KRAMM - Die Schöpfung und andere Kurzgeschichten (CD/Digital) (Danse Macabre) Most of you will know the name if I put Bruno in front of it. Indeed, Bruno Kramm occasionally colors outside the box, and that has now resulted in the album “Die Schöpfung und Meer Kurzgeschichten”. This album actually consists of three chapters if you like: there is “Die Schöpfung,” which is actually only one song, “Seven Nightmares FromARandom Forest,”good for 7songs,and“Eight Oscillations FromThe Latent Space,” good for, right,8 tracks.Don't compare this with old or newDas Ich stuff because Kramm does something completely different on his own here.Here, he puts short stories onto a soundtrack…Musically, these stories are supported by a cutting modular cacophony and synthetic sound carpets that accentuate the atmosphere of each song. So don't expect "musical" songs, but rather dark, menacing short stories, modern dark fairy tales for a doomed generation, so to speak…Wonder and a lot of words and sounds are given that, as it were, suck you into the music and the words.You dream the images yourself... [KI] LUCIFER’S AID - Destruction (CD/Digital) (Progress Production) Lucifer’s Aid, the solo dark/harsh electro project of the Swedish artist Carl Nilsson, has released its fifth studio album "Destruction" on Progress Productions. With its unique sound, inspired by the hard EBM, industrial, and dark wave scene, this is his darkest and most uncomplicated release to date, consisting of 10 tracks.Mr. Nilsson is no stranger to the scene. He has been an electro icon for many years, participating in diverse projects. His music flirts with EBM, harsh and dark electro, and at times, incorporates industrial elements. You can sometimes hear echoes of Dive/The Klinik, as well as Front Line Assembly in his music. Yet, it remains 'relatively' accessible, in the sense that it does not venture into the extreme fringes of the genre, which is adored by some and reviled by others. Is this a groundbreaking album? Not entirely. Is it one that belongs in the collections of genre enthusiasts? Certainly, as it’s is not run-of-the-mill release like some other bands …Technically well-constructed. Just shy of being groundbreaking. [JB] GRAUSAME TOCHTER - BDSM for Satisfaction (CD/Digital) (Dark Dimensions) I probably don't have to introduce this perverse daughter to you, this “BDSM for Satisfaction” is the 7th album of the eccentric diva Aranea Peel, who has never made a secret of her (sexual) preferences. In the meantime, the lady has been around for almost 15 years and musically she follows her own electronic, theatrical course. This is no different on this richly filled “BDSM for Satisfaction”. Fetishism as a theme but also existential fear, escapism in BDSM, sex and drugs, not without some humor and cynicism because that is also Grausame Töchter. Last year you were introduced to the compilation “Werkschau”by this wild lady,which collected the best of the first six albums. But now it’s time again for a completely new chapter of electro stimuli embellished with influences from cabaret, pop, techno, industrial and more. It was never different, although I would like to say that this “BDSM for Satisfaction” is perhaps the richest disc in influences ever brought out of the play cellar by Aranea Peel and her kindred spirits. [KI] CELLDÖD - Pandoras Ask (CD/Digital) (Electronic Emergencies) Celldöd, the emperor of Swedish EBM, returns on the Electronic Emergencies label with "Pandoras Ask". A very captivating EP with four tracks. When Pandora opens her box, she completely loses control. Because you get all the plagues of electronic music thrown in your face raw. Maximally aggressive industrial beats, heavy synth parts, dark beats that could function as a hairdryer if you hold your head in front of your subwoofer. Nordic EBM to savor. With a nod here and there to some acid vibes and a techno dip at times. It doesn't matter, it remains EBM through and through."Nytt Namn" is so repetitive that it just continues to play in your electro-brain after listening to it.The same goes for "Ge Upp",with a grotesquely stripping bassline. Polish your boots, tie them tightly, and go all out. "Pandoras Ask" is delivered in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies, with artwork by Anders Karlsson himself. Mastered by Ruud Lekx. [JB] Read the full reviews on http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/ - 19 - www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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