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01. STERILE HAND - Personality Test
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02. STERILE HAND - The Hunter
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03. STERILE HAND - Security
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04. STERILE HAND - Listen For Water
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05. STERILE HAND - Untitled
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ARTIST
STERILE HAND
TITLE
Sterile Hand
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ECSTATIC
CATALOG #
ELP 035LP
ELP 035LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/18/2018
Juan Mendez
, aka
Silent Servant
, finds his ideal EBM vocal foil in
Ori Ofir
under their
Sterile Hand
moniker. The duo's first vinyl round for
Not Waving
's Ecstatic label is a dark and sleazy run of deviant industrial techno and pugilistic EBM cuts made over the last year. Following Silent Servant's killer split 12" with Not Waving and
Pye Corner Audio
in 2017, and two fierce 12"s with
Marcel Dettmann
and
Phase Fatale
in 2018, the L.A.-based artist behind
Sandwell District
and
Jealous God
is at the apex of his game right now, combining EBM and techno in faithful but inventive new ways. If there was anything previously missing from Silent Servant's music, it's only become apparent through the seamless and natural incorporation of Ori Ofir's classic-styled but unique vocals. The two L.A.-based artists push each other down tightening alleys of EBM and industrial techno, with Ofir's stark, blunted declamations haunting and highlighting the most fetid corners of Mendez's rolled-steel productions. It's a style that works to cryptic, head-turning effect in the
Voigt Kampff
-like probe of "Personality Test", then with increasing dancefloor force in the
Nitzer Ebb
-esquer flow of "The Hunter" and the punishing, gnashing bite of "Security", whereas "Listen For Water" and the creeping figures of "Untitled" explore the esoteric powers and parameters of Sterile Hand in mesmerising psychoactive detail.
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