Zwaremachine - Ripping At The Fabric
Well, apparently it´s an EBM-themed weekend. Upcoming (5-tracks)EP/mini-album called Ripping At The Fabric with the Minneapolis-based three-man act Zwaremachine. Their fourth release, which will be released on the 20th of May (Be sure to check up on their other Bandcamp releases!). This album also comes as a limited cassette release as well, which you have to be really quick to get!
The very first track Resist takes you back to that old-school Die Krupps/Nitzer Ebb-sound. Pulsating machine-sequencer, tight and sweaty dance-beats with electronic percussions and of course with the classic distorted 90s-Læetherstrip´ish snarling distorted vocals. A great intro to the EP, a simple pumping EBM tiger (if you please!).
Next track New Design follows the same wipe as Resist, with a more heavy-bass Front-line Assembly sound. A very monotonic and hypnotizing second track to the album.
Third offering Ripping At The Fabric follows the same cause. Pulsating dancy-monotony with distorted vocals.
Fourth track International Hero being a slightly more playful piece. Rhythms and sequencer gets switched from time to time, which adds a good sound for the track. Nice distorted sounds in the background following the electronic rhythms. It might just be my favorite track on the album.
Fifth (and last track) track What We Are ends the EP with that ´Germaniac´ Die Krupps feel/sound.
It´s a pure late 80s to early 90s EBM-trip. It delivers an EBM-dancy sound which (for some) has been forgotten by time (or has it?). Decent and good sound quality, good rhythms, and well produced. BUT, I do think that the EP has a lack of free-spirited creativity. I love it when the machinery losses control and touches of madness takes over. I also love when something unprecedented happens, something which can surprise the listener. Weird eerie samples going subtle in the background, weird real-time recordings of something which just sounds scary, real metallic percussions (maybe), atmospheric synth-tune etc... The possibilities are endless.
But overall, the EP is decent and delivers that 90s EBM-feel 100% from the start and to the end (no fuss about it). In my heart, it would have been better if it just... was darker and more desperate sounding?..., do give it a shot anyway if you are into that (again) Die Krupps/Nitzer-Ebb/Læetherstrip 90s-sound.
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