is the perfect rave song to play at a goth club. and see. wasn’t our side project. I mean, can you that. That was just a period of time. Our stu- Zero Defects and Klinik. Some Strip) remix, which, in itself, is imagine having this band for like 8 to 10 dio was in Malibu. We were inspired by 60’s tracks approach a hardtrance level brilliant! What was that? Why is it “Firing Line” reminds me of “Virus” > How much new material are you per- years and then being like referred to as stuff. We were inspired by the girl group of energy with the tempo at times odd? Because it breaks up the and “Iceolate.” Ah, those Wax Trax forming on this tour? someone’s side project? They were kind of thing. It’s like a whole bunch of ideas kind of approaching warp, and an ear dance monotony with a more than days when Frontline... was at their >>> One track. We’re doing a lot of early annoyed actually with that. It’s fun for us, combined to make this concept of “Hit and slaughtering guitar (stress guitar as slight industrial oriented track with best. Decoder is big, bombastic
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they’re not all brought to the fore. We >>> Yeah, it can slow things down for mer. So we got a drummer and then I was FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars
frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars VS.frontline DIE assembly KRUPPS vs. die krupps the remix wars really worked on making everything fit some people. It didn’t slow us down but standing there between singing parts, and I frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars together cohesively. there have been records that have was going, ‘what am I supposed to be The Remix Wars been held back for months, because doing with myself here? Looking at the [Off Beat Records/Cleopatra] > It’s pretty hard to categorize Grotus. the people didn’t get the samples guitar player? Or looking all angst rid-
Despite the possible overdose on remixes, this war proves interesting and Originally you were labeled as industri- severed heads gigapus cleared. If you take an obvious den? Or jumping into the crowd? I don’t actually some of the tracks outshine the originals. The EP contains three severed heads gigapus al, but it seems like you’ve sort of severed heads SEVEREDgigapus HEADSGigapus sample, which we’re never, ever, know?!’ So I was like, ‘I’m a fucking tracks by each band. [decibel] mutated away from that. ever going to do again, then drummer too I should just play drums It begins with Die Krupps remixed by Frontline Assembly: I had thought the Severed Heads >>> That’s definitely intentional. you better get it taken care of It’s a lot of fun for me. It makes me still to be no more. It was a pleasant We’ve always wanted to be doing our right away. feel like I play something.’ 1. “Metalmorphosis” (Shifting Mutation Mix) surprise when I received Gigapus, own thing. Actually, somehow we feel > Do you get involved in your > Do you do the film part of the Fairly cool pummeling dancey metal stuff which turned out to be quite won- it’s been kind of detrimental. If local scene in San Francisco? show yourself? Do you spend a lot of you’re, like, an ‘Industrial’ band 2. “The Last Flood” (Blood Stream Mix) derful! >>> We all used to really time on that? Very metal, ‘nuff said (yeck!) there’s an audience for you. If Gigapus has a charmingly cheesy you’re a ‘Punk’ band there’s an be but since we started >>> Yeah, I mean it’s gotten easi- 3. “Scent” (Pheromone Mix) 80’s electro-pop feel about it, audience for you. Us, it’s like who touring a lot, especially er as I’ve learned how to do it bet- Dandy beat, nifty electronic pings, sirens?, beeps and other random happy and bouncy with demented, the fuck knows what to call it. And when we started going to ter and better. Our songs are noises; vocals are undistorted and not quite so metal sometimes depressing, bitter, and some people get into it, and some Europe, we all just totally sequenced, so there’s going to be often loopy, nonsensical lyrics sung people don’t… I don’t know, lost touch with what’s consistent song lengths, so it’s easy If you’re into the metal/industrial crossover thing, Die Krupps will make with a fierce intensity and joyful we’re like on our own little planet. going on. And San to make an actual video for a you happy and these remixes will make you even happier, because FLA Francisco’s the kind of song. There’s a nice place in San fervor. Very odd and extremely So it’s kind of fucked actually. brought out the metal! I’m glad to not be easily lumped city where people are Francisco that’s pretty cheap, so I enjoyable. Fun! Fun! Fun! constantly moving in & always go there and just stock pile Frontline Assembly remixed by Die Krupps: into one thing, but I think we The opening track, “Heart of the all feel that it would be beneficial constantly moving out. zillions of hours of stuff. Then, 4. “Neologic Spasm” (Dislocated Mix) Party” is by far my favorite. It has a again!) gratitude is extended also to bones for the permission to reprint his won- in certain ways to be able to be Which is, I think, why when we have a song about a cer- .. • perhaps, if you live in warmer climate, as it is snowing and rather won- Hardcore techno, speed demon dance mix, dig! pop-hit mentality with a whacked that way. there isn’t a lasting tain subject, I’ll just look up in the sense of humour, ‘...who will tell scene in San Francisco old index I’ve created. Hmm, ahh, 5. “Barcode” (Re-Assembled Mix) (At this point, we were given fly- despite the fact that arm sticking out of ground, o.k. Some minimal parts in the song, but the original is more distinct my drunken friend that she’ll die and go to hell...’ (that’s the cho- ers for the stankiest funk band in there are zillions of and just go get it. Washington, D.C.) 6. “Transparent Species” (Clustered Mix) rus!). I love the cynical nature of good bands there. > Is the crowd receptive to the Slow plodding 80’s electro feel with a noisy buzz static through most of Gigapus. It IS pure chewing satis- > So do you have any choice in > I was wondering whole electronics thing? the track, kind of neato. faction. Decibel should be proud of the bands you play live with? about your influences >>> Well, we’ve played some [hostess twinkie] this rare and unique release. [miles] and motivations.
>>> Generally, we don’t have shows where people just don’t rosetta stone hiding in waiting rosetta stone hiding in waiting any hand in the decision of who >>> Well, for the know what the fuck is going on.
Hiding In Waiting Arirana’s deuling guitar and Torsten’s bass, matched by ROSETTA STONE rosetta stone hiding in waiting other guys in the band Like we went on tour with Korn. rosetta stone hiding in waiting we play with. Aside from if we’re [cleopatra] Mike Welch’s screaming onslaught, not to mention the going on a tour with a band, then it’s different things. And some nights, we were totally Finally a Cleopatra gothic band that has developed a fine touch of producer Spawn. Slave Unit is THE electro- obviously we’re gonna say yes or For the instrumental- into it. Other nights, these guys unique sound (from other cleopatra gothic bands that punk monster that is the industrial alternative. (See else- no. We’ve had some really good ists in the band, a real- that are really into guitars and [miles] ly weird sample, once only guitars would be looking on
is... think Sisters of Mercy....) However, Rosetta Stone where in this issue for the Slave Unit interview!) things. Like Mr. Bungle, a few the razor skyline journal of trauma it’s taken out of con- the stage, and there’d be all this are still somewhat mediocre and no longer classifiable the razor skyline journal of trauma years ago, was a really good THEthe RAZOR razor skyline SKYLINEjournal of traumaJournal of Trauma opportunity. That audience totally text, it takes on a life of shit going on. And we’d be stand-
as just gothic. [cop international] the razor skyline journal of traumaliked us, and it was a really good it’s own, and that can be ing there getting ready to come The first thing one will notice about Hiding In Waiting ‘The Razor Skyline is about love, anger, madness and exposure. In fact, I would say that very inspiring. For me, crashing in, and they’d be all like, is the predominate inclusion of electronics. The
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were wondering about clearing all the go see: edge. Lest we forget what is at the heart of Slave Unit, forced upon them by the ASST . . . who was not appre- something. So I got a drum, and I start-
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dear, you must be horribly bored then, what might i be able to do to spruce up your current situation? • i’m at a loss. you must be horribly bored then, what might i be able to do to spruce up your current situation? dear, GRO 005 014 blackMONDAYv1.4 saltFIVE clovesFOURTEEN >jennifer barnes: How long have you guys been on this tour? Whereas American audiences are like, typically they want something you can barely tell that the songs are pieced together sample by sample. The >>>lars fox: Oh, just for two weeks. Originally, we were going to jump around to and, ya know, after you’re off it’s on to the next album as a whole reflects this process as well. The songs are generally short to start with Barkmarket just on the East Coast which is ridiculous thing, and they’ll do that to music in between bands too. It’s kind (there are a total of 25 tracks), and they often blend into each other. I think this for us, because we live in San Francisco, so we played some shows of, uh, non-discriminating. I don’t want to sound like I look down furthers the symphonic quality of a Vampire Rodents album, because rather
on the way out. START on American audiences. And, actually, there’s a big difference than standing alone, each song is a part of the whole piece. The cohesiveness of Grotus... between different audiences in Europe. Like in Germany it’s very Gravity’s Rim is furthered by the fact that there aren’t nearly as many guest vocal- > Has it been going well? If your looking for quality music in much like the United States. In France, bands that nobody’s ever ists on this album, as on previous albums, so there are not as many different heard of are huge. And things that are big, like Pearl Jam in the electro-GOTHIC vein, The >>> OK, ok, turn-outs are a little scant which is, you know, styles to distract the listener from the music. However, guest vocals by Maria the United States, they’re nothing in France. They sell like Razor Skyline is a good choice. But fuckin’ annoying but our station in life right now is pretty weird Azevedo of Battery really add a lot to the album, particularly on the song “Rain 10,000 albums in the country of France. It’s totally weird. Like don’t expect a burgeoning of cre- in the music industry world, although I don’t want to talk about Wheel”. There are also vocals from members of Society Burning and Jared of that cause that’s just boring. Nobody wants to read about that. Toto’s still a big deal in France. Italy’s just insane, it’s the best ative uniqueness. [miles]
Chemlab. One track I particularly like is “Creepers” which has a reference to I interviewed under the noise regeneration under the noise regeneration
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Gravity’s Rim VAMPIRE RODENTSvampire rodents gravity’s rim ...... Grotus Under the Noise has been referred [fifth colvmn] [jennifer barnes] to as funky-electro-dance... I don’t ...when they played in D.C. at the 9:30 Club. It was such This is the fifth album by these crazy bastards, and i’d have to say it’s a know if I agree, but they definitely a nice night that we sat on the sidewalk out front to talk. pretty good one. Sporting ‘oh-so-cool’ guest vocalists, you can look for- are one of the most unorthodox and ward to Jared of Chemlab experimenting with his vocals, Athan of Spahn > I want to know. country in the world. The food’s great, the climate’s great, unconventional groups of the day. Ranch crooning away, Battery’s Maria Azevedo lulling you, and the everything’s beautiful. There’s always great cool old stuff, vampire rodents gravity’s rim >>> Actually, I’m planning on writing a great big bitch and the people are totally cool. If I could be reborn some- Regeneration boasts some of the best Society Burning boys and girls roughing it up. All this with Anton R. thing about why our label sucks and putting it online. where, I’d be an Italian living in Italy. talents in electronic music re-inter- (Danial Vahnke) returning to the lead vocalist role after his minor guest > What label are you on? d-d- oh, • me? with ill you are • on... • on... and preting songs from Under the Noise' appearance on Clockseed. His sense of humor is warmly welcomed back. > I was wondering about the albums, about the transition from black as such lil’ ‘zine, a that day to this me it amazes wow! • . smg... previous full length album, ...Of Brown, more sample based, to Luddite with more guitars. Musically, this album falls between Lullaby Land and Clockseed (both on >>> London, we used to be on Alternative Tentacles. Sound and Corruption. Remixers Re-Constriction). It’s not as harsh and experimental as Lullaby Land, nor as >>> Well, what happened there was we added a drummer. include STR (Swamp Terrorist), Zip > The promotion is really, like, nil. refined as Clockseed. All the classic Rodentia elements are found: heavy Actually, while we were recording Brown, we added our Campisi (Bi-God 20), and Jason >>> beats, cellos, guitar, and it’s chock full of exotic sampling. It is nil, that’s our big problem. drummer, but he never really made it into the recording. So Novak (Acumen). Everyone involved > How long will you be on tour? Brown is the product of three people with headphones on in this project attempts to push the Once again, they have delivered a good, long cd with lots of tracks (clock- poking samplers in a living room. envelope of sound, yielding a unique ing in at over 70 minutes), making it worth your money. My only real >>> Another month. We’re going from here down south > complaint is that one of the tracks sung by Society Burning is cut off and then toward the west… Texas, New Mexico, Arizona That explains it. mix of creativity which is not your the album! [gair] and on up the coast. We’re gonna stop in Spokane, >>> Luddite is more what that band adding a drummer typical ‘industrial’ sound. This match-
Washington. That’s as far as we go with Barkmarket. Then soundedMotion Apocalypselike playing shows. Then we thought that the gui- es perfectly with the unusual musical wired injections compilation wired injections compilation WIRED INJECTIONS there’s this band we’re gonna play some shows with called direction of Under the Noise. wired injections compilation tars got a little overpowering of the samples so for Slow Industrial/ Gothic/ Electro Wave Compilation
Chican from Seattle. They’re kind of Crash Worship-like. we decided we’d sample everything As a whole, this disc retains a level of wired injections[Cleopatra] compilation Lots of drums, like tribal, like pagan blood ritual thing. It’s including ourselves. So every single thing is a sample, and consistency, yet lacks the originality This compilation features 16 artists currently producing some form or more ritual than it is, like, music. It’s pretty fun, though. we pasted it all together. So that’s kind of a really weird and intensity which was revealed And then, I don’t know, it’s just a matter of things happen- hybrid of the genres referred to in the title. The cover has a ribbed CD album. At the time, we were like, wow, this is what we want- with ...Of Sound and Corruption. ing. It’s hard for us to get, like, really, really good tours right ed to do. With Mass, we wanted to have it sound, not slick, case, making a 3D image of disappearing angels and rotating sprockets. Regeneration is experimental in com- now because our record isn’t doing a lot things, and it all but well-produced in a decent studio with decent stuff and The acts include such well known names as Psychic TV, Christian Death, position and emotes a totally unique gets back to our pathetic label. But we’ll probably go to have it really sound good. Subsequently, it’s the first one Die Krupps and Klute; as well as the lesser known Razed In Black, sound but is missing that proverbial Europe in the fall. We do really well over there just on our that we’re actually happy with as an audio recording. I love Switchblade Symphony and Pygmy Children. Remixes are presented by ‘something’ which one cannot name. own. We’ll do some festivals… huge, ridiculous monstrosi- Slow Motion Apocalypse, but I think now, for my ears, it Kill Switch... Klick’s “Follow Me (Machine Rock),” Christian Death’s I suggest looking into ...Of Sound ties which are a blast and then some clubs for about a month. doesn’t really sound like I want it to. I wanted it to sound “Lost Minds (THD remix),” The Wake remixed by Rosetta Stone with more like us live. And, at the time, it sounded like we did live and Corruption before delving into > Does it seem like you do better in other countries? “Christine (remix 2.5 wHATEver),” and Psychic TV’s “I Believe What You but now it doesn’t. the mystery of Regeneration. [miles]
Said (Læather Strip remix).” >>> Oh yeah, definitely, like, Belgium, France, Italy, vampire rodentsvampire gravity’s rodents rim gravity’s rim > So when you guys make a song do you usually start
Holland… those are our big countries. We do all right in VAMPIREvampire rodentsRODENTS gravity’s rimGravity’s Rim The seemingly random array of bands musically fit together quite perfectly. with samples? vampire rodents gravity’s rim Switzerland, Germany’s ok, Denmark’s ok, Austria’s all right. [fifth colvmn] Even bands whose albums I don’t tend to appreciate in they’re entirety, England... yuhhk! >>> Yeah, yeah, the next album, that’s not going to be the The new Vampire Rodents album is such as Electric Hellfire Club, Synaesthesia and Noise Box (“I Hate You case. But for this album, and for everything we’ve done previ- > Why do you think you do better in those countries? on Fifth Colvmn Records, and it’s (remix)” appears– a San Francisco club fave), offer up quality tracks that ously, you typically start off with a rhythm sample and a few called Gravity’s Rim. Once again compliment the rest of the comp. My pick is Download’s “Omniman” >>> I don’t really know. European people, I think, are more little, what we call “color samples,” just things that create an Daniel Vahnke takes us into a world with tons of Genesis P. Orridge verbiage, lots of noise, and a hard house atmosphere. And then everybody sort of jams on top of it, and interested in...they’re a little more cerebral. Whereas Americans, of swirling samples and classical may- techno beat which only after five minutes mellows out into experimental it just sort of morphs into this thing, this song. Next time, I think I think, are a little more into, like, bombast. Which isn’t to say hem. Instruments on this album ambient. The negatives? The Goth tracks by newer artists The Wake, that Americans can’t be cerebral, and Europeans aren’t into bom- we’re just going to start off like rock bands do, jamming, and include; piano, organ, synths, guitar, Rosetta Stone, and Switchblade Symphony don’t break any uncharted bast. It’s just, meaning in general, I would say that would charac- then we’re going to put samples into that. ‘Cuz drums loops are a terize the two different audiences. European audiences are more great thing, but they’re very done now. There’s a lot of people bass, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxo- ground. However, ignore my opinion if you are heavily into goth, since I apt to just stand there and really drink it all in, but they won’t let doing it, and I think, for us, we always want to challenge ourselves phone and trumpet. With each view Sisters of Mercy/Siouxsie clones pretty harshly! Yet, given any elec- you leave the stage. I mean, after it’s over there’s just no way in hell and try and make each record really different from the one before. album, the music has become increas- tronic vice, Wired Injections is sure to satisfy and will provide great addi- they’re gonna let you go. There’s more samples on this one than any other one, although • on... and on and • on... and on and on and on i ramble but a concept, there’s now them! promote actually then and ingly smooth and coherent, so that tions for mix tapes! [hostess twinkie] derful interview jill and he when into getting was he what know didn’t sure i’m whom burdick, russ for and sascha with words mr 013 006 blackMONDAYv1.4 tarragonTHIRTEEN pepperSIX Never before have so many impressive > How about compared to the way you ACUMEN LIVE! demos come to the attention of black mon- played them live back then? [jennifer barnes] day. The following bands have the talent, energy and attitude to put most label >>>of the Actually,Flesh, when I first started playing Acumen’s live performance is raw releases to shame. I suggest you acquire and fun. Some people accuse them these most wonderful of sounds for your own them live, when all I had was the songs on Sins collection, sit back, and watch them grow. they were very close to the orig- of being “too metal” but at least
vault.9 demo inal. But now I’ve played them so many times. vault.9 demo their show has lots of energy. There
VAULT.9Demo Media Overkill, 1441 Hunington Drive, Suite 214, South Pasedena, California B vault.9 demo vault.9 demo “Not My God” I’ve played thousands of times, will be no standing meekly behind [demo] 91030 or email [email protected] (http://www.mok.com). [miles] and you start to play with it a little bit. The please a keyboard and plinking out a
Vault.9 is a two-person band from beauty demo version that we’re doing now is closer to the melody during an Acumen show.
beautyBEAUTY demo demo beauty demo original than the one we did on the last tour Savannah, Georgia. They describe beauty demo This time around Acumen played [demo] was. The version of “Addiction” is pretty simi- visit their music as, “...a mixture of at the Capitol Ballroom, which is a strong dance beats augmented by Scott Evans, renaissance man, is Beauty. This is by far the most impressive lar to the album, just a lot more guitar. That’s big warehouse club in D.C., and, heavy synthbass, distorted vocals, the thing. I have a four piece rock band, and black demo I have ever been privilege to (except maybe for A Different Kind of for once, there was a big crowd out and a barrage of sampling may- I’m trying to take these songs that are totally Cop, it’s a tough choice....). There are so many musical styles explored, m to see them. hem.” This is one of the best created from a drum machine and make a onday including some of the best uses of sampling, and powerful guitar work, band play them, and they’re just not going to demos I’ve heard lately. The music Jason (singer/guitarist) stood in blended seamlessly with trance/gabber rhythm and at one point having sound that close, you know. If you want to be has variety and energy and also uses online front of the microphone like a vocals reminiscent of the energy and emotion of Kraftwerk. It’s amazing entertained, you can’t, I mean I could stand up a lot of cool electronic sounds. This cyber messiah wearing silver reflect- that Mr. Evans’ has fit everything he has into three songs, “Rewind,” there, and I could make a compact disc with no is a band that definitely doesn’t suf- ing sunglasses and a sardonic smile. “Outpatient” and “Exit Wound.” Power and anger evolving into a rhyth- vocals on it and stand up there and sing to it, fer from a lack of guitars. Both and that would sound exactly like it, and Their first song was “Candy members play keyboards and do mic hysteria... Beauty is a most apt name for this wonder amongst won- i’m just a babbling something to be learned who knows, i don’t, here? everyone would be happy that wanted to hear Prowled” which is definitely meant vocals, which, along with the sam- ders. Contact Beauty at 3178-B8 Summit Square Drive, Oakton, Virginia that, but I’d say you’re just better off staying to be heard live. It’s not one of my pling, gives the music several layers 22124 or email [email protected]. [miles] at home listening to the CD. If you want to see favorites on the new album, but its http://www.wormburner.com/bm so that it holds up to repeated lis- anyone???) ne should snag these musicians and others out there (the psychonauts us jump around and act like morons and one of their best songs live. Ethan tenings. As a side note, they have entertain you, you’re paying to be entertained, was hopping all over the stage like some really hilarious samples from then come to the show, and we’ll provide that. a ping pong ball with a license to a drunken preacher that have to be > What would you cite as influences for music & lyrics? M kill, and that was just in the begin- heard to be believed. Vault.9 will much appreciation goes to the ning. Live energy tends to have a be featured on a release from If It >>> Lyrically, Matt Johnson of The The. It’s my following people for helping favourite band to listen to for inspiration lyrically. Trent snowball effect. They backed the Moves titled Closing Shop and they make Black Monday a reality: Reznor goes on about how all these bands sing in the first first song up with “Matador” which are currently busy working on a person because he sang in the first person. I got news for got the crowd going. When Jason self-produced album with the Eric @ The French Paper Co. Trent. People have been writing in the first person since wasn’t playing guitar or singing, he working title Slaves to Technology. Niles, Michigan there was music. Whatever with that! Matt Johnson’s been Contact Vault.9 at 8000 Waters was raging across the stage. The Nicole @ Nationwide Paper doingMachine it since 1980. You know, it’s like ‘Get a life, short lit- drummer was pounding up a fury Ave #172, Savannah, GA 31406 or winds died down demo tle fuck.’ Sins of the Flesh got compared to Pretty Hate to make you really appreciate live e-mail them [email protected]. Chicago, Illinois a lot, but I think if you listen to Sins of the Flesh [jennifer barnes] and Soul Mining together, I ripped that album clean 100%. drumming. They played a new
song or two as well as “Queener”
winds died down demo Look for a possible
a different kind of cop .dmo demo > Involved in any side projects? WINDS DIED DOWNwinds died downinterview demo with and of course “Gun Lover”. Jason
winds died down demo [media overkill]
Winds Died Down >>> Well, yes. My wife and I are starting a record label actually played the mini-moog dur- in a future issue of a different kind of cop .dmo which we will get rolling this winter while I’m not doing any- Five intense songs crossing the a different kind of cop .dmo ing “Gun Lover” which had a hard Black Monday A DIFFERENT KIND OF COP.dmo boundaries of metal and electronics. a different kind of cop .dmo thing once I get done making Metropolis. I won’t have techno flavor live. Plus, he added “Serves Me Right” starts things off . [demo] anything to do until next summer. So, we’re going to do that. some crazy laser sounds to the song The first album on that will be a band called Radio which is with a passion. The guitar work of which made it seem like a space This 4 song demo definitely has some interesting moments. A Different me and all my friends, like Pigface, but electronic. No gui- Robert Rampley and vocals of Kind Of Cop is the all-electronic project of one man, Tim Samoff. The tars, just keyboards. It will be more traditional. If you cross battle was going on in the club. Christopher Compton are very remi- The sequencing came across really songs on this demo are “Conscience”, “Concession”, “Anger is My Friend” traditional industrial music with the Chemical Brothers, niscent of the metal music genre, trip hop industrial, I guess, for lack of a better term. I pro- well live, creating a good balance of which is part of their background and “Machine Humaine”. For some reason it reminds of early Sister duced a band called Painstation that is on Decibel Records. synths and guitars. and a great influence throughout Machine Gun. I think the resemblance is in the vocals which are more That should be out in September. I did like half of their When Acumen left the stage, they Winds Died Down. This self-titled recited rather than sung. My favorite song is the last one, “Machine album. That’s about it, really, that I’ve got in the works. demo is by no means to be typecast told us to be twice as hard for > When do you think Metropolis will be out? as any musical style; it is a very well Humaine”, which leaves you with the aftertaste of an apocalypse. Waves of Cubanate but unfortunately thought out conglomeration of distorted vocals wash onto the shore of a crumbling earth and then wash >>> If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say March, but you Acumen blew them away. sounds. Guitar is predominant, but out again. However the tape seems a little thin at times (ed- I don’t think never know. Acumen’s performance seemed twice as good,. while we watched tastefully done. “Hypochrist” is a so!). It walks the line between a cool kind of rawness and a lack of experi- > With a tour next summer? sparkling gem with a very sharp use the members of Cubanate trying >>> It won’t be as extensive a tour as this one’s been. ence. It will be interesting to see what A Different Kind Of Cop comes up to keep up with the tape and of samples and great vocal magic and It’llprobably be just 45 shows, ✇major market type cities. transitions. For more information with in the future. You can contact A Different Kind Of Cop at 746A Poli listened to the singer proclaim
[jennifer barnes] and never have i said when the next was due... hmmm... perhaps there is monday is, has such a REGULAR frequency of new issues, about Winds Died Down, contact St., Ventura CA 93001 or e-mail [email protected]. someo • i’m here to support them, if i could, i would start seriously, my own label, perhaps call it ‘days of the week’ ha! himself to be a genius.
007 012 blackMONDAYv1.4 nutmegSEVEN paprikaTWELVE > jill grant & russ burdick: Why are you doing so much touring for Burn? remix type situation, I’d have each song on 96.01 is quite different from >>> chris randall: Just are. I make a lot of money on the one hand. On the other the album remixed by a different person and Infinitino III. There is nothing release a whole other version of the album hand, someone at our record label had it in their mind that the more we toured, the more Hell To Go, interactive about it… other than like Sascha did with Naive. You know, Naive records we’d sell which, as it turns out, is correct. I have six shows left, and I will be well and pressing play on your cassette play- but he had to do that for legal rea- truly glad to be done with this. It’s fun the first couple months, but all the cities look the same er. However, once the music sons, but that’s what I intend to do if it
after a while. I’ve been to every truck stop in America. I mean, great, see the country from the the table infintino III & 96.01 begins, you are suddenly surround- becomes an issue. Then you’re buying a whole the table infintino III & 96.01THE TABLE
window of a bus at 65 miles an hour in the night.START Whatever. the table infintino III & 96.01 ed by a plethora of light and being, Sister Machineother Gun... record. It’s all the same songs, but it’s all infinitino III & 96.01
> Are you planning on settling down to work on some new material? cool. We did that for Sins of the Flesh but only [demo]the tablebeckoning infintino III & 96.01 you to reach out and absorb the sound. 96.01 may only >>> Yep, that’s exactly what I’m doing. Actually, I bought a studio in Ann Arbor which I’m mov- on vinyl. It’s Sins of the Flesh - I forget what Hailing from Switzerland, The Table is one of the most refreshing talents be composed of four songs, but you ing to Chicago next week after… well, the following week I guess. We get done with this tour, it’s called - but there’s only like 1000 copies to have graced the pages of Black Monday. Not only is this a fine example will be engulfed in a steady wave of I’m coming to Ann Arbor to pick all this shit up and then I will proceed to make the next Sister out in the world. I actually don’t have a copy, of the future sound of electronic music, it is also a complete multi-media sound emulsion beginning with Machine Gun record. but it’s every song on Sins of the Flesh, with the exception of “Night Returning,” remixed interactive suite of sound and image. The Table was born in 1988 and has “Alphaphetoprotein,” a graceful > Will SMG ever be more than just you with any permanent members? You always seem to be and some of them are Dave Ogilvie, some of had a life full of wonderment, including various multimedia projects as pattern quickly paced by the con- playing with somebody different. them are Sascha, some of them are Roli well as composing for film and television throughout europe. stant rhythm of life. >>> The bass player and the drummer are permanent right now. The guitarist, you never know. Mosimann, you know, all the cool fucking peo- It is very hard to put into words Guitarists are like that. So the next record will have at least the two of them on it. ple at the time, and it’s really cool, but it’s Infinitino III is an interactive cd-rom continuing the legacy prefaced by the gracefulness and wonderment Full effect. really hard to find. And I wanted to do that for Infinitino II and I, the later having never seen the light of day due to the that is The Table. If possible, I Torture Technique, but we just never did. > When you toured with Die Warzau two members of the band had only been with you for immense cost involved. The music alone is masterful... relaxing, thought highly recommend that you Torture Technique’s just a mess all around. like 2 weeks or something. provoking electronics. What some might call techno or trance, but it goes point your web browser to > It’s a guitar album. >>> Not even. Actually, that whole band is gone, and our drummer was Die Warzau’s drum- much deeper than that, forcing one to reconcile their inner thoughts. http://tinet.ch/table to find for Technique >>> Yeah, there’s a lot of electronics on yourself the amazement I’ve mer on that tour. Our guitarist is Skinny Puppy’s dude from The Process, and the bass player hilary about you i told have you... are how hello, this, reading ually • yet? is from The Final Cut from Detroit. there, but they were more subtle. The irony of support...without and unsigned remain cop of kind ent well... well, well, • discovered. Contact The Table, c/o Burn is that when you listen to Burn, with the Roberto Rippa, Via Navone 17a, > What will the new album’s style be like? Sins of the Flesh was more electronic, Torture exception of a couple of songs like “Disease,” SAVOSA, Switzerland or email was more guitary, this one’s a bit more of a balance. you can picture a band in the studio playing, [email protected]. [miles] but all of it is sampled and sequenced with August 10, 1996, St. Andrew’s, Detroit, Michigan ✇ the exception of the saxophones. Those are Sister Machine Gun . played live and vocals, of course, are live, but Chris Randall Interview everything else comes out of the sampler. It’s [jill grant & russ burdick] all programmed, so it’s actually, of the three albums, it’s the most electronic, but it sounds the least. There’s a certain irony there. Burn is >>> Yeah, Burn is a more organic record. The next record is called Metropolis, by the way. What it’s my favourite. I don’t like Torture Technique at going to be is a combination of - I’d basically throw Torture Technique out the window - so it’s going to all.Flesh I can’t even listen to it, and Sins of the be a combination of the things people like from Sins of the Flesh and Burn which is the organic instru- sounds really tripe to me now when I ments of Burn plus the electronics of Sins of the Flesh. So I’ve got two songs that are really for that listen to it. I made it six years ago. album that are completed that I did with John Fryer. On my web page, there’s 4 new songs that you can download, listen to, whatever. One of them, “The Bitter End,” is going on the album. The other > A lot of bands are like that.
three are for various other things. “The Bitter End” one is pretty indicative of what Metropolis will sound When you listen to something old and
something new, it’s totally different. BEEFY! THEY’RE like. Very electronic, but not like Front Line Assembly. It’s making music that’s organic. Every one secular mechanism disciple secular mechanism disciple of my records sounds completely different, so I can’t really tell you what the record’s going to sound >>> You listen to the first couple Beatles SECULARsecular mechanism MECHANISM disciplesecular mechanismDisciple disciple like until it’s done. Just whatever my tastes are at the time. I got that 2-pac record, California, the albums versus Sgt. Pepper. It’s the same [demo] video’s playing all the time. You might not know it. The music on that was so incredible, so I just ripped thing. All bands grow. The problem with Disciple is the first release from the duo of Secular Mechanism. This 3 In an upcoming issue will see an in that clean for this “...Bitter End” song, but the choruses are a total Sister Machine Gun guitar fest, Nitzer Ebb is that they created this sound for song cd is a testament to their talent and vast range of influences. Secular (unsigneddepth and look raw at as the hell), a wonderful but the rest of the music is like street beat from LA. It’s a very strange combination, and I think I’m themselves with their first two albums that peo- Mechanism’s music combines the vocal and programming skills of Neal and charming group of gentlemenPsychonauts from going to do that for all the songs. Just combine two different types of music that have nothing to do the south who proclaim their sound to ple wanted to hear and then they went 180 Keller with the guitar stylings of his brother Eric Keller. Together they pro- be industrial-strength trash-a-billy.... with each other. It’s really strange. It was all John Fryer’s idea because we were actually waiting for the degrees in the other direction, and no one liked duce a style of music different from anything else currently in the scene. tape to rewind, and we had MTV playing because most studios have a TV screen for doing music for it. See, I don’t have the problem because peo- With influences from Alien Sex Fiend to The Jon Spencer Blues movies and stuff, and we had MTV on that screen, and that video came on, and I’m like ‘Oh turn this ple don’t expect my next record to sound like Explosion, it’s no wonder. The title track “Disciple” is the most straightfor- on, this is really cool,’ and he was grooving to it. He was like ‘We should make a song like this,’ and my last one which is a good position to be in. ward song on the cd. It’s an energetic song with a good dance beat and a we had two extra days that were payed for. I’d payed for him to be there. So we wrote this song togeth- I’m very glad that I’ve created that for myself. catchy chorus. The second song, “Insignificant Other”, combines lurid er, and it just came out really cool. It’s a combination of industrial romp and Los Angeles rap, like old > When you play the older songs live, do you blues guitar with murky keyboards. This is definitely a song to drown your school p-funk type rap. It’s really bizarre, but it’s cool. And that’s probably what the next album will be change them at all to suit your style now? mostly. That sort of thing. sorrows to. The final song, “Wretch”, is an enigmatic mixture of blurry >>> On the last tour, I did quite a bit. It’s vocals and spurts of snare drum. If you’re looking for something that isn’t > Any reason why you only released one single off the Burn album? impossible to play those songs like “Sins of just following the formula for industrial, then get this cd. Disciple is avail- >>> Originally, I didn’t want to release a single off this album at all. I wanted it to be a cohesive the Flesh,” “Not My God” and “Addiction” able for $4 post-paid from Eine Kleine Totenmusik, P.O. Box 10410, album. The next one, I’ll insist that they not release a single. A single is a cop out. It gives the radio the way they are on the album, because Arlington VA 22201. For more info check out their web page
something to do. It allows you to chart. A single is a marketing tool. If I was going to do a they’re total studio creations. act is someone if • ARGH!? bastard! audacious cracked a slightly just i’m me) (including said have some as or, idiot... http://preg.washingto.dc.us/conspiracy/sm/. [jennifer barnes] there are horrible bands out there making horrible music, whilst scott evans of beauty, the table guys, and of course, a differ a course, of and guys, table the beauty, of evans scott whilst music, horrible making there out bands horrible are there
011 008 blackMONDAYv1.4 thymeELEVEN sageEIGHT KMFDM...Busy as never, ever before, Sascha Konietzko, founding member and core of the German almost instantly wagged the sell-out finger. the past six years ever since that Ministry START ✪ KMFDM selling out on teen fave 90210? tour to promote ourselves in a certain way. industrial band KMFDM is continuing to do what he does best: manufacture relentless and That is, to be very consequent, stick with ✪ Preposterous! But quite the contrary. Sascha states clearly that when this sort of thing hap- what we think is correct to do for us, and uncompromising music. The band’s newest album, XTORT is a staple release to round out the just don’t lose our ideals outside. ✪ pens, it’s more of a testing of the waters than 10+ years of the band’s existence, and, if the band’s previous and widely successful release anything else. 90210 was one of the compa- “It’s a fine line between a certain kind of ✪ nies that called asking to license the track. exposure in the sense of testing the waters Nihil was the fast ball album for both old and new fans, XTORT is definitely the screwball. Sascha asked what they wanted to use it for, or kicking the doors, that kind of stuff, and Sascha Konietzko Maintains Innocence in Release of Xtort... KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDMChargedKMFDM KMFDM KM FDMWithKMFDM KMFExtortionDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM . Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 19:16:58 GMT [boNes] KMFDM’s website is at: http://www.wolfenet.com/~kmfdm
This album completely changes the image that KMFDM garnered names of the collaborators. KMFDM has had a long-standing tradi- and they said to open up the season with a sort of defecting to the enemy, to the music from their Nihil exposure, and it just as well may. KMFDM has never tion even before Pigface was around to work with a rotating cast of scene of some kids demolishing a house. The business, to the industry. To stay under- been one to be too predictable, although their lyrics can tend to be guests and appearances. So really, I think the comparison is justified clip was shown to Sascha, who remembers it ground means to not become corporate. At that way (how many times have we heard or seen “Rip the System” somewhat, but it really is a different thing. We’ve always had the quite vividly. “We saw it, and it was fucking the same time, KMFDM has incorporated a in their music?), but that is the forte of KMFDM. To surprise, attack, rotating cast. It’s just something to make life more interesting. Look at ironically funny that KMFDM would be on couple of years ago to handle our finances slash, step back then, come back to hack and slash some more. Frontline Assembly, you’ve got the same two guys doing the whole 90210. We got a small flood of [negative] better, to avoid horrendous social security Whereas Nihil was written solely by Sascha, the blonde-mohawked stuff, which I think Frontline is a great band, but the occasional responses [from fans], and the only thing we taxes on our touring, and something like guest appearance would really enlighten the whole thing.” up! up! and then... an remain free... FREE!!! and the page count can go up! could say back really was ‘What the fuck are that. It’s really a fine line, and I’m pretty
Hamburg native enlisted an entourage of current band members and last bit disturbs me, the volume of quality musicians who remain unsigned, that you doing watching 90210 anyway?’” The good friends to participate in the newest KMFDM venture. From his pre- Hence the different faces of KMFDM. As an example, Raymond aware of the fact that there’s always gonna point that Konietzko was trying to make is vious residence in Chicago (now Seattle), Sascha explains the procedure “Pig” Watts made his first appearance in KMFDM since the found- be people that say, ‘Now they did that! Now that it is sometimes important to have a sense they sold out!’ but it’s really not a matter of that was used in making XTORT. “I sit down, and I write 15 or 20 songs or ing years and, on Nihil seemed to be the frontman of the band on of humor about yourself. how other people judge it, it’s really a mat- something, and then FM Einheit [of Einsturzende Neubauten] comes tour in 1995. But that was the last time that he was involved in the ter of how I judge it and how I feel about it. in and he picks a couple to work on, Chris Connelly [RevCo, Pigface, band, and he doesn’t appear on XTORT at all. “He was just a guest So, the fans may or may not have something do youwhat know it stands for? It’s a swampy surface that we’re talking Ministry] picks a few to write lyrics for...basically, the pre-screening is [on Nihil.]. You know, Raymond is way too busy with his own stuff,” to say about what they expect from about here, but I think it really has a lot to Sascha jokes, good enough for me to say those people are responsible [and] artistically explains Sascha. “I haven’t talked to him for awhile.” KMFDM, but Sascha really doesn’t care EVERYBODY sound...so that whatever they want to do is their contribution.” about that, and he doesn’t really expect any- do with being responsible with what you do. knows it stands for Surprisingly enough, Sascha doesn’t have many thoughts on XTORT, thing from them. “I know what I expect from If I feel good about it, I will let people know There are benefits to using this procedure, according to Sascha. There mainly because it is too fresh of a release. “Everytime I hear bits of it, I myself, and that’s just about enough. And if it that I’m feeling good about it despite any “KILL MOTHER FUCKING is the fact that certain people can take responsibility for the creative remember the pain. It’s always a somewhat painful process to make an coincides with the tastes of the audience, then possible attacks or anything. If I feel bad DEPECHE MODE!” process, yet not in the same ways as an artist would remix a song by album because of the expectations I have, because I always try to do it that’s a good thing, and if it doesn’t, then...” about it, I’ll probably tell them to shut up.” another artist. “In remixing a song, it’s a different thing. Something the best I can.” Thankfully, Sascha feels he isn’t burning out in the cre- he starts to laugh, “that’s a bad thing.” is done so that you can deconstruct it and piece it together in a dif- ative process. “The burning out factor is more like a temporary thing. Handling of the band also includes self-promotion. KMFDM has gone not only through the ferent way. But really expressing something with lyrics, I think [it] After a long show, you’re burned out, but the next day you’re fresh. What Sascha does expect from himself is the media of movies and television, but also the Internet. KMFDM’s homepage is a popular site bears a lot of responsibility.” After a long recording session, you’re burned out, but the next month skillful handling of KMFDM. That includes among fans, but Sascha stresses that it is not meant to be the ultimate source of information their politics, the way they make decisions in and promotion but rather a supplemental one. “It’s meant to be a resource, like a library sort A responsibility that may have carried over into Sascha’s current you can start again...[The creative process] is never going away.” regard to their label, their overall conduct, of thing. You can find things that you maybe cannot find anywhere else. You have access to stand of not making remixes of current KMFDM songs for now. With the release of XTORT following the success of Nihil, quite possi- and so forth over the years. Konietzko still lyrics and photographs. The world of KMFDM is not, ‘Hey, here we are—check this out.’ You “The concept of remixing is an ancient one. I just don’t like the idea bly the biggest controversy aurrounding the band today is no longer does not want to sell out. “I think what real- don’t get sound bits or anything. Why? If you need to know more, check this out.” Herein, of putting out anymore singles with remixes of the same kind of what KMFDM stands for (which Sascha jokes, “EVERYBODY knows it ly counts is deeds, not words. So I guess if fans can ask Sascha questions as well, and he does make an effort to respond when he can. shit.” Sascha adds that there will be remixes in the sense of edited stands for “Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode!”), but whether or not we can maintain the, as people put it, the versions of songs for the new videos, but in terms of the club mixes, [the interview is almost over] One of the more popular, poignant questions they have reversed their position of not selling out. Many fans feel underground status, that would actually “The time of seven times the same track on a single—those days that is surely being asked is when that they have (sold out, you dolt!?), especially with the sudden show that my expectations are being met by are over. I mean, you know, it’s just getting kind of cheesy.” KMFDM’s next tour is. However, Sascha has media exposure that the band has received and the appearance of myself.” Apparently, KMFDM has adhered no immediate plans for a tour in support of The structure of the band has changed in some ways as well, and some their music in movies and on television. Sascha, however, still feels to that up to now, and they even declined a XTORT. Part of the reason being that he feels people have likened the newest form of KMFDM as the new Pigface that the band has maintained its original standing. As for sales fig- Lollapaooza spot twice. Besides, the under- as if they’ve just finished a tour with the because of the rotation of members within the structure. En Esch, who was ures or appearances in the media, Sascha feels strongly that it is a ground door swings both ways. Things have double-tour for 1995’s Nihil, and because once regarded as the other half of KMFDM, has recently taken a low- natural progression. “If a movie company calls up,” reasons Sascha, to be underground before they break out, the only other person who has solidly profile in the band, and other members such as Gunter Schulz and newer “and they say ‘Can we license this track for this or that?’ then we believes Sascha, and it may be hard to make offered to tour in Chris Connelly. But in ones such as Nicole Blackman have taken on high-profile roles. But there just go, ‘What are you gonna use it for?’ and we see the scene, and it like that, but it’s a short way down. the meantime, Konietzko plans to be as is never really any set who’s who in KMFDM. All those participating are they say ‘We’ll pay you such and such amount of dollars’ then we Sascha continues, “WAXTRAX! has lately active as possible in his work and in main- those who respond in the ways that they can or are willing to. “Basically,” say ‘Fine.’ I mean, we don’t have to work for it. It is being paid just been involved in some feeble attempts to taining the KMFDM style and philosophy. says Sascha, “the call is ‘Let’s get started on a new album,’ and people to license for the use of the track that has been done and is out. So it spread more KMFDM around. I can’t really After all, Sascha is proud to say that for just come to town—we live all over the place.” If people decide whether didn’t cause any inconvenience. It didn’t really mean much at all say that they succeed much...it’s pretty KMFDM, “There’s always a flex, always a or not they’re going to come and participate, it’s their call. except that it brings in money that we direly need all the time.” redundant what they’re doing all the time...I flow, always something else cooking.” As for the comparisons to Pigface, Sascha says “Well, Pigface was Example. Many people nearly leaped out of their skins when they mean, there definitely is alot more visibility ✪ perhaps a dash of colour!!! • NEAT! • on a different very note (eeek! cliche, yuck!), i’ve been with impressed perhaps a dash of colour!!! • NEAT! just an attempt to create a sort of super-group that is propelled by the heard KMFDM’s “Juke Joint Jezebel” on Beverly Hills 90210 and forget, advertisingdon’t available, and is it ever affordable! is now COOL BEANS! just think, with advertising, black monday c mostly due to the efforts that we’ve made in
009 010 blackMONDAYv1.4 rosemaryNINE pestoTEN > jill grant & russ burdick: Why are you doing so much touring for Burn? remix type situation, I’d have each song on 96.01 is quite different from >>> chris randall: Just are. I make a lot of money on the one hand. On the other the album remixed by a different person and Infinitino III. There is nothing release a whole other version of the album hand, someone at our record label had it in their mind that the more we toured, the more Hell To Go, interactive about it… other than like Sascha did with Naive. You know, Naive records we’d sell which, as it turns out, is correct. I have six shows left, and I will be well and pressing play on your cassette play- but he had to do that for legal rea- truly glad to be done with this. It’s fun the first couple months, but all the cities look the same er. However, once the music sons, but that’s what I intend to do if it
after a while. I’ve been to every truck stop in America. I mean, great, see the country from the the table infintino III & 96.01 begins, you are suddenly surround- becomes an issue. Then you’re buying a whole the table infintino III & 96.01THE TABLE
window of a bus at 65 miles an hour in the night.START Whatever. the table infintino III & 96.01 ed by a plethora of light and being, Sister Machineother Gun... record. It’s all the same songs, but it’s all infinitino III & 96.01
> Are you planning on settling down to work on some new material? cool. We did that for Sins of the Flesh but only [demo]the tablebeckoning infintino III & 96.01 you to reach out and absorb the sound. 96.01 may only >>> Yep, that’s exactly what I’m doing. Actually, I bought a studio in Ann Arbor which I’m mov- on vinyl. It’s Sins of the Flesh - I forget what Hailing from Switzerland, The Table is one of the most refreshing talents be composed of four songs, but you ing to Chicago next week after… well, the following week I guess. We get done with this tour, it’s called - but there’s only like 1000 copies to have graced the pages of Black Monday. Not only is this a fine example will be engulfed in a steady wave of I’m coming to Ann Arbor to pick all this shit up and then I will proceed to make the next Sister out in the world. I actually don’t have a copy, of the future sound of electronic music, it is also a complete multi-media sound emulsion beginning with Machine Gun record. but it’s every song on Sins of the Flesh, with the exception of “Night Returning,” remixed interactive suite of sound and image. The Table was born in 1988 and has “Alphaphetoprotein,” a graceful > Will SMG ever be more than just you with any permanent members? You always seem to be and some of them are Dave Ogilvie, some of had a life full of wonderment, including various multimedia projects as pattern quickly paced by the con- playing with somebody different. them are Sascha, some of them are Roli well as composing for film and television throughout europe. stant rhythm of life. >>> The bass player and the drummer are permanent right now. The guitarist, you never know. Mosimann, you know, all the cool fucking peo- It is very hard to put into words Guitarists are like that. So the next record will have at least the two of them on it. ple at the time, and it’s really cool, but it’s Infinitino III is an interactive cd-rom continuing the legacy prefaced by the gracefulness and wonderment Full effect. really hard to find. And I wanted to do that for Infinitino II and I, the later having never seen the light of day due to the that is The Table. If possible, I Torture Technique, but we just never did. > When you toured with Die Warzau two members of the band had only been with you for immense cost involved. The music alone is masterful... relaxing, thought highly recommend that you Torture Technique’s just a mess all around. like 2 weeks or something. provoking electronics. What some might call techno or trance, but it goes point your web browser to > It’s a guitar album. >>> Not even. Actually, that whole band is gone, and our drummer was Die Warzau’s drum- much deeper than that, forcing one to reconcile their inner thoughts. http://tinet.ch/table to find for Technique >>> Yeah, there’s a lot of electronics on yourself the amazement I’ve mer on that tour. Our guitarist is Skinny Puppy’s dude from The Process, and the bass player hilaryually reading this, hello, how are you... have i told you about yet? • is from The Final Cut from Detroit. there, but they were more subtle. The irony of ent kind of cop remain unsigned and without support... • well, well, well... discovered. Contact The Table, c/o Burn is that when you listen to Burn, with the Roberto Rippa, Via Navone 17a, > What will the new album’s style be like? Sins of the Flesh was more electronic, Torture exception of a couple of songs like “Disease,” SAVOSA, Switzerland or email was more guitary, this one’s a bit more of a balance. you can picture a band in the studio playing, [email protected]. [miles] but all of it is sampled and sequenced with August 10, 1996, St. Andrew’s, Detroit, Michigan ✇ the exception of the saxophones. Those are Sister Machine Gun . played live and vocals, of course, are live, but Chris Randall Interview everything else comes out of the sampler. It’s [jill grant & russ burdick] all programmed, so it’s actually, of the three albums, it’s the most electronic, but it sounds the least. There’s a certain irony there. Burn is >>> Yeah, Burn is a more organic record. The next record is called Metropolis, by the way. What it’s my favourite. I don’t like Torture Technique at going to be is a combination of - I’d basically throw Torture Technique out the window - so it’s going to all.Flesh I can’t even listen to it, and Sins of the be a combination of the things people like from Sins of the Flesh and Burn which is the organic instru- sounds really tripe to me now when I ments of Burn plus the electronics of Sins of the Flesh. So I’ve got two songs that are really for that listen to it. I made it six years ago. album that are completed that I did with John Fryer. On my web page, there’s 4 new songs that you can download, listen to, whatever. One of them, “The Bitter End,” is going on the album. The other > A lot of bands are like that.
three are for various other things. “The Bitter End” one is pretty indicative of what Metropolis will sound When you listen to something old and
something new, it’s totally different. BEEFY! THEY’RE like. Very electronic, but not like Front Line Assembly. It’s making music that’s organic. Every one secular mechanism disciple secular mechanism disciple of my records sounds completely different, so I can’t really tell you what the record’s going to sound >>> You listen to the first couple Beatles SECULARsecular mechanism MECHANISM disciplesecular mechanismDisciple disciple like until it’s done. Just whatever my tastes are at the time. I got that 2-pac record, California, the albums versus Sgt. Pepper. It’s the same [demo] video’s playing all the time. You might not know it. The music on that was so incredible, so I just ripped thing. All bands grow. The problem with Disciple is the first release from the duo of Secular Mechanism. This 3 In an upcoming issue will see an in that clean for this “...Bitter End” song, but the choruses are a total Sister Machine Gun guitar fest, Nitzer Ebb is that they created this sound for song cd is a testament to their talent and vast range of influences. Secular (unsigneddepth and look raw at as the hell), a wonderful but the rest of the music is like street beat from LA. It’s a very strange combination, and I think I’m themselves with their first two albums that peo- Mechanism’s music combines the vocal and programming skills of Neal and charming group of gentlemenPsychonauts from going to do that for all the songs. Just combine two different types of music that have nothing to do the south who proclaim their sound to ple wanted to hear and then they went 180 Keller with the guitar stylings of his brother Eric Keller. Together they pro- be industrial-strength trash-a-billy.... with each other. It’s really strange. It was all John Fryer’s idea because we were actually waiting for the degrees in the other direction, and no one liked duce a style of music different from anything else currently in the scene. tape to rewind, and we had MTV playing because most studios have a TV screen for doing music for it. See, I don’t have the problem because peo- With influences from Alien Sex Fiend to The Jon Spencer Blues movies and stuff, and we had MTV on that screen, and that video came on, and I’m like ‘Oh turn this ple don’t expect my next record to sound like Explosion, it’s no wonder. The title track “Disciple” is the most straightfor- on, this is really cool,’ and he was grooving to it. He was like ‘We should make a song like this,’ and my last one which is a good position to be in. ward song on the cd. It’s an energetic song with a good dance beat and a we had two extra days that were payed for. I’d payed for him to be there. So we wrote this song togeth- I’m very glad that I’ve created that for myself. catchy chorus. The second song, “Insignificant Other”, combines lurid er, and it just came out really cool. It’s a combination of industrial romp and Los Angeles rap, like old > When you play the older songs live, do you blues guitar with murky keyboards. This is definitely a song to drown your school p-funk type rap. It’s really bizarre, but it’s cool. And that’s probably what the next album will be change them at all to suit your style now? mostly. That sort of thing. sorrows to. The final song, “Wretch”, is an enigmatic mixture of blurry >>> On the last tour, I did quite a bit. It’s vocals and spurts of snare drum. If you’re looking for something that isn’t > Any reason why you only released one single off the Burn album? impossible to play those songs like “Sins of just following the formula for industrial, then get this cd. Disciple is avail- >>> Originally, I didn’t want to release a single off this album at all. I wanted it to be a cohesive the Flesh,” “Not My God” and “Addiction” able for $4 post-paid from Eine Kleine Totenmusik, P.O. Box 10410, album. The next one, I’ll insist that they not release a single. A single is a cop out. It gives the radio the way they are on the album, because Arlington VA 22201. For more info check out their web page
something to do. It allows you to chart. A single is a marketing tool. If I was going to do a they’re total studio creations. • if someone is act as some have said (including me) i’m just a slightly cracked audacious bastard! ARGH!? idiot... or, http://preg.washingto.dc.us/conspiracy/sm/. [jennifer barnes] there are horrible bands out there making horrible music, whilst scott evans of beauty, the table guys, and of course, a differ the table whilst scott evans of beauty, there are horrible bands out there making horrible music,
011 008 blackMONDAYv1.4 thymeELEVEN sageEIGHT Never before have so many impressive > How about compared to the way you ACUMEN LIVE! demos come to the attention of black mon- played them live back then? [jennifer barnes] day. The following bands have the talent, energy and attitude to put most label >>>of the Actually,Flesh, when I first started playing Acumen’s live performance is raw releases to shame. I suggest you acquire and fun. Some people accuse them these most wonderful of sounds for your own them live, when all I had was the songs on Sins collection, sit back, and watch them grow. they were very close to the orig- of being “too metal” but at least
vault.9 demo inal. But now I’ve played them so many times. vault.9 demo their show has lots of energy. There
VAULT.9Demo Media Overkill, 1441 Hunington Drive, Suite 214, South Pasedena, California B vault.9 demo vault.9 demo “Not My God” I’ve played thousands of times, will be no standing meekly behind [demo] 91030 or email [email protected] (http://www.mok.com). [miles] and you start to play with it a little bit. The please a keyboard and plinking out a
Vault.9 is a two-person band from beauty demo version that we’re doing now is closer to the melody during an Acumen show. beautyBEAUTY demo demo beauty demo original than the one we did on the last tour Savannah, Georgia. They describe beauty demo This time around Acumen played [demo] was. The version of “Addiction” is pretty simi- visit their music as, “...a mixture of at the Capitol Ballroom, which is a strong dance beats augmented by Scott Evans, renaissance man, is Beauty. This is by far the most impressive lar to the album, just a lot more guitar. That’s big warehouse club in D.C., and, heavy synthbass, distorted vocals, the thing. I have a four piece rock band, and black demo I have ever been privilege to (except maybe for A Different Kind of for once, there was a big crowd out and a barrage of sampling may- I’m trying to take these songs that are totally Cop, it’s a tough choice....). There are so many musical styles explored, m to see them. hem.” This is one of the best created from a drum machine and make a onday including some of the best uses of sampling, and powerful guitar work, band play them, and they’re just not going to demos I’ve heard lately. The music Jason (singer/guitarist) stood in blended seamlessly with trance/gabber rhythm and at one point having sound that close, you know. If you want to be has variety and energy and also uses online front of the microphone like a vocals reminiscent of the energy and emotion of Kraftwerk. It’s amazing entertained, you can’t, I mean I could stand up a lot of cool electronic sounds. This cyber messiah wearing silver reflect- that Mr. Evans’ has fit everything he has into three songs, “Rewind,” there, and I could make a compact disc with no is a band that definitely doesn’t suf- ing sunglasses and a sardonic smile. “Outpatient” and “Exit Wound.” Power and anger evolving into a rhyth- vocals on it and stand up there and sing to it, fer from a lack of guitars. Both and that would sound exactly like it, and Their first song was “Candy members play keyboards and do mic hysteria... Beauty is a most apt name for this wonder amongst won- babbling a just i’m learned be to something i don’t, knows, who here? everyone would be happy that wanted to hear Prowled” which is definitely meant vocals, which, along with the sam- ders. Contact Beauty at 3178-B8 Summit Square Drive, Oakton, Virginia that, but I’d say you’re just better off staying to be heard live. It’s not one of my pling, gives the music several layers 22124 or email [email protected]. [miles] at home listening to the CD. If you want to see favorites on the new album, but its http://www.wormburner.com/bm so that it holds up to repeated lis- anyone???) psychonauts (the there out others and musicians these snag should ne us jump around and act like morons and one of their best songs live. Ethan tenings. As a side note, they have entertain you, you’re paying to be entertained, was hopping all over the stage like some really hilarious samples from then come to the show, and we’ll provide that. a ping pong ball with a license to a drunken preacher that have to be > What would you cite as influences for music & lyrics? M kill, and that was just in the begin- heard to be believed. Vault.9 will much appreciation goes to the ning. Live energy tends to have a be featured on a release from If It >>> Lyrically, Matt Johnson of The The. It’s my following people for helping favourite band to listen to for inspiration lyrically. Trent snowball effect. They backed the Moves titled Closing Shop and they make Black Monday a reality: Reznor goes on about how all these bands sing in the first first song up with “Matador” which are currently busy working on a person because he sang in the first person. I got news for got the crowd going. When Jason self-produced album with the Eric @ The French Paper Co. Trent. People have been writing in the first person since wasn’t playing guitar or singing, he working title Slaves to Technology. Niles, Michigan there was music. Whatever with that! Matt Johnson’s been Contact Vault.9 at 8000 Waters was raging across the stage. The Nicole @ Nationwide Paper doingMachine it since 1980. You know, it’s like ‘Get a life, short lit- drummer was pounding up a fury Ave #172, Savannah, GA 31406 or winds died down demo tle fuck.’ Sins of the Flesh got compared to Pretty Hate to make you really appreciate live e-mail them [email protected]. Chicago, Illinois a lot, but I think if you listen to Sins of the Flesh [jennifer barnes] and Soul Mining together, I ripped that album clean 100%. drumming. They played a new
song or two as well as “Queener”
winds died down demo Look for a possible
a different kind of cop .dmo demo > Involved in any side projects? WINDS DIED DOWNwinds died downinterview demo with and of course “Gun Lover”. Jason winds died down demo [media overkill]
Winds Died Down >>> Well, yes. My wife and I are starting a record label actually played the mini-moog dur- in a future issue of a different kind of cop .dmo which we will get rolling this winter while I’m not doing any- Five intense songs crossing the a different kind of cop .dmo ing “Gun Lover” which had a hard Black Monday A DIFFERENT KIND OF COP.dmo boundaries of metal and electronics. a different kind of cop .dmo thing once I get done making Metropolis. I won’t have techno flavor live. Plus, he added “Serves Me Right” starts things off . [demo] anything to do until next summer. So, we’re going to do that. some crazy laser sounds to the song The first album on that will be a band called Radio which is with a passion. The guitar work of which made it seem like a space This 4 song demo definitely has some interesting moments. A Different me and all my friends, like Pigface, but electronic. No gui- Robert Rampley and vocals of Kind Of Cop is the all-electronic project of one man, Tim Samoff. The tars, just keyboards. It will be more traditional. If you cross battle was going on in the club. Christopher Compton are very remi- The sequencing came across really songs on this demo are “Conscience”, “Concession”, “Anger is My Friend” traditional industrial music with the Chemical Brothers, niscent of the metal music genre, trip hop industrial, I guess, for lack of a better term. I pro- well live, creating a good balance of which is part of their background and “Machine Humaine”. For some reason it reminds of early Sister duced a band called Painstation that is on Decibel Records. synths and guitars. and a great influence throughout Machine Gun. I think the resemblance is in the vocals which are more That should be out in September. I did like half of their When Acumen left the stage, they Winds Died Down. This self-titled recited rather than sung. My favorite song is the last one, “Machine album. That’s about it, really, that I’ve got in the works. demo is by no means to be typecast told us to be twice as hard for > When do you think Metropolis will be out? as any musical style; it is a very well Humaine”, which leaves you with the aftertaste of an apocalypse. Waves of Cubanate but unfortunately thought out conglomeration of distorted vocals wash onto the shore of a crumbling earth and then wash >>> If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say March, but you Acumen blew them away. sounds. Guitar is predominant, but out again. However the tape seems a little thin at times (ed- I don’t think never know. Acumen’s performance seemed twice as good,. while we watched tastefully done. “Hypochrist” is a so!). It walks the line between a cool kind of rawness and a lack of experi- > With a tour next summer? sparkling gem with a very sharp use the members of Cubanate trying >>> It won’t be as extensive a tour as this one’s been. ence. It will be interesting to see what A Different Kind Of Cop comes up to keep up with the tape and of samples and great vocal magic and It’llprobably be just 45 shows, ✇major market type cities. transitions. For more information with in the future. You can contact A Different Kind Of Cop at 746A Poli listened to the singer proclaim
[jennifer barnes] is there perhaps hmmm... due... was next the when said i have never and issues, new of frequency REGULAR a such has is, monday about Winds Died Down, contact St., Ventura CA 93001 or e-mail [email protected]. someo support to here i’m • start i would i could, if them, seriously, ha! week’ the of it ‘days call perhaps label, own my himself to be a genius.
007 012 blackMONDAYv1.4 nutmegSEVEN paprikaTWELVE >jennifer barnes: How long have you guys been on this tour? Whereas American audiences are like, typically they want something you can barely tell that the songs are pieced together sample by sample. The >>>lars fox: Oh, just for two weeks. Originally, we were going to jump around to and, ya know, after you’re off it’s on to the next album as a whole reflects this process as well. The songs are generally short to start with Barkmarket just on the East Coast which is ridiculous thing, and they’ll do that to music in between bands too. It’s kind (there are a total of 25 tracks), and they often blend into each other. I think this for us, because we live in San Francisco, so we played some shows of, uh, non-discriminating. I don’t want to sound like I look down furthers the symphonic quality of a Vampire Rodents album, because rather
on the way out. START on American audiences. And, actually, there’s a big difference than standing alone, each song is a part of the whole piece. The cohesiveness of Grotus... between different audiences in Europe. Like in Germany it’s very Gravity’s Rim is furthered by the fact that there aren’t nearly as many guest vocal- > Has it been going well? If your looking for quality music in much like the United States. In France, bands that nobody’s ever ists on this album, as on previous albums, so there are not as many different heard of are huge. And things that are big, like Pearl Jam in the electro-GOTHIC vein, The >>> OK, ok, turn-outs are a little scant which is, you know, styles to distract the listener from the music. However, guest vocals by Maria the United States, they’re nothing in France. They sell like Razor Skyline is a good choice. But fuckin’ annoying but our station in life right now is pretty weird Azevedo of Battery really add a lot to the album, particularly on the song “Rain 10,000 albums in the country of France. It’s totally weird. Like don’t expect a burgeoning of cre- in the music industry world, although I don’t want to talk about Wheel”. There are also vocals from members of Society Burning and Jared of that cause that’s just boring. Nobody wants to read about that. Toto’s still a big deal in France. Italy’s just insane, it’s the best ative uniqueness. [miles]
Chemlab. One track I particularly like is “Creepers” which has a reference to I interviewed under the noise regeneration under the noise regeneration
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Gravity’s Rim VAMPIRE RODENTSvampire rodents gravity’s rim ...... Grotus Under the Noise has been referred [fifth colvmn] [jennifer barnes] to as funky-electro-dance... I don’t ...when they played in D.C. at the 9:30 Club. It was such This is the fifth album by these crazy bastards, and i’d have to say it’s a know if I agree, but they definitely a nice night that we sat on the sidewalk out front to talk. pretty good one. Sporting ‘oh-so-cool’ guest vocalists, you can look for- are one of the most unorthodox and ward to Jared of Chemlab experimenting with his vocals, Athan of Spahn > I want to know. country in the world. The food’s great, the climate’s great, unconventional groups of the day. Ranch crooning away, Battery’s Maria Azevedo lulling you, and the everything’s beautiful. There’s always great cool old stuff, vampire rodents gravity’s rim >>> Actually, I’m planning on writing a great big bitch and the people are totally cool. If I could be reborn some- Regeneration boasts some of the best Society Burning boys and girls roughing it up. All this with Anton R. thing about why our label sucks and putting it online. where, I’d be an Italian living in Italy. talents in electronic music re-inter- (Danial Vahnke) returning to the lead vocalist role after his minor guest > What label are you on? • oh, d-d- and on... • on... • are you ill with me? preting songs from Under the Noise' appearance on Clockseed. His sense of humor is warmly welcomed back. > I was wondering about the albums, about the transition from ‘zine, such as black . smg... • wow! it amazes me to this day that a lil’ previous full length album, ...Of Brown, more sample based, to Luddite with more guitars. Musically, this album falls between Lullaby Land and Clockseed (both on >>> London, we used to be on Alternative Tentacles. Sound and Corruption. Remixers Re-Constriction). It’s not as harsh and experimental as Lullaby Land, nor as >>> Well, what happened there was we added a drummer. include STR (Swamp Terrorist), Zip > The promotion is really, like, nil. refined as Clockseed. All the classic Rodentia elements are found: heavy Actually, while we were recording Brown, we added our Campisi (Bi-God 20), and Jason >>> beats, cellos, guitar, and it’s chock full of exotic sampling. It is nil, that’s our big problem. drummer, but he never really made it into the recording. So Novak (Acumen). Everyone involved > How long will you be on tour? Brown is the product of three people with headphones on in this project attempts to push the Once again, they have delivered a good, long cd with lots of tracks (clock- poking samplers in a living room. envelope of sound, yielding a unique ing in at over 70 minutes), making it worth your money. My only real >>> Another month. We’re going from here down south > complaint is that one of the tracks sung by Society Burning is cut off and then toward the west… Texas, New Mexico, Arizona That explains it. mix of creativity which is not your the album! [gair] and on up the coast. We’re gonna stop in Spokane, >>> Luddite is more what that band adding a drummer typical ‘industrial’ sound. This match-
Washington. That’s as far as we go with Barkmarket. Then soundedMotion Apocalypselike playing shows. Then we thought that the gui- es perfectly with the unusual musical wired injections compilation wired injections compilation WIRED INJECTIONS there’s this band we’re gonna play some shows with called direction of Under the Noise. wired injections compilation tars got a little overpowering of the samples so for Slow Industrial/ Gothic/ Electro Wave Compilation
Chican from Seattle. They’re kind of Crash Worship-like. we decided we’d sample everything As a whole, this disc retains a level of wired injections[Cleopatra] compilation Lots of drums, like tribal, like pagan blood ritual thing. It’s including ourselves. So every single thing is a sample, and consistency, yet lacks the originality This compilation features 16 artists currently producing some form or more ritual than it is, like, music. It’s pretty fun, though. we pasted it all together. So that’s kind of a really weird and intensity which was revealed And then, I don’t know, it’s just a matter of things happen- hybrid of the genres referred to in the title. The cover has a ribbed CD album. At the time, we were like, wow, this is what we want- with ...Of Sound and Corruption. ing. It’s hard for us to get, like, really, really good tours right ed to do. With Mass, we wanted to have it sound, not slick, case, making a 3D image of disappearing angels and rotating sprockets. Regeneration is experimental in com- now because our record isn’t doing a lot things, and it all but well-produced in a decent studio with decent stuff and The acts include such well known names as Psychic TV, Christian Death, position and emotes a totally unique gets back to our pathetic label. But we’ll probably go to have it really sound good. Subsequently, it’s the first one Die Krupps and Klute; as well as the lesser known Razed In Black, sound but is missing that proverbial Europe in the fall. We do really well over there just on our that we’re actually happy with as an audio recording. I love Switchblade Symphony and Pygmy Children. Remixes are presented by ‘something’ which one cannot name. own. We’ll do some festivals… huge, ridiculous monstrosi- Slow Motion Apocalypse, but I think now, for my ears, it Kill Switch... Klick’s “Follow Me (Machine Rock),” Christian Death’s I suggest looking into ...Of Sound ties which are a blast and then some clubs for about a month. doesn’t really sound like I want it to. I wanted it to sound “Lost Minds (THD remix),” The Wake remixed by Rosetta Stone with more like us live. And, at the time, it sounded like we did live and Corruption before delving into > Does it seem like you do better in other countries? “Christine (remix 2.5 wHATEver),” and Psychic TV’s “I Believe What You but now it doesn’t. the mystery of Regeneration. [miles]
Said (Læather Strip remix).” >>> Oh yeah, definitely, like, Belgium, France, Italy, vampire rodentsvampire gravity’s rodents rim gravity’s rim > So when you guys make a song do you usually start
Holland… those are our big countries. We do all right in VAMPIREvampire rodentsRODENTS gravity’s rimGravity’s Rim The seemingly random array of bands musically fit together quite perfectly. with samples? vampire rodents gravity’s rim Switzerland, Germany’s ok, Denmark’s ok, Austria’s all right. [fifth colvmn] Even bands whose albums I don’t tend to appreciate in they’re entirety, England... yuhhk! >>> Yeah, yeah, the next album, that’s not going to be the The new Vampire Rodents album is such as Electric Hellfire Club, Synaesthesia and Noise Box (“I Hate You case. But for this album, and for everything we’ve done previ- > Why do you think you do better in those countries? on Fifth Colvmn Records, and it’s (remix)” appears– a San Francisco club fave), offer up quality tracks that ously, you typically start off with a rhythm sample and a few called Gravity’s Rim. Once again compliment the rest of the comp. My pick is Download’s “Omniman” >>> I don’t really know. European people, I think, are more little, what we call “color samples,” just things that create an Daniel Vahnke takes us into a world with tons of Genesis P. Orridge verbiage, lots of noise, and a hard house atmosphere. And then everybody sort of jams on top of it, and interested in...they’re a little more cerebral. Whereas Americans, of swirling samples and classical may- techno beat which only after five minutes mellows out into experimental it just sort of morphs into this thing, this song. Next time, I think I think, are a little more into, like, bombast. Which isn’t to say hem. Instruments on this album ambient. The negatives? The Goth tracks by newer artists The Wake, that Americans can’t be cerebral, and Europeans aren’t into bom- we’re just going to start off like rock bands do, jamming, and include; piano, organ, synths, guitar, Rosetta Stone, and Switchblade Symphony don’t break any uncharted bast. It’s just, meaning in general, I would say that would charac- then we’re going to put samples into that. ‘Cuz drums loops are a terize the two different audiences. European audiences are more great thing, but they’re very done now. There’s a lot of people bass, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxo- ground. However, ignore my opinion if you are heavily into goth, since I apt to just stand there and really drink it all in, but they won’t let doing it, and I think, for us, we always want to challenge ourselves phone and trumpet. With each view Sisters of Mercy/Siouxsie clones pretty harshly! Yet, given any elec- you leave the stage. I mean, after it’s over there’s just no way in hell and try and make each record really different from the one before. album, the music has become increas- tronic vice, Wired Injections is sure to satisfy and will provide great addi- they’re gonna let you go. There’s more samples on this one than any other one, although on and on... • and on and on... • a concept, but i ramble on and on and and then actually promote them! now there’s ingly smooth and coherent, so that tions for mix tapes! [hostess twinkie] derful know what he was getting into when he and jill interview words with sascha and for russ burdick, whom i’m sure didn’t mr 013 006 blackMONDAYv1.4 tarragonTHIRTEEN pepperSIX severed heads gigapus
they’re not all brought to the fore. We >>> Yeah, it can slow things down for mer. So we got a drummer and then I was FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars
frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars VS.frontline DIE assembly KRUPPS vs. die krupps the remix wars really worked on making everything fit some people. It didn’t slow us down but standing there between singing parts, and I frontline assembly vs. die krupps the remix wars together cohesively. there have been records that have was going, ‘what am I supposed to be The Remix Wars been held back for months, because doing with myself here? Looking at the [Off Beat Records/Cleopatra] > It’s pretty hard to categorize Grotus. the people didn’t get the samples guitar player? Or looking all angst rid-
Despite the possible overdose on remixes, this war proves interesting and Originally you were labeled as industri- severed heads gigapus cleared. If you take an obvious den? Or jumping into the crowd? I don’t actually some of the tracks outshine the originals. The EP contains three severed heads gigapus al, but it seems like you’ve sort of severed heads SEVEREDgigapus HEADSGigapus sample, which we’re never, ever, know?!’ So I was like, ‘I’m a fucking tracks by each band. [decibel] mutated away from that. ever going to do again, then drummer too I should just play drums It begins with Die Krupps remixed by Frontline Assembly: I had thought the Severed Heads >>> That’s definitely intentional. you better get it taken care of It’s a lot of fun for me. It makes me still to be no more. It was a pleasant We’ve always wanted to be doing our right away. feel like I play something.’ 1. “Metalmorphosis” (Shifting Mutation Mix) surprise when I received Gigapus, own thing. Actually, somehow we feel > Do you get involved in your > Do you do the film part of the Fairly cool pummeling dancey metal stuff which turned out to be quite won- it’s been kind of detrimental. If local scene in San Francisco? show yourself? Do you spend a lot of you’re, like, an ‘Industrial’ band 2. “The Last Flood” (Blood Stream Mix) derful! >>> We all used to really time on that? Very metal, ‘nuff said (yeck!) there’s an audience for you. If Gigapus has a charmingly cheesy you’re a ‘Punk’ band there’s an be but since we started >>> Yeah, I mean it’s gotten easi- 3. “Scent” (Pheromone Mix) 80’s electro-pop feel about it, audience for you. Us, it’s like who touring a lot, especially er as I’ve learned how to do it bet- Dandy beat, nifty electronic pings, sirens?, beeps and other random happy and bouncy with demented, the fuck knows what to call it. And when we started going to ter and better. Our songs are noises; vocals are undistorted and not quite so metal sometimes depressing, bitter, and some people get into it, and some Europe, we all just totally sequenced, so there’s going to be often loopy, nonsensical lyrics sung people don’t… I don’t know, lost touch with what’s consistent song lengths, so it’s easy If you’re into the metal/industrial crossover thing, Die Krupps will make with a fierce intensity and joyful we’re like on our own little planet. going on. And San to make an actual video for a you happy and these remixes will make you even happier, because FLA Francisco’s the kind of song. There’s a nice place in San fervor. Very odd and extremely So it’s kind of fucked actually. brought out the metal! I’m glad to not be easily lumped city where people are Francisco that’s pretty cheap, so I enjoyable. Fun! Fun! Fun! constantly moving in & always go there and just stock pile Frontline Assembly remixed by Die Krupps: into one thing, but I think we The opening track, “Heart of the all feel that it would be beneficial constantly moving out. zillions of hours of stuff. Then, 4. “Neologic Spasm” (Dislocated Mix) Party” is by far my favorite. It has a permission the for to bones also extended is gratitude again!) won- his reprint to in certain ways to be able to be Which is, I think, why when we have a song about a cer- .. • perhaps, if you live in warmer in live you if perhaps, • .. won- rather and snowing it is as climate, Hardcore techno, speed demon dance mix, dig! pop-hit mentality with a whacked that way. there isn’t a lasting tain subject, I’ll just look up in the sense of humour, ‘...who will tell scene in San Francisco old index I’ve created. Hmm, ahh, 5. “Barcode” (Re-Assembled Mix) (At this point, we were given fly- despite the fact that arm sticking out of ground, o.k. Some minimal parts in the song, but the original is more distinct my drunken friend that she’ll die and go to hell...’ (that’s the cho- ers for the stankiest funk band in there are zillions of and just go get it. Washington, D.C.) 6. “Transparent Species” (Clustered Mix) rus!). I love the cynical nature of good bands there. > Is the crowd receptive to the Slow plodding 80’s electro feel with a noisy buzz static through most of Gigapus. It IS pure chewing satis- > So do you have any choice in > I was wondering whole electronics thing? the track, kind of neato. faction. Decibel should be proud of the bands you play live with? about your influences >>> Well, we’ve played some [hostess twinkie] this rare and unique release. [miles] and motivations.
>>> Generally, we don’t have shows where people just don’t rosetta stone hiding in waiting rosetta stone hiding in waiting any hand in the decision of who >>> Well, for the know what the fuck is going on.
Hiding In Waiting Arirana’s deuling guitar and Torsten’s bass, matched by ROSETTA STONE rosetta stone hiding in waiting other guys in the band Like we went on tour with Korn. rosetta stone hiding in waiting we play with. Aside from if we’re [cleopatra] Mike Welch’s screaming onslaught, not to mention the going on a tour with a band, then it’s different things. And some nights, we were totally Finally a Cleopatra gothic band that has developed a fine touch of producer Spawn. Slave Unit is THE electro- obviously we’re gonna say yes or For the instrumental- into it. Other nights, these guys unique sound (from other cleopatra gothic bands that punk monster that is the industrial alternative. (See else- no. We’ve had some really good ists in the band, a real- that are really into guitars and [miles] ly weird sample, once only guitars would be looking on
is... think Sisters of Mercy....) However, Rosetta Stone where in this issue for the Slave Unit interview!) things. Like Mr. Bungle, a few the razor skyline journal of trauma it’s taken out of con- the stage, and there’d be all this are still somewhat mediocre and no longer classifiable the razor skyline journal of trauma years ago, was a really good THEthe RAZOR razor skyline SKYLINEjournal of traumaJournal of Trauma opportunity. That audience totally text, it takes on a life of shit going on. And we’d be stand-
as just gothic. [cop international] the razor skyline journal of traumaliked us, and it was a really good it’s own, and that can be ing there getting ready to come The first thing one will notice about Hiding In Waiting ‘The Razor Skyline is about love, anger, madness and exposure. In fact, I would say that very inspiring. For me, crashing in, and they’d be all like, is the predominate inclusion of electronics. The
>>> Yeah, I stopped after (was!?) just a bunch of my slave unit slave unitboast a predominately female composition, there being ly frustrated and stuff. So we thought babbling about my local scene.
slave unit slaveSLAVE unit UNITslaveSlave unit slave Unit unit about five years of playing, and slave unit slave unit only one male musician to two females (who are amaz- when we moved to a major label, well, [cop international] I didn’t play for a really long ing talents to keep your eye on!). This alone makes people will be able to buy our records time and then, before we had our Groove, groove and yet more groove, with a touch of every where and blah-bitty-blah-blah. I them worthy of even the slightest respect. Perhaps drummer, when we played shows, punk n’ funk thrown in for good measure! Think of a mean, yeah our record is more avail- you’ve hear of a band named Journal of Trauma? The there were times when there just able now, but nobody knows about it. We cracked version of Janes Addiction, that’s the spicy funk Razor Skyline is the same band, ‘...a name change was needed to be somebody slamming
were wondering about clearing all the go see: edge. Lest we forget what is at the heart of Slave Unit, forced upon them by the ASST . . . who was not appre- something. So I got a drum, and I start-
AGGRESSION!!!! Raw and brutal! The track “Backdown” ciative of the fact that there could be some confusion samples. It’s a drag.
ed playing again, and it was kind of cool TUS springs to mind; the intensity of Mike Paikos & Alans with the medical publication...’ of the same name. support continuing their for twinkie hostess and thanks ....umm... you! thank and you! thank you! thank you! thank you! (thank > Does it slow things down? and then we thought we should get a drum-
dear, you must be horribly bored then, what might i be able to do to spruce up your current situation? • i’m at a loss. at i’m • situation? current your up to spruce do to able be i might what then, bored horribly be must you dear, GRO 005 014 blackMONDAYv1.4 saltFIVE clovesFOURTEEN I showed up at the club not knowing what to expect, since and, at one point, Blaine was on top of the bar rolling I’d never heard Insight 23 or Christ Analogue before. about when CRASH he fell right off with only the drum Then Insight 23 hit the stage, and what followed was the set and broken glass to cushion the fall. This knocked out most abusive performance I’ve ever seen. As the opening power on half the stage, so they stopped for a few minutes notes of the first song began, front-man Blaine hurled a to solve the problem. During this time, the drummer put beer bottle onto the electronic drum set sending a spray of his set back together. You got the feeling that he was used “Strange,” the music flows on like a stream of varying depths. There is an undercurrent that links all the songs broken glass everywhere. The trio played with every ounce to doing this as the whole band did its best to destroy the together but at the same time each evokes very different impressions. The title track, “Beneath the Skin”, is breath- of energy they could muster. I was very impressed with drum set song after song for the rest of the show. You have the crush of the guitar, intricate electronics, explosive per- to admire a drummer who spends so much time hunched taking, and Cevin Key’s remix is pretty interesting. Christ Analogue’s Wade Allin did a really great job of remixing
cussion, and intensity of the vocals. Blaine threw himself over, playing drums that are lying on the stage. I enjoyed “Deep”, bringing out a totally different side of the song. [jennifer barnes] controlled bleeding inationcontrolled bleeding ination around the stage, convulsed, and smashed into everything their set so much that I bought the CD that night. CONTROLLED BLEEDINGInation that I think about it, Controlled
on the stage, totally lost in the emotion of the songs. For “Disease”, “Two More Reasons”, and “Backwash” are controlled bleeding ination [hypnotic/cleopatra]controlled bleeding inationBleeding’s Paul Lemos’ interpreta- some reason, there is a bar on the stage at Club Heaven, totally devastating live. Controlled Bleeding has been a driving force in electronic music for may tion is similarly cracked!? Next up was Christ Analogue, definitely the band most of the crowd was years, pushing boundaries and exploring new territory at every opportuni- Deranged In Space never gets tire- there to see. And for good reason. The undeniable pulse of their songs got ty. This 2-disc set combines selected ambient selections from between the some, you’ll discover something everyone in the place moving. The rhythm was a juggernaut backed up by years of 1985 and 1994 with 4 new tracks of aural exploration. new with each listen (headphones slashes of guitar, layered synths, and the singer’s voice was like a beacon shin- There is an overall eeriness and mysticism about Ination, from the inclusion of are suggested for at least one listen- ing out from the center of the storm. It was good to see a keyboardist who some of the earliest electronic ambient works ever created, “After the Rain,” ing...). To note, other remixers could not only really be into the performance but was the most energetic and “Chain Loop” to the completely ‘symphonic’ “Our Journey’s End (parts include Len Del Rio, K.A. Corp., member of the band as well. These two bands are obviously not only a good 1-4)”. This later composition is part of their current repertoire of thought pro- Torben Schmidt of Aqualite (who, match but good friends as well, as they demonstrated during their mid-song ly spelling... i should, and think i will, thank jennifer barnes, jill grant, gair voking minimalism. The vocals blend in with the myriad of sounds to become incidentally, remixes the ONE song that is not a version of Deranged In INSIGHT 23 & brawls. Christ Analogue will be releasing an album on Re-Constriction, and always grand fun...! ll and watch the lemmings go about their nonsense! that’s a whole rather than separate arrangements. This is unlike any of their past CHRIST ANALOGUE Insight 23 is supposed to be recording this summer, so we can look forward ambient works. The inclusion of 12 tracks from past works is a nice addition. Space, “The Path”), Uberzone,
to hearing more from both bands soon. Dean De Benedicts, Gerald & [john lawson] kraftwelt deranged in spaceIt not only shows the evolution of Controlled Bleeding’ lesser known ambi- Heiki, Anton Floriano, Dr. Kevin ent/etherealdemolition side zoth but compilation showcases a point in the historical timeline of electronic & Virus, and Don Falcone. [miles] music’s brief existence and a hint of it’s future. [miles]
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult... [cleopatra] demolition zothbonus compilation “Zoth Ommog Megamix” The first thing you may notice is START This is one of the shortest and by Vernon B. which is fun, mixing > jill grant: Do you have a new that people haven’t heard, or wanted to duced the album too?!’ Cos that’s what it that all the songs are nice and long, noisiest electro-industrial, wave- all of the songs into one horrible album coming out? hear through the years that we don’t play, said on the computer things you get info on from five to nine and a half minutes. crossover compilations to come confusion of sound. [dean] >>> groovie mann: Yeah, as soon the harder songs: “Gateway To Hell,” “On it. It cracked me up. But yeah, they used to Noise Unit is a side project of Bill from Europe’s industrial label Zoth kraftwelt deranged in space
as we get a label together, we have another This Rack,” you know, a lot of the first put out 12” stuff, you know “West Coast KRAFTWELTDeranged In Space Leeb and Rhys Fulber of Frontline Ommog (via Cleopatra). It is not kraftwelt deranged in space new album coming out called The Crime album stuff. It’s a pretty solid set. Damn,” I think. “Elvis Christ,” that’s one of kraftwelt deranged in space [hypnotic/cleopatra] Assembly. Imagine Frontline of the highest caliber, but is a good For All Seasons. It’s a 10 track album. their older songs. I can remember seeing Assembly and Delerium (another introduction for first time Zoth Denmark’s future advancement of > It’s kind of an odd time to be touring. Is this their records around. Hard to find kind of Kraftwerk. I’d say this is by far side project of Leeb & Fulber) com- > What’s it going to be like? Ommog initiates. more to promote the Deathride 69 project? things. They weren’t distributed. Hypnotic’s most fun and listenable bined and the result would be >>> It’s sort of similar say to some of the >>> No. We just wanted to pop out there All the musicians present are musi- releaseto date, although I hear Decoder. Take the dancey aspects of earlier stuff. It’s got a combination of differ- and do some shows and let our fans and > What are My Life With The Thrill Kill cians of integrity. But they lack a there is another Kraftwelt single in Frontline Assembly and the atmos- ent types of songs on it. Kind of like how friends know that we’re still thinking of them. Kult all about? creative edge that is to be expected existence, which would mean there pheric, ambient aspects of Delerium “Confessions” is. Some aggressive songs and >>> Everything that’s around each of us and from such artist as X Marks the are TWO!? There are exactly 12 and there you have it! It’s the next > Since you’re somewhat involved with some dance grooves. It’s pretty interesting. all of us. It’s just an expression of how we Pedwalk, Klute, Læather Strip and remixes of “Deranged,” my person- evolution of Intermix (yet another Deathride 69, can you tell me about them? feel at the time. You know, like each album, The Armageddon Dildos, who side project of Leep & Fulber) with > When do you expect it will be available? al favorite being the “Coercian >>> Buzz produced some of their album, that’s why they’re all so different. It’s just the perform my favorite track on more vocals or Will (this being an >>> Around January hopefully. As soon as Mix” which is remixed by Matt and I just did a couple of vocal tracks, but way that our lives are going and how we’re Demolition Zoth. “East/West Edit” old, some would say ancient, side- we can settle on the label that we want. Green of Spahn Ranch, which has that project’s just been Linda LeSabre’s, expressing ourselves and what’s influencing which features the ferociously hard a most wonderful trance-like feel project of Fulber) with less vocals! Beat Mistress’ project, and that’s her band. > How’s that going? us at the time and then we do it and then we EBM danceability that the and energy about it. The work as a Guess they figure three names is easi- They dubbed it as our side project, and that >>> OK. Got a couple of different ideas. go on to the next phase of things. It’s kind of Armageddon Dildos are known to whole flows seemlessly and sustains er to remember than five, ACK! WaxTrax!/TVT is interested in getting it, and was a wrong thing. That was a mistake. It a natural process. It just happens. People, produce. Other artist making a consistent level of wonderment Happy dancey industrial which leans some other new label called Red Ants has was a mistake that the label almost inten- when they heard “Hit and Run,” they were appearances include 44xEyes, for the listener to enjoy. The odd towards 80’s new wave pop and expressed interest in it too, so we’ll just wait tionally made to market it, you know. It like ‘WHAT!? All those horns?’ They didn’t get Psychopomps, Orange Sector, track is Claus Larson’s (Læather techno. “Protector” is the perfect rave song to play at a goth club. and see. wasn’t our side project. I mean, can you that. That was just a period of time. Our stu- Zero Defects and Klinik. Some Strip) remix, which, in itself, is imagine having this band for like 8 to 10 dio was in Malibu. We were inspired by 60’s tracks approach a hardtrance level brilliant! What was that? Why is it “Firing Line” reminds me of “Virus” > How much new material are you per- years and then being like referred to as stuff. We were inspired by the girl group of energy with the tempo at times odd? Because it breaks up the and “Iceolate.” Ah, those Wax Trax forming on this tour? someone’s side project? They were kind of thing. It’s like a whole bunch of ideas kind of approaching warp, and an ear dance monotony with a more than days when Frontline... was at their >>> One track. We’re doing a lot of early annoyed actually with that. It’s fun for us, combined to make this concept of “Hit and slaughtering guitar (stress guitar as slight industrial oriented track with best. Decoder is big, bombastic
derful clouds pass by? • or go to the ma outside, if not a bit cold, you could lie down in a grassy field and watch the [hostess twinkie] stuff from the first album, so a lot of stuff though. I mean, I’m like, ‘Oh, I like pro- Run.” A whole bunch of things just combined. many growls and thanks to her arduous duty of editing my notoriously evil grammar and wobb sarah tiger... and wonderful editor, it is most predominate through- Larson’s whacked guitars. Now experimental Bop!
015 004 blackMONDAYv1.4 parsleyFIFTEEN oreganoFOUR First up we have Resist. A local north Jersey/NYC band and, Energetic, dancey, electronic songs with strong female well, they suck. I’ve seen them a bunch of times, with a few vocals make this band an enjoyable group to watch. different band members, and they have always sucked. They Christ Analogue kicked heads in. This rising band from have a penchant for all the typical industrial cliches, and the Seattle, which recently signed with Re-Constriction, is words ‘fuck’ or ‘fuck you’ seems to be the choruses for most very powerful, both sonically and visually. Their aggressive, writing because at one point they launch into a double time assault proving that Acumen is cool at any speed. One songs. Next up was My Psychotic Motor, an alright local and sometimes violent, live show is intensely demanding. of my favorite tracks is “Crazy Stalked Eyes” which has an energetic bass line over a soupy mixture of samples and band that sounds like KMFDM at times and looks a bit like Though there is a level of humor, I thoroughly enjoyed electronics that have all been twisted up to an evil purpose. And nothing can beat the way that song breaks into a EBN. Some maturity and they’ll be pretty good. this performance with the only drawback being the antics slow, weighty groove that grinds your soul down. The cd also contains a cool remix of the song “Mike,” which origi- Fifth Colvmn’s Zia were next. This Boston band is and poor performance of their guitar player, or the ‘big,
nally appeared on the Fifth Colvmn Records comp as “Eric.” [jennifer barnes] angry Samoan’ as my friends like to call him.
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If you like powerful sequences, heavy, heavy guitars, and cool vocals; Eric, Marc, thought provoking and complete bunch of Industrialists remaking Final Expense has a traditional EBM and the rest of ‘em fuck shit up real good. Go see them with Acumen, and you work to date. Maria’s vocals are rap songs I wasn’t so sure that it feel with a slightly more aggressive will know pleasure. nature (more towards Front seamless and brilliant, integrated could be pulled off. But the bands with Evan and Shawn’s electronic Topping the bill was Fifth Colvmn’s Deathride 69. This band is led by 242/Frontline than Armageddon on this compilation have done an to want might you case which in computer. a have not might you gain, wizardry to give us 13 new cre- Dildos/Klute, but not sounding excellent job of keeping the origi- Beatmistress Linda LeSabre, who has played drums for the Thrill Kill CMJ INDUSTRIAL ations and five bonus tracks. like any of the aforementioned). nal intent of the songs in mind Kult. Their show was full of dance laden percussion, campy sex antics, and SHOWCASE, NYC Some of you may be familiar with while adding a lot to the music. good old rowdy fun. While not the best band, definitely an entertaining A LINE FETISH! (you may laugh now, please...) • black monday has a new has monday black • please...) now, laugh may (you FETISH! LINE A batcave, september 9th, 1996 Some pretty heavy musicians Battery’s reinterpretation of Coolio’s Operation Beatbox has lots of fun act to listen to as well as watch. appear, adding their touch to some “Gangsta’s Paradise” originally creat- stuff, like 16 Volt covering Cypress [gair] great songs. Seibold of Hate Dept. ed for Re-constriction’s Operation Hill and Clay People doing a recreates “Dysphoria” and Matt Beatbox and now played at clubs House of Pain song. Of course Green of Spahn Ranch offers the everywhere. Be warned, this is one of Numb’s cover of Salt-n-Pepa’s Beaten to Death remix of “Ego the weakest tracks on Distance, and “Push It” is hilarious but it’s also a WILL THERE BE A TKK MOVIE??? Death.” Other appearances include it is of very high quality. What is little creepy too. However, many of > Is the writing done as a team? in for “Hit and Run Holiday” to give it that girl group, rock chick feel, ‘cause that’s what we felt Morpheus Sister, Apparatus NC, refreshing about Battery is the intri- the bands took a serious approach Decree, Pneumatic and Oneiroid cate layering of electronics rather to the songs and came up with >>> It’s team. Buzz usually does all the like we wanted. That’s about the only thing we really bring into it right now is different chicks, Psychosis. The most powerful than the inclusion of guitar as is cur- stunning results. Society Burning music, and I collect lyrics and titles and then but not necessarily people that write. It’s me and Buzz who usually write everything. tracks are “Misanthrope” and rently so predominate in this genre. really cuts to the heart of Ice-T’s go there and jam and fit it all in and create > How do you come about finding these new people? “Dawn” created and re-manipulat- Distance is new, fresh and creative, gangland song “Colors”. My it. Some stuff, like the new album, a lot of it ed by Alien Faktor themselves. while maintaining a soothing and favorite song is Battery’s version of we created on the spot. Few ideas, but it just >>> Word of mouth, clubs, people who hang out. It’s just kind of like surface. This last sonic journey is a master- calming charm. If you’re becoming “Gangsta’s Paradise”. You have to kind of happened spontaneously. Our music, > Will there ever be a My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult movie? ful ambient composition which irritated with guitar crunching hear Maria Azevedo sing it to I like it that way. It just like sparks. sits ‘...on the verge of the electro-sounds, Battery is definite- believe it. Some surprises include >>> Yeah. We always say ‘We’re still shooting it.’ We are the movie, but there will be some millennium.’ [miles] ly worth checking out. [miles] Terminal 46’s ultra heavy remake > How have all the member changes over kind of collage. We’re just collecting it. So, yeah there will be. the years affected the sound? of Public Enemy’s “Night of the Living Baseheads” and Institute of Technology’s geeky-cool version of Run- >>> I don’t think it has. It’s good to bring in > What kind of progress is there, or do you have any kind of vision for a completion time? DMC’s “King of Rock”. There are a total of 17 songs by 17 different bands making this one doozy of a compila- different voices. We brought Cinderella Pussie >>> Probably around 2000. Yeah, probably before 2000. Like 1999 or something. tion. If Chase’s (of the label Re-constriction) intent was to prove once and for all that Rap and Industrial are sib- lings, he definitely achieved that goal. I think the vehicle of Rap pushed a lot of the bands on this comp to flex My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult......
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collide beneath the skin COLLIDEBeneath the Skin for my taste. I love the idea behind Collide, a clash of collide beneath the skin September 20, 1996 • Sanctum, Pontiac, Michigan collide beneath the skin [re-constriction/cargo music] the sweet and enchanting with the harsh world of From the first time I heard Collide’s “Violet’s Dance” noise. There’s a lot that can be done with those con- > Since this has always been a concept of the band, can you tell me about how it started? on the Re-Constriction compilation, I knew I wanted trasts, and I’m not sure they use noise to it’s fullest >>> We had ideas about film, and we borrowed cameras from a friend of ours and did some to get the album. Beneath the Skin fulfills all the potential. However, you have to be impressed by the goofing around. We just used to jam. We’d find some loop and just play it and just ramble on promises that “Violet’s Dance” made. Beautiful and creative use of noise in a traditional song structure. and just play around with it and drink and smoke and have little parties and just roll it. catchy melodies are tinged everywhere with noise, and And, of course, Karin’s vocals are stunning, a perfect the sample manipulation is extremely nimble. The counterpoint to the harsh elements in the music. > If you could, is there an existing movie that you’d like to make a soundtrack for? Or ever songs are electronically based and when guitar and bass Another good thing about Beneath the Skin is that it make a soundtrack for a movie? appear they never overpower the synths. The music is has a variety of tempos and moods. From the hectic >>> I haven’t seen any movies lately. I think it would be probably fun to do a soundtrack to • you could read black monday again... or check out the electronic version at http://www.wormburner.com/bm • then a then • http://www.wormburner.com/bm at version electronic the out or check again... monday black read could you • put together almost flawlessly and is a little too perfect swirl of “Violet’s Dance” to the gentle, lullaby-like I HAVE i confess, true, it’s ‘em! of lot’s lines, pages, more four to in addition , noticed have may you • we! haven’t a Roman Polanski film or Paul Morrissey, who did Warhol’s early stuff.
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The name Slave Unit is taken from the midi Maria Azevedo of Battery contributes her vocals to “Slow 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown16 volt crush letdown crush
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some of the stuff I didn’t even understand. I have always 16 volt letdown crush 16 volt letdown crush [re-constriction/cargo music] to the Master device. Before a recent show Time.” When asked about working with Maria, Welch [re-constriction/cargo music] with Scar Tissue in San Francisco, Black been into really aggressive music, and the technology of This album is one good fuck to the 16 Volt has developed a completely 16 Volt style. LetdownCrush is their Monday snagged Mike Welch of Slave Unit replied, “It was really fun. The whole thing was what we head. Eric Powell has thrown third full length release, following Skin and Wisdom, both also on Re- for a brief verbal drilling. Welch is the (it really is over! you can go home now) Constriction. They have gotten super (in a big bright yellow way) tight the 80’s, much like the 80’s sound, was really wimpy. I another slab of cool music at the founder, vocalist, percussionist, guitarist, and only occasionally would their new tracks displease the cyberpunk 16 had really wanted to have. We just didn’t know who. We masses, and i do mean masses as ‘General Manager,’ and Music Director of SU. Volt fan. What I am referring to is that seemingly inevitable pop/”alterna- couldn’t relate to it. I couldn’t get into it. Later, when they this album has major distribution. There are four band members who perform tive” catchy (and too accessible for the too punk rock) sound which wanted to have some girl do backup vocals. Then we had live as SU, but Welch spends the bulk of the With the addition of Marc LaCorte appears on tracks like “The Dreams That Rot In Your Heart.” Yet, 16 Volt
time in the studio creating the band’s sound. started to develop technology, so it was more aggres- (of Black Metal Box) to the band, only sounds similar to a Sister Machine Gun (the “we sure got paid a lot Although Welch is responsible for most of this song, I don’t know, I guess, because I’m her spawn*. spawn as well as some guest players, Eric to do this soundtrack” band) song on this one track. The rest is sure to Slave Unit’s material, he is more than willing sive… No rules or anything that you know you HAD to has put forth an album that builds make you glow (even if you closed your eyes to make the yellow packaging to include a good idea, “The main percentage We were all like ‘I don’t know, why don’t we ask Maria? ‘ and expands upon his previous not a factor!). of the music is done by me, because I spend do. The sounds really started getting better, too. I listened work. My overall impression of the
a one or two issues... • well, we’ve doubled that expectation, “A Cloth Like Gauze” has those unmistakable whispered 16 Volt vocals, a
the most time doing it, but, at least in a live and she said ‘Yeah, sure I’ll do it.’ So we went in there to do album is that it sounds like the superacumen spiffy territory=universe wafting intro, and pretty keyboard samples with some white show, I wouldn’t be as entertaining as the to them, and I always thought that I could do a better job. songs from Skin with some of the noise sections. It’s heavy on the chug-chug guitars, but they are left in the band would be. I come up with a lot of ideas it and when we came out it was what it was. It came out electronics of Wisdom and a lot of that get changed with the rest of the band. background. “Something Left” contains those same vocals but more distort- I was doing the Punk thing, and the way I started was I esh!) • buh-bye all my lovlies! •••• melody thrown in. Ninety percent of the stuff I start but things ed and somewhat more hushed, over keyboards with noisy static and screams good as far as I’m concerned.” The standout tracks on this album get changed by the others. They don’t like towards the end. “The Cut Collector” and “Two Wires Thin” contain this, or they have another guitar idea.” In really got tired of dealing with other people. Because you are the frantic, rhythmic “Breed,” appearances by William Tucker playing guitars. “Two Wires Thin” has him order to make sure that their live show is Mike Welch is quite down to earth, rather quiet and shy. the heavy groove laden “A Cloth goofing around with ‘wah treatment’ making for a very hard aggro-industrial entertaining, Welch exhibits full throttle inten- know how people in a punk band are really all flaky and Like Gauze,” “Shameface” with its sound with a rockin’ beat, neat ping noises, almost techno keyboards, and powerful drums and moody nature, sity and, besides singing, plays percussion on The music of Slave Unit seems to be cathartic. Welch has whacked out guitar effects. The dance floors will have a square dance (lop- a snare drum and a folded metal garbage can. stuff, and I just wanted to do everything myself.” Slave and the slow electro-beauty of sided perhaps with everyone in silver smelting suits.) Right?!! Basically, 16 “Crush.” With all the songs being the anger of a punk, yet he steps back and smiles about it Volt’s new Letdowncrush is neato, nifty and NOISY industrial dance. Have Unit takes the punk elements and throws them into a pit very strong, it’s easier for me to some with your soup. (And just remember you can fast forward through mention the ones I don’t like than “Carla’s Tarantulas,” it’s kinda funny at the end.) [hotstess twinkie] all. The direct and simple honesty of the lyrics and music the ones I do. While not being
with the conveniences of technology. 16 volt vs. hate dept. remix wars strike three
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