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Regis and Surgeon's pivotal British Murder Boys, one of techno's greatest, shake up and recombine bleeding edge contemporary techno with provocative, enduring industrial inspirations from Throbbing Gristle and Coil. Cutting across the face of their catalog, from the incendiary opening sample of Jim Jones used in "Hate Is Such a Strong Word", through a crunching iteration of "As Above So Below", and back to their definitive early statement "Don't Give Way To Fear" via various hacked and processed BMB components, the decorated veterans invariably make mincemeat of the shouty dilettantes who have committed to this arena in recent years. Karl O'Connor mans the mic, swaggering around Anthony Child's shredded drum patterns and egging on the intensity, but also knowing when to wind his neck in and stop short of the sort of the showboating industrial clichés that drove dancers from industrial to techno in their droves during the early-mid '90s. In essence, the decorated veterans' sense of seething restraint, coupled with deadly conviction and technical expertise, makes Fire In The Still Air a definitive BMB set for the ages, one ready and willing to trigger a riot anytime. Just don't call it a comeback. Recorded at Berlin Atonal 08/24/18. CD comes in six-panel digipak.
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2014 repress of these classic M.B. albums (M.B. = Maurizio Bianchi, for those of you who haven't been saved yet). These were first reissued in 1998 by EEs'T (a division of Alga Marghen) and are now back again. Symphony... was the first M.B. album, issued in 1981, at the gates of the industrial noise revolution (it was also reissued on CD in the U.S. on Hospital Productions). "ArcheoMB" is the title given to the complete reprint of old M.B. records and here is part 1. EEs'T Records and M.B. collaborated on this project, well understanding the value of these early works and their importance in the evolution of M.B. The sound has been improved for this digital edition from original master tapes and under the supervision of M.B. himself. All CDs feature the original artwork plus the complete historical documentation (liner notes, reviews, statements). Symphony... was first issued on the Sterile label in the UK in an edition of 200 copies. M.B.: electronics, effects, rhythms. Symphony... is the most extreme music you're ever likely to hear. There are seven tracks, all consisting of a never-changing hissing or clanking rhythm, electronic effects over the top and a wall of distortion somewhere in the middle. This is the sound of industrial music, not T.G. Maximum electronics! Three bonus tracks first issued on Bain Total's International Compilation 2 in 1980.
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