A newcomer out of the Spanish Electro/Industrial underground scene newly signed to Spain’s Industrial label Numero Uno, Caustic Records. MEKANIK DISORDER is a new solo effort lead by César Cruz, who’s responsible for all music- and production-related things, though he gets some help by two additional band members, when it comes to perform on stage. Musically MEKANIK DISORDER represents the rather old school EBM-vibe, which gets lately more and more recognized, since people got fed up with the ongoing, repetitive Hellectro-virus. So we don’t get to hear another distorted, lousy Techno-/Trance-inspired bawling, but rather a hand-made sequencing and a solid kick and snare work. The info sheet throws in the obvious prominent names, on which I only agree with á;GRUHM..., and almost the DAF/NEP-fraction, as possible quells of inspiration. "Cold & Strong" is an aptly chosen album title, which perfectly describes the music style of this project in two headlining words. I adore the courage, not to copy too obviously the lately often recognized Anhalt-EBM troops, although the efforts of that minimal old-school EBM-lecture got heavily inhaled. MEKANIK DISORDER stands rather for the cold, and more Belgian-inspired form of EBM, bands like early INSEKT and "Critical Stage"-like SUICIDE COMMANDO need to be mentioned too, when it comes to find additional comparisons. A unique ingredient is surely the ability of César, to express his rather depressive lyrical content in four different languages, asides Spanish and English, you’ll get also Dutch and German lyrics performed. What needs to be criticized is the fact, that bands like the above mentioned Belgian veterans like INSEKT or especially à;GRUHM... have been capable to integrate a tougher, and a at times unintentional invading Punk-driven outfit to their recordings. Quite too seldom offer César’s tracks the ability, to kick in some lazy asses, while performing a wild pogo-action on the dancefloors. A bit more sweat and a bit more of a sensitive feeling, that when a bass-line sequence starts draw a nice hook, to let it go with a fitting and steady drum pattern programming, that’s maybe that sort of development to reach with newer recordings. But generally César earns an agreeing nod for his first album, which of course should find its listeners with the fans of the above mentioned projects.