The industrial dub that these guys make is a welcome change from the glut of electro discs. It’s also very true that the Invisible sound is in full-effect.
Despite the “old fashioned” music technology of 1991, XMTP created an album in the Skinny Puppy/Front 242 electro vein that’s both chilly and inspired.
The Kidney Thieves are following their influences into hilarious and self-parody like Whitesnake opening for the Crüe on the 1987 Girls, Girls, Girls tour.
I was expecting an all-out riff picnic from this, but instead got a platter of deep, pulsing beats and basslines, sparse guitars, dark and distant vocals.
DJ Spooky, DJ Soulslinger, Reese N20, and other mixmasters took tracks from the Swirlies and chopped ’em, processed ’em, and put ’em back together. I think.