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Latest Installment of Endzeit Bunkertracks

February 17th, 2009 by P_machine

It’s time for the latest offering of Alfa Matrix‘s Endzeit Bunkertracks series. For those not in the know, this compilation series works like a who’s who of the industrial/aggrotech scene (no power noise or IDM though). Most of the acts are well established on the world-circuit, there’s a few minor acts, and a small amount of up-and-coming acts. Roughly speaking, these compilations serve as annual almanac of where industrial is that particular year. It’s a pretty good value for what you’re getting, as the majority of the tracks are exclusive, and it gets you familiar with what’s happening in the scene.

As far as this compilation in particular, I’m not overly impressed with it (the Acretongue track is amazing, the Uberbyte track is catchy as hell, and the remix of Alter Der Ruine is amusing). I think it’d work great as a supplement for a club DJ, but over all, there’s not that many tracks on it that really stand out. Here’s the tracklist:

Evil Session

* FADERHEAD . tzdv
* NACHTMAHR . i believe in blood
* X-RX . die sexualkiste der hölle
* ALTER DER RUINE . relax and ride it (handlebar mix by MEMMAKER) *
* AETHERFX . leaving hope *
* THE SYNTHETIC DREAM FOUNDATION . blood divine *
* CYCLONE B . human progress *
* MESMER’S EYES . judgement day *
* WYNARDTAGE . tragic hero (X-FUSION mix) *
* VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS . born in sin (DJ Psycon mix) *
* IC 434 . back to back (endzeit mix) * . 4.36
* UBERBYTE . last human *
* ANGELS ON ACID . now you know *
* ALIEN PRODUKT . virus *
* KANT KINO . we are kant kino *
* STAHLNEBEL vs BLACK SELKET . unsichtbar *
* SKORBUT . phantom pain *

Torture Session

* KOMOR KOMMANDO . triggerfinger *
* SAM . world of shit
* PHOSGORE . pain tutorial (advanced agony mix) *
* SIVA SIX . deep black will (NOISUF-X mix)
* [RE]ADJUST with STAHLNEBEL vs BLACK SELKET – supernatural ability *
* DEATHGRESSION . degenerated *
* PREEMPTIVE STRIKE 01 . ichthyic ascension (ACYLUM mix) *
* DUNKELWERK . harkers verderben (short cut) *
* KOBOLD . blowback (untermenschen) *
* FRACTURED . nothing *
* HIVEPOLITIKS . wake up *
* @VX feat. MIND.IN.A.BOX . transformation *
* E-THIK . schleichfahrt *
* ISIS SIGNUM feat. SARA NOXX . energy (SUPREME COURT mix) *
* DISKONNEKTED . adrenaline (XP8 mix) **
* DETROIT DIESEL . when darkness falls *
* MENSCHDEFEKT with STAHLNEBEL vs BLACK SELKET . stalingrad *

Damage Session

* ACRETONGUE . voyeur *
* PSY’AVIAH feat. LEÆTHER STRIP. sweetheart revenge (endzeit mix) *
* PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF . stalinallee (jugend klub mix) *
* INDUSTRIEGEBIET . sex mit einer leiche (SOMAN rmx)
* NOISUF-X . last dance *
* MODULATE . hard and dirty (SAM mix) *
* NOVASTORM . blow job
* ACYLUM . schmerzpervers *
* UNTER NULL . broken heart cliché *
* SCHWARZBLUT . muss es eine trennung geben *
* PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE . zu nah (SUICIDE COMMANDO mix)
* ANGELSPIT . girl poison (I:SCINTILLA mix) *
* ESSENCE OF MIND . nightmare *
* ZOMBIE GIRL . the darkness (KOMOR KOMMANDO mix) *
* PUNTO OMEGA . fabricantes de miedo *
* FGFC820 . the heart of america (MESMER’S EYES mix) *
* KRYSTAL SYSTEM . i love my chains (MESMER’S EYES mix) *

Death Session

* MEMMAKER . death comes (ROTERSAND mix) *
* EX.ES . access to the ex.es (pure adrenaline mix) *
* SHAUN F . drty fckn dsko (hard mix) *
* SHAOLYN . face down *
* MONOLITH . attack of the ants *
* SHNARPH! . eine tolle predigt
* C DRONE-DEFECT . mundus vult decipi *
* AFTERPARTY . manbaby *
* HEIMATÆRDE .vater (aura lusus mixtura)
* STRAFTANZ . tanzt kaputt, was euch kaputt macht! (STRAFTANZ original)
* DIFFUZION . fire (EFF DST rmx) **
* CYLAB . dragonfly dream *
* L’AME IMMORTELLE . es tut mir leid (entschuldigung mix by GRENDEL) **
* LEÆTHER STRIP . cast away 09 (twenty mix) *
* NEIKKA RPM feat. LEÆTHER STRIP . warped (terror mix) *
* RETRACTOR . annihilation (PREEMPTIVE STRIKE 0.1 remix) *
* DYM . government stomp! (overplayed remix) *

3 Responses

  1. Brad

    I listened to most of this collection out of curiosity. I was surprised at how “non-threatening” I found it to my somewhat oldschool rivet sensibilities… I can’t really rant about it being “bad” or “false” industrial, because it’s just so dissimilar to classic industrial that there’s really no basis for comparison or confusion. This is just some other genre of music entirely, as far as I’m concerned.

    Though if technoid club music with a few drops of “industrial” artificial flavours is now the unofficial industrial almanac, is your favourite kind of fruit Skittles?

  2. P_machine

    I don’t make the rules fella…

    I typically write industrial (etc.) for clarity. The other labels (aside from EBM) don’t sit well with me: aggrotech, terror ebm, tbm, dark electro, terror banana, etc.

    Though as far as clarity about what industrial is, that’s never really been clear.

  3. P_machine

    …and like I said, this is where the scene (keyword) is, it doesn’t mean you have to like it.

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