Skinny Puppy - HanDover, SPV 308282

Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy are the most prominent industrial bands in Canada and in the American continent in total. Period.

Very few bands managed to set standards so high that only themselves can surpass. Off the top of my head I can think of only one more band, Coil (R.I.P.).

New album from one of the best then. Not much to say, since both bands for 20+ years are continuously producing music beyond usual perspectives and ideas. The result was expected. The new album, of course goes beyond Mythmaker in terms of syntheses and is better than it. It creates its own unique atmosphere, more grotesque than Mythmaker, without missing "headbanging'' pure industrial tracks (e.g. "Village"). As for lyrics... as usual, an overflow of meanings, symbolisms and emotions. The very big asset of Skinny Puppy.

100% Skinny Puppy industrial sound and experimentation. Definitely more evolved than their previous works but still... 100% Skinny Puppy. One of the very few bands that you recognize just be listening one of their new songs, without looking the cd cover.

Just make yourself a favor and add this masterpiece in your collection.

A million miles of pain friend, I'll see you in another dream...

My heart can't contain the missing fragments of memories...

Architect - Upload Select Remix, Hymen Records – ¥794

Architect is probably the most known project of Mr. Daniel Mayers after Haujobb, the man with the thousand musical faces (projects). Most of his compositions as Architect, are a more elaborate and complicated form of Haujobb, transcending through various genres but mainly characterized by a minimal approach with lots of ambient/industrial elements.

This work is a remix selection of songs from "Consume Adapt Create". Although the original album is more I.D.M./minimal-oriented, this selection of remixes is a much more atmospheric and ambient approach. Original album-->club (I wish), remix album-->home . I don't tend to mention remix albums, but this is a bright exception with very serious reasons for existance.

Attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion...

Hecq - Night Falls, Hymen Records – ¥767

A dark ambient masterpiece by Hecq. The downtempo/IDM foundations of
Ben Lukas Boysen are also obvious here, creating a mesmerizing, emotionally intense atmosphere, with much more minimalistic and ethereal soundscapes than pure dark ambient bands.

Turn off the lights, and listen... Night falls...