Beatbox Machinery – 2014 / A New Resistance (Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop, EBM.
Format: Digital, CD, Cassette.
Background/Info: Beatbox Machinery is the project of Greek composer Toxic Razor -also known from Paradox Obscur and owner of Werkstatt Recordings.
Content: Ten songs mixing different Electro influences, but the main source of inspiration clearly moves back to the 80s. The multiple effects and drum patterns this album has been composed are reminding me of the old-school Electro. A few songs feature collaborations with Embryonik, Fixions, Denovomutans and last, but not least Kriistal Ann.
+ + + : The retro-style and approach of Beatbox Machinery has been empowered by the use of analogue sound treatments. It creates this little part of magic. I especially recommend listening to the final part of the album, revealing more elaborated and harder EBM passages. “Omicron Metallogirls” and especially “Cyber Techno Programmer” (for its great bass line) are cool pieces. I also have to mention “Cities Of The Future” featuring Kriistal Ann.
– – – : Beatbox Machinery has already released an impressive discography. I sometimes get the impression some of the songs were made in a hurry, kind of speed writing, while some songs could have been a bit more elaborated.
Conclusion: Beatbox Machinery doesn’t bring the original magic of the 80s alive, but this album is a cool wink.
Best songs: “Omicron Metallogirls”, “Cyber Techno Programmer”, Cities Of The Future – Re_Edit”, “Computerized Transmitting Heart”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/BeatboxMachinery
Label: www.facebook.com/werkstattrecordings
About Beatbox Machinery
Beatbox Machinery is the solo project of the Greek producer Toxic Razor, formed in February 2010 according to Discogs. Toxic Razor founded Werkstatt Recordings, records with Kriistal Ann as Paradox Obscur, runs the harder project Metal Disco and launched Hardware Pulse in 2023.
The project started with a run of CD EPs on Werkstatt Recordings in 2010 and 2011, among them “Factory Of The Godless Recoil”, “Destroy The Art Of Construction” and “Drum Machine EP”, and the first album “Drone Electricity” (2011). “Mercury Land” (2012) and “Panther Vehicle” (2013) followed, along with the “Vs Series” split EPs. From 2014 onward most releases came out as limited cassettes, including “Disco Warrior” (2014), “Retrospective 2010 – 2012” (2015), “Glam Nights” (2017) and “Canadian Metal” (2019). The album “Hours” was released on CD in 2020.
“2014 (A New Resistance)” was released on 14 March 2021 as a limited CDr, cassette and download on Werkstatt Recordings. Its ten tracks include guest contributions from Embryonik, Fixions, Denovomutans and Kriistal Ann. The project continued with the “Synthetic Heart” EP (2022), the cassette album “Retrogamer” (2023) and “Physical Touch” (2024).
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