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Artist: ALIEN PRODUKT latrashnoche {at} hotmail {dot} com {dot} ar ]
Title: Revenge
Format: CD
Label: BLC Productions, e-noxe blc4law {at} aol {dot} com ]
Distributor: Alive!, Metropolis Records
Rated: *****
I am always impressed that Electro/Industrial music grows in all countries on this planet and this project from Argentina is no exception. Surely not the first band from this country (think of PUNTO OMEGA...) this 3 men/1 woman project presents with "Revenge" it’s first CD under the flag of the US-based label BLC Productions. They play a kind of modern EBM/Industrial music, programming reminds me on traditional EBM structures of some veteran artists but the sounds are updated and well chosen. ALIEN PRODUKT try to avoid this currently hype to sound exactly like SUICIDE COMMANDO or HOCICO although the vocals of band member U-TB are harsh and almost dark. Musically I would say that AP could be a kind of a calm form of EBM/Electro, I feel on every track the effort to fill in thick synth layers to build a more complex musical content. Another outstanding point is the very good mix and mastering, everything from the deepest bass kick to the highest synth sound is well placed. ALIEN PRODUKT are pushing the masses to the dark dancefloors with tracks like "Artificial Intelligence", "Detestable Envy (Album)", "Strategies of Destruction" or "Worthless Symbolism" and I would consider this danceable side of their music to be their strongest efforts. There are also 4 different remix collaborations with musically very different acts like H.I.V.+ (marvelous Powernoise from France), Out of Line recording artist MATRIX (F-Pop), SCHATTENSCHLAG (Dark Electro), and the excellent newcomer THE CRYSTALLINE EFFECT (Dark Electro/Industrial from Australia). Unless like on usual releases all remixes are well sorted in the track list and give the floating of this album a remarkable diversity. Not to hide I want also the fact that some synth layers and bass line sequences would work better with a bigger diversity in the choice of the sounds. To use the one and only same sound keeps away some surprising programming ideas from the attention of the listener. Also it wont be wrong to give the female band member Loregore 2 – 3 more solo vocal appearances because she did a fantastic job on the track "Into the Abyss". But overall I don’t see and hear any reasons why this quartet from Argentina shouldn’t reach the same success like their fellowmen of PUNTO OMEGA. Worth to check out!
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Review by: Marc Tater


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