Released
1999

Label
Hymen

Reviewed by
Christopher D. Jones

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Last Edit/Update
01 May, 1999

Teknoir

Double CD Compilation

         
Track Listing

cd.1
1. vostok. -- intro.
2. black lung. -- drachanalia pt.1.
3. orphx. -- rnd.
4. imminent starvation. -- hillstone
5. not breathing. -- kissy (pre m.r.i. mix).
6. synapscape. -- new order.
7. monolith. -- matrix a.
8. icon zero. -- tomorrow.
9. p·a·l. -- little cloudy fluff.
10. substanz t. -- industrial music for industrial people.
11. lustmord vs. metal beast. -- open towers emerge (version)
12. vromb. -- synchronisateur (vostok rmx).
13. seekness. -- cracked brain (1996).

cd.2
1. architect. -- pastgate
2. oil 10. -- oil 5 remix.
3. bochumwelt. -- la pensée.
4. beefcake. -- listen to the call.
5. somatic responses. -- oblique.
6. crno klank. polka.
7. esplendor geometrico. -- control de vigilantes (version).
8. klangstabil. -- regelkreisauslöser.
9. it. -- logic noise cargo.
10. mother destruction. -- odr
11. snog. -- hooray!! (black lung and the death jungle 2000)
12. hypnoskull. -- hypnoreakt vs. ammo.
13. winterkälte. -- global defrostation.
14. silk saw. -- cut the king.

     Yet another packaging created by S.alt. If you don't already know of his work, he is the creative force behind 90% of all the :wumpscut: packaging until recently and almost all of the ant-zen/Hymen/Flatline releases. Just the extra effort with the different paper in the booklets, the attention to detail and the fabulous artwork is enough to add that special touch to the jewel case.

    This is the first compilation 2 CD collection on the upstart Hymen label. Lost of drum & bass, lots of noise, lots of hard beats and all of the dance floor fillers you will come to love. This CD set includes exclusive, rare, and previously unreleased tracks from the whole stable of artists and even one's from the newly signed acts on the horizon. There is crunchy noise ala the Imminent Starvation song, funky jams from the Icon Zero library, music to make your ears bleed from P.A.L, Consolidated style industrial-Hip-hop from Substanz t and the best Vromb song to date (other than maybe the one on the Ant-thology). All of this is just a representation of disk one!

    Disk two is less industrial but equally as powerful. The Architect track is one of their best to date and included as the opener to the second disk that starts off things with a vengeance. Track 4 is a new Beefcake that also ups the price of admission. Hymen new comer Somatic Responses show the greatness of things to come. Look for their new full-length release on the Hymen in April/May.

    I could go on about this CD for pages and still not do it justice. This is an open doorway to the bright light of new musical hope you may have been looking for. Take a stop inside and you definitely won't be disappointed.