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The Seattle-based artist Alfredo Lazaro, under the moniker Perdí La Luz, makes his SYNTHICIDE debut with the “Rusty Nail” EP. As a collection of four songs, the EP is a practice in hypnotic, sweltering grooves that merge house elements with the rigidity of EBM basslines. Side A exemplifies this; the title track, “Rusty Nail,” is a spellbinding song that creates an alarming sense of dread with its steady beat and persistent, yet delicate, synth lines. Punctuated by the extremities of the classic industrial drum machine, the Kawai R-50e, the track reflects the psychotic inner world of Perdí La Luz as he sings, “I’m going crazy and I don’t know why.” The “Rusty Nail” remix by Texan EBM hard-hitter (and SYNTHICIDE family), Semantix, is energetic and unwavering as it adds a ferocious grit to the song’s innards.
COSTAS ANDRIOPOULOS is well-known for his renowned 23rd Underpass project but has recorded numerous mainly instrumental pieces over the years which were only made public via his own YouTube channel. These songs showcase Costas’ craftsmanship in working with hardware and software synthesizers, creating his signature sound, a beautiful mix of melancholic electro pop, dark electro, futurepop, electronica, italo disco, minimal synth, with lots of sequencers and arpeggios, dreamy pads, space synth effects, blips and blops, and some sparse vocoder, vocal lines/slogans too. And one can clearly hear Costas’ influences too, especially that of Jean-Michel Jarre. Nadanna has now compiled 22 of these tracks on two CDs with a running time of two and a half hours, and four further tracks available via download with a total running time of three hours. The tracks have been carefully arranged, cross-faded into each other and mastered by Martin Bowes to give the listener a relaxing listening atmosphere experience.
Dada Pogrom’s founder and sole permanent member is Kenneth Walter Balys. He is a computer scientist specializing in cinema and electronic music and has been producing and performing electronic music since 1981. He harnesses technical knowledge garnered from years working in aerial geophysics and communications engineering to make art. [Discogs] |
