Capital X – ABCD (EP – Capital X)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Industrial Hip-Hop.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: I discovered this British female duo ten years ago. After a long silence they released a few new productions during the past few years. “ABCD” features four new cuts.
Content: “ABCD” is a work without real compromises; these girls are just doing their very own and surprising thing. They take off with a rather spooky, EBM cut with punkish vocals on top. The next songs are moving into a kind of Industrial Hip-Hop.
+ + + : I’ve been always fond of creative artists daring to innovate and push boundaries and standards a bit further. This is what I like on songs like “Bite” and “Dare”. The songs reveal a unique approach; kind of Industrial -for the dark sound, Hip-Hop -for some of the vocal parts. It first of all remains a cool Electronic composition.
– – – : Challenges aren’t always the most accessible productions.
Conclusion: Capital X stands for free-styled Electronic compositions; no compromises for new sonic paths!
Best Songs: “Bite”, “Dare”, “Auto”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: https://capitalxmusic.com / www.facebook.com/capitalxmusic
About Capital X
Capital X is a UK duo working in a DIY, self-released fashion across dance, darkwave, breakbeat, electronica, and techno. The project describes its sound as hard, fast, and experimental, built for dark dancefloors. No founding year or member names have been confirmed by the band.
Capital X has performed on bills alongside Zanias, Karin Park, Curses, Lene Lovich, Republica, Gary Numan, Sydney Valette, and Kelli Ali, and has collaborated with Maethelvin, Chikinki, Dame Bonnet, CJ Wildheart, and Vice Squad. The “ABCD” EP reviewed here followed a period of inactivity, with the duo releasing new material again over the past few years.
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