To Last Sigh
Released
30 October-2000
Label
Bloodline
Reviewed by
Peter Griffin
Visit
Lights Of Euphoria
Last Edit/Update
03 March, 2001
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Track Listing
1. fortune teller
2. fortune teller - re/worked
3. fortune teller - voice mix
4. inquisition
5. fortune teller - project x dub mix
6. fortune teller - aghast view remix
ever since 'steamhammer', a defining moment in mid-nineties electro/ebm, lights of euphoria have towed the line admirably. torben schmidt (bloodline) and jimmy machon (formerly godheads) are old hands at this game and 'fortune teller', a prequel to forthcoming album 'lightstorm' is a rapid-fire ebm blitz, of sorts. name-dropping litters the one-sheet as we have gerrit thomas producing and *singing* (tracks 1, 2 & 6) and some up-and-coming electro acts on the remix agenda, namely project x, aghast view and re/work. track 1, the original version of 'fortune teller', while managing a solid blend of 4/4 power and purity has inadvertently patented 'choral cheese', souring an otherwise quality ebm track. vocals *follow* music note for ******* note a la 'I am your conscience' by leatherstrip (the solitary black mark on 'confinement'). one hopes that the line; 'another sad story without happy end my queen of hearts will die' (!) merely scratches the surface of some deeper esoteric meaning, but on the other hand it probably all makes perfect sense to the ebm overlords down on the rhine, but from this side of the channel it's pure pantomime. so how does it sound? the re/worked mix welds acid-techno to gritty industrial angst without steering too far adrift of the original arrangement while sophie page guests on the voice mix. swedish ebm darlings project x throw caution to the wind in their remix of 'fortune teller', a sampled-up electro changeling that bypasses said chorus in favour of a pterodactyl-like call to arms. aghast view and gerrit thomas join forces on the final track, gerrit's distinctive 'shouted' vocal style doesn't really wash with me but the aghasterrorists serve up their trademark brand of bludgeon-beat electro to bring 'fortune teller' to a happy end (!). absolute highlight is 'inquisition', a mad, bad and quite brilliant creation right out of the cyber-industrial stable that clicks and whirrs into life, an absolute brute of a track. excusing the occasionally daft lyrical content and attendant cheese, all things considered 'fortune teller' is a quality release, the project x mix and 'inquisition' are worth the admission price alone. manna für das untermenschen? certainly.
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