Review: Italian DJ and producer Gianluca Pandullo aka I-Robots lines up six of his Electronic Emergencies classics - a label delivering gems from acts like Das Ding, Crash Course In Science and The Hacker to name only a few! Another such personality is Machinegewehr that fits the bill here with the I-Robot remake taking hold of the super synthy "Move Like Rays" that takes up residence alongside the Berlino-Den-Hague cosmic bunker italo sounds of "Want Need". Some slo-mo, space western vamps make themselves known again in Chris Davis' "Traction", while some faster obscure sessions come from Skeleton Head's "Beaten, Bloody, Bruised" (think Yello meets George Michaels). On top of that get some some tougher drums, post punk and new wave inspirations from Mutant Mass and Danza Obscura's star sailing "Borgie".
Review: Spacemaker and Leather E's Electronic Emergencies label has largely impressed since launching midway through last year. Following killer releases from Das Ding, SOS and Visonia, they turn to previously unheard NYC cold-wave combo Ceci N'Est Pas. The American trio's debut is an impressive one, too. There's something particularly confident about "The Last Time", which expertly combines New Order style guitar passages with rasping electronic lines, cheap drum machine rhythms and atmospheric vocals. "The Stranger" is a little woozier and dreamier, coming on like the soundtrack to a sleepy saunter through empty warehouses in the company of Cabaret Voltaire, circa 1983's The Crackdown.
Review: Rotterdam's emergent Electronic Emergencies continues to be a label that rewards the electro fan; ushering in a new album from Dutch wave icon Das Ding for their first release, EE went on to provide a platform for the unheralded SOS and now they welcome Visonia. Nicolas Estany's project has previously impressed on Last Known Trajectory and Lux Rec and the Chilean's romantic vision of electro feels quite at home on Electronic Emergencies. The five tracks on Nausicaa might be his most accomplished set yet, and in "The Moon Doesn't Want to Look at You" possesses a lead track that will grip your attention. The two A-side tracks will lighten up any dancefloor whilst the B-side finds Estany veering off into more introspective territory before ending on a hopeful note with the glistening title track.
Review: Overseen by local Rotterdam selectors Spacemaker and Leather E, Electronic Emergencies becomes the latest label to show how musically diverse the Dutch city is and they launch in truly impressive fashion. Anyone with an interest in Dutch electro and wave should be eminently familiar with Danny Bosten's work as Das Ding. Active in the DIY tape scene since the '80s, Bosten's iconic music was later brought to wider attention by Minimal Wave and the chance to indulge in some all new Das Ding material should not be passed up. The darkness that characterised early Das Ding material is very much evident on Why Is My Life So Boring? whose ten tracks are a powerful testament to Bosten's enduring talents.
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