AD:Key – Herz Lass Los (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Andrea- and Rene Nowotny are now preparing their sixth full length album. While waiting for “Resonanz” we get this EP as a teaser. The German EBM duo is for sure one of the uncontested leaders in their music genre.
Content: “Herz Lass Los” has this typical EBM sound AD:Key has used to familiarize us. But there also is a sound treatment reminding to early And One. It’s pure vintage and totally danceable featuring Rene’s vocals while Andrea is doing the backings. “Herz Lass Los” has been featured as 3 different edits plus 2 remixes by the German body-pop sensation Alphamay and the Peruvian formation Monöchrome.
The B-side song “Der Letzte Tanz” is another EBM cut, this time with Andrea as the main singer. The songs have been presented in 2 different edits.
+ + + : “Herz Lass Los” is a cool retro-EBM like title song. It’s a perfect track to set dancefloors on fire. I especially like the And One analogue sound treatment running through this piece. Rene and Andrea once again confirm to be totally complementary singers. The so-called “Dritter Mix” is another attention grabber while the Alphamay-remix has something minimal. The remaining song, “Der Letzte Tanz” is not exactly a potential hit although more than simply an EP filler.
– – – : The title song is cool, but the different versions and both remixes aren’t exactly adding a real bonus.
Conclusion: No doubt about it, “Herz Lass Los” is the perfect song to announce a new album, which will be for sure filled with EBM adrenaline! Ad:Key rules!
Best songs: “Herz Lass Los – Single Version”, “Herz Lass Los – Dritter Mix”, “Herz Lass Los – Alphamay Remix”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.facebook.com/ADkeY-offical-106750002700971
Label: www.alfa-matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix Read the news on ‘Herz Lass Los’.
About AD:Key
AD:Key is a German EBM duo set up in 2007 by René and Andrea Nowotny. Early releases came out via Electric Tremor Dessau and then Emmo.biz before the duo joined Alfa Matrix. “Herz Lass Los” served as a teaser for AD:Key’s sixth full length album, “Resonanz”, which the duo discussed in a December 2020 Side-Line interview, describing the album as centered on interpersonal relationships.
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