Beatbox Machinery – Night Vision (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Nu-Disco, Electro-Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD, Cassette.
Background/Info: This is one more production from the hands of Werkstatt Recordings owner Toxic Razor. He strikes back with five new songs from his Beatbox Machinery project.
Content: The cover of the EP reminds me of the legendary “Knight Rider”-series which totally matches with the sound. We’re once more getting back to distant times, Beatbox Machinery mixing elements of Nu-Disco, Electro-Space-Minimalism and EBM. The songs are mixing instrumentals and vocals which have been produced with a robotic effect.
+ + + : The endless creativity of Toxic Razor never affects the quality and diversity of his work. I sometimes get the feeling this project is a kind of sound laboratory for some of his other projects (Paradox Obscur, Metal Disco) but it also is something on its own. I like the EP for its original mix between good-old Nu-Disco influences, EBM and Ambient atmospheres while the minimalism of the production remains the essence of the artist’s approach and sound philosophy.
– – – : Some songs might have been a bit more elaborated but in the end it’s not really a point.
Conclusion: Pure Electronic entertainment for vintage lovers.
Best songs: “Battlestar Galactica”, “Vicious Pleasures”, “Dangerous”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/BeatboxMachinery
Label: www.facebook.com/werkstattrecordings
About Beatbox Machinery
Beatbox Machinery is one of several projects Toxic Razor runs from Athens, Greece. He started it in February 2010 and records it on hardware synthesizers and drum machines.
His other work includes Paradox Obscur with Kriistal Ann, Metal Disco and Hardware Pulse. All of it comes out on Werkstatt Recordings, the Athens label he has run since 2009.
“Night Vision” was released on digital, CD and cassette, alongside the EP “Mega City Hunters”. Toxic Razor set out his hardware-only approach in the 2022 ‘Click Interview’ with Metal Disco.
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