So I've noticed that Alfa-matrix has been signing mainly terrible bands to it's label in the past few months
which includes Ambassador 21. My question to the label and fans is simply. Why?
A couple of friends of mine pointed out this band a little while ago to me. Of course I'm always curious to hear
new music but just like 95% of new music that is released - it's terrible.
So what's the big deal? A DJ rendered some noises on his computer, set everything to 100% wet distortion and
scream out undiscernable lyrics while posing promo pictures with "the finger". Oh I am so offended and shocked.
So offended at how bad this undynamic - unmelodic and pretencious this music is.
The most halirious and sad thing about a band like Ambassador 21 is that just like Angelspit - you've all been
Punked by some glitzy duo that by just going to their website will show you their just after your wallets (which
I can understand they have to make a business to support their lifestyle of touring and so on).
I think it would be HARD PRESSED to find anyone who would sit and seriously listen to this music in their bedroom. This shit
ain't no Skinny Puppy and it sure shit ain't no early leaether strip either.
So like I said - this music is so completely boring to listen to. Everything in my brain is telling me what is
going to happen next because it is so undynamic and ill-fully reptitive. Every Kick and Snare has been
squashed so dramatically that the music sounds incredibly small and weak. The music is like a kid waving his arms
in background for attention, nothing is individual sonically in this music - the kick takes up the entire frequency spectrum
, the rhythm is so altered by having no dynamics
so my brain simply switches off since there is no reward for listening to the differences in level between each beat.
I do not hear melody in this music - one of the most important parts of music. I remember melody from Atari Teenage riot songs perfectly fine
in my head - but this shit is just say boring that I can't remember anything remarkable about it a few minutes later.
Lyrically - I don't hear anything interesting there - just a whole bunch of ambigious ramblings that don't make much sense - If you hate Putin
just fucking say it - don't be a pussy about it.
Now to be fair this isn't actually about the band themselves - I'm sure they are nice people and I certainly would not want to hurt their feelings
but to be critical - their music is rubbish. This band certainly isn't innovative and they definitly are not doing anything interesting. Maybe in 10 more
years they may have built up enough skill to release a decent album but that's certainly not what I hear right now.
Like I said - I'm mainly blaming alfa-matrix for this screw up. Why are you propping up all these "performance bands" who can't write songs yet.
I think it's important to hold labels accoutable for pushing terrible music while we all seem to grapple with why their isn't a new Front Line Assembly
or Skinny Puppy "special" band coming out and rocking our minds. Industrial Music is a hybrid of Dark Electronic Music and Dance Music. It isn't supposed to be
just one way - it's supposed to be both. Good Song writing and Beat Making goes hand and hand in "Industrial" Music. So permit me to express my opinion
I believe alot of people around here feel the same way.
