and hey! Lets say one more for today... I don't think I've seen any reactions to:
GENOCIDE ORGAN "archive III" 10" ??
Oh man, if the band can find from their old unreleased materials stuff of THIS quality, how come it remains only in such a limited edition collectible format? All this Archive 10"s have been good, but two last ones really stand out! This contains it all: Noisy violence, atmospheric industrial textures, bleak vocals, aggressive violent vocals,... Opening track is such a minimalistic piece of concrete industrial assault that can't see why in hell such pieces wouldn't make it to full length album? Most of this material is recorded shortly before Save Our Slaves got released, capturing the same overall feel.
There is quite clear difference in old material and "Troubled times" and "Take This". Latter was recorded in 2004 during development of "In-Konflikt". Exaggerated loudness of bleak vocals make them such frontal element that sounds became side thing. While in older works, vocals blend into mix perfectly. Also "Troubled Times" from 1994 has this thin and distant sound, very far from fat, heavy, saturated perfect mix of 1991 songs.
Of course those newer tracks are more of "rehearsal" type of songs and actual final versions ended up into releases, but it makes me want to suggest a lot of artists: Don't be shy of going back to old recording techniques. It's not about nostalgia, but about getting GOOD SOUND. Loud analogue tape, with tasty saturation - be it just about any "underground music" or highlights of popular culture, that's one of the absolute key elements.
For those who missed this 10", I really hope Tesco will someday put all the archive materials on one CD compilation...
