Aesthetische – Boiling Over (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Brazilian duo Fabricio Viscardi – Guilherme Peres strike back with a completely new work of their Aesthetische sonic alter ego. “Boiling Over” features five songs and comes one year after the ‘back to the roots’-album “RVPRTY”.
Content: “Boiling Over” moves on there where the last album stopped. A sophisticated EBM sound which comes closer to the great Aghast View period instead of the early Aesthetische Techno-Body releases. The title song features 3 edits -one of them being a remix by Sebastian Komor. All versions stand for alluring and well-crafted, powerful, EBM. There still is a more Techno-Body driven new song and one pumping instrumental one.
+ + + : “Boiling Over” is a great title song and I really enjoy both edits by the band and the remix of Seb Komor. This is a meticulously crafted EBM format which might appeal to lovers of Front Line Assembly during the “Caustic Grip”-period. Both songs left are much more than EP-fillers but still great cuts to get people dancing. If this EP is a teaser to a new album I can only say it will be for sure a great vintage.
– – – : No real minus points here as this is exactly what we might expect from an EP: danceable and intelligent stuff.
Conclusion: I’ve never been disappointed discovering new Aesthetische stuff and this is once more a great, modern EBM work driven through some retro elements.
Best songs: “Boiling Over – Celsius Version”, “Boiling Over – Sebastian Komor Remix”, “Boiling Over – Fahrenheit Version”, “Dopamine Hyperdrive”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/aesthetische
Label: www.alfa-matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix Read the news on ‘Boiling Over’.
About Aesthetische
Aesthetische is a Brazilian EBM/industrial duo formed by Gui Pires and Fab Viscardi in 2012. Both musicians were previously known for their work in Aghast View and Biopsy, one of Brazil’s pioneering electro-industrial acts of the 1990s. After Aghast View, the duo launched Aesthetische as a new vehicle for modern EBM fused with trance, techno-body music, and industrial atmospheres.
The band signed with Belgian label Alfa Matrix in 2012 and has since maintained an exclusive release partnership with them, issuing a steady discography of albums, EPs, and digital singles across physical and digital formats.
Albums
- “Powerswitch” (2012, Alfa Matrix) – Issued in multiple editions, including a box version.
- “HybridCore” (2014, Alfa Matrix) – A follow-up blending hard-hitting EBM with more melodic synth textures.
- “Co3xist3ns3” (2019, Alfa Matrix) – Marked a return after several years, further exploring hybridized EBM and trance.
- “Rvprty” (2022, Alfa Matrix AM 3400DJ) – A digital-only release containing ten tracks.
Singles & EPs
- “Nachtbrenner” (2013, Alfa Matrix)
- “Statement / Amplitude Zero” (2013, Alfa Matrix)
- “Colder Lights EP” (2014, Alfa Matrix)
- “Dirt And Basslines” (2015, Alfa Matrix)
- “Cold Is Clean” (2015, Alfa Matrix)
- “We Follow Blindly” (2016, Alfa Matrix)
- “In My Aurora” (2017, Alfa Matrix) – Featuring Noemi Aurora on vocals.
- “MMXX” (2020, Alfa Matrix)
- “Overflow” (2021, Alfa Matrix)
- “Boiling Over EP” (2023, Alfa Matrix)
- “Confidence Is Silent” (2024, Alfa Matrix)
Split EP
- “4.4U [2012.11]” (2012, Alfa Matrix) – Digital compilation shared with Metroland, Mentallo & The Fixer, and Daniel B. Prothèse.
“Boiling Over”, the EP reviewed here, arrived in 2023. Alfa Matrix followed it with “Confidence Is Silent” in 2024 and “Selling Fear” in 2025.
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