Speaking of KMFDM, I "aquired" a promo of their new album WWIII and I've been listening to it a bunch. Music-wise, there is nothing terribly new here. If you didn't like KMFDM before, this is not gonna turn you around, but to these ears, its pretty fucking fun. In terms of lyrical content, KMFDM has always been political, but this album is the most focused and well-executed one they've ever done. Obviously, they have a lot to talk about in 2003, but they do it better than I'd have expected.
Also, there is a sort of sequel to the Sucks track from Angst that is pretty funny.
Speaking of funny, has anyone else heard the promo of the new Randy "Macho Man" Savage single? I reccomend you track that down, because I haven't laughed that hard in a while. And laughing is good. Its called Be a Man and its a fucking diss track on Hulk Hogan! If you don't bust up in the first 15 seconds, you have no soul (or are uncommonly unfamiliar with WWF vets from the eighties).
Back to KMFDM for a sec though... when was the Brute artwork ever under that kind of scrutiny? You'd have to be pretty dense to misconstrue KMFDM for a band with any kind of mysoginistic message.
Oh... every now and then I have put on some Venetian Snares for the uninitiated, most often with disasterous results. He really does use some of those uncomfortable sound frequencies, doesn't he?
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From: chthonic <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
Date: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: [idm] Venetian Snares is too scary
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Martin Lomas" <mlomas@rogers.com>
> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:11:28 -0400
>
>
> >I love IDM in many of it's guises, but I find Venetian Snares (&
> the
> like) too scary, too disturbing, too aggressive. Big deal, you
> might
> say. But I'm just wondering where I fell off the "hardcore" wagon.
> In
> my youth, I would be front and centre at shows such as Motorhead,
> Black Sabbath, and many other really aggressive acts, loving every
> minute.
> >So, for you who enjoy the more hardcore electronica - are you
> young and carefree, or forever committed to noize, or enduring it
> for
> it's artistic merit, or what? Another question - if you have
> various
> friends over, would put Venetian Snares on?
>
>
> personally, what i've heard of VS i don't much like. there are
> certain harsh frequencies i don't appreciate any artist using,
> because they just hurt. on top of that, their violent artwork
> puts me
> off a bit. maybe i'm missing the point or lacking context, but to
> me
> there's a difference between the accused "sexist" artwork of brute
> on the KMFDM covers (which is clearly an OTT joke and does not
> always feature brutalized women), and the VS covers i've seen.
>
> as for other "hard" electronica, i enjoy somatic responses,
> celluloid mata, morgenstern, imminent starvation (though not their
> newer incarnation imminent). of course, kid606, aphex twin, and
> chris clark have their hard (though not actually distorted) moments.
>
> if i have friends over i might put on miles davis 'bitches brew',
> or if it
> was a party, the beastie boys or jane's addiction. but not
> hardcore
> electronica. to me that's working, travelling, dancing, or
> get-yer-ass-in-gear music.
>
> d.
>
>
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