Escupemetralla – Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico 1994 / 25 Años De Paz Remezclas 2019 (2 Albums – Novak)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM, experimental, minimal-electro.
Format: Digital, Double CD.
Background/Info: Spanish project Escupemetralla was mainly active during the 80s and 90s. the Spanish Novak label already released some forgotten productions from this formation. This opus is totally different. It’s rather a kind of remix-album featuring twenty five songs. The main idea was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band’s songs “Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico”, which was featured at a compilation (cf. “Noise Club 1”). It has nothing to do with Esplendor Geometrico, but was just a funny title, which can be translated as “I Wanna Be Esplendor Geometrico’s Guitarist”). The title was also inspired from another Spanish song while “25 Años De Paz Remezclas” refers to a district in Barcelona that was inaugurated during the Franco dictatorship in 1964 to celebrate the years that has passed since it was violently set up.
Content: The title song of the album is the one that has been remixed by most artists. But there also is a remastered version from Escupemetralla from 2019 revealing the electro-minimalism of the song. The song has been remixed by a majority of less familiar artists although you’ll also find Rapoon and Esplendor Geometrico among the list.
The work also features other songs so in the end it all feels a bit like a compilation album mixed with remixes.
+ + + : I like the minimalism from the title song, but still some of the remixes by Esplendor Geometrico, Jet7, Rapoon, Anki Toner and Permutation. Escupemetralla did a cool remix as well. From EBM to industrial- to experimental music, this album covers a wide range of influences and is a fully enjoyable experience.
– – – : This work reveals a weird concept. I’m not convinced by some of the most experimental tracks, but globally speaking this album is a way to discover interesting names.
Conclusion: Novak moves on to make us (re)discover a forgotten and less familiar project from the Spanish industrial scene.
Best songs: “Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico – Permutation Remix”, “Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico – 25 Años de Paz Remix”, Jet7 “Quiero Ser Remezcla De Escumetralla”, “Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico – Rapoon Remix”, Ō Paradis “Indiscriminada”.
Rate: (7).
Label: www.novak.es / www.facebook.com/novakrecs
About Escupemetralla
Escupemetralla is an electronic and industrial project from Barcelona, Spain, active since the late 1980s. Discogs lists the cassette albums “Sublimado Corrosivo” (1988), “Burros De Dios – Asses Of God” (1990), “Vida Y Color” (1991) and “Multimierda” (1995), all on Clonaciones Petunio.
The project moved to the Spanish label Nøvak with the CDr “Poison Of Dead Sun In Your Brain Slowly Fading” in 2017, followed by “Fe, Esperanza Y Caridad” in 2019.
The double set “Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico 1994 / 25 Años De Paz Remezclas 2019” followed in 2020, gathering remixes of the band’s older material by acts including Rapoon and Esplendor Geometrico.
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