Celldöd - Korruption

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  • Antonio launched Smashing Tape Records last year with his Breeze EP. It was backed by a rust-bucket remix from his lo-fi techno compadre Innsyter of LA Club Resource fame. From its Frankfurt base, the label has since put out tapes from crusty dark wave producers like DJ Loser and Violet Poison. The black and white photocopied aesthetic of its artwork (by the Madrid crew Unlocked Youth) hints at the sort of music at hand. Korruption, tape five in the series, comes via Sweden and Anders Karlsson's cantankerous Celldöd project. Karlsson arrived at electronic music via punk. Earlier in the year he teamed up with Varg for an ambient techno record on Opal Tapes, which was noisy but dreamy. Celldöd courts a more specific sound: coarse, EBM-indebted and full of punk electronics. It's a coarsely EBM-indebted affair, punk electronics through and through. "Korruption Dub" is the grooviest of the four tracks, if you can keep up with its piston pace. "Tidens Tand" is sludgier with a midnight allure, while "Res Dig Upp" shoots pointed bleeps like bullets. They're all more inventive with the EBM template than "Kommer Tillbaka," which follows the rules more closely with vocal snatches and industrial murk. File Korruption alongside your weird-but-makes-sense collection of Mannequin and Kess Kill records.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Kommer Tillbaka A2 Res Dig Upp B1 Korruption Dub B2 Tidens Tand
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