Ever since Can, where his bass was sparse and jaunty and his sound collages pissed off almost everyone, Czukay has injected what he does with a childlike mirth.
With healthy doses of funk, soul, passionate ballads, and driving rock (often with three-ways raps), Dispatch is a band to catch live and blast at parties until the cops show up.
Demolition Doll Rods are a drag – literally and figuratively – even with the estimable talents of a tarted-up Dan Krona as a major part of the equation.
Great, evocative stuff. Futuristic Goth, instead of that medieval, pipes in the woods & tribal drums stuff. Morbid Angel meets Eno. In Tron-land. Fantastic.
Infectious, booty-bustin’ beats and melodic chug-chug guitars, the intricate arrangements in each of the five songs here provide more than great melodies.