Isotope Soap releases ‘Messypolarity’ compilation on CD
Isotope Soap’s synth-punk compilation “Messypolarity” (VOX 85 CD) collects two vinyl-only albums, two new tracks and a Brighter Death Now feature.
Isotope Soap, a Swedish synth-punk and industrial act whose members have not been publicly identified, has made its music available on Compact Disc for the first time with “Messypolarity”, issued by Other Voices Records. The CD edition compiles two of the project’s vinyl-only albums alongside new material, including a track featuring Brighter Death Now, the death industrial project of Roger Karmanik.
Other Voices Records describes the release as “synth-punk madness beyond description.” Isotope Soap’s sound mixes early American hardcore with the anarcho-punk of Crass, the analog synth-punk of The Screamers and the surreal art-rock of The Residents, set against Dada-inflected, mechanically rhythmic industrial noise.
Inside Isotope Soap’s ‘Messypolarity’
“Messypolarity” runs to 23 tracks. The first ten reproduce “An Artifact Of Insects” in full, an album Isotope Soap issued on vinyl LP through the Swedish label Push My Buttons in 2020. The following ten tracks reproduce “In Need of Systematic Entropy,” a second vinyl LP released through Push My Buttons in 2022; both albums had previously circulated only as limited vinyl pressings. The compilation closes with three additional tracks: “Honey Man” and “Drake Equation,” described as new compositions, and “Love Hard,” which features Brighter Death Now.
Brighter Death Now is the recording name of Roger Karmanik, the Swedish musician who founded the label Cold Meat Industry and has released death industrial, power electronics and dark ambient material under the Brighter Death Now name since 1989. Other Voices Records, the label behind “Messypolarity,” issued the CD, the first time the label has pressed Isotope Soap’s material to disc.
About Isotope Soap
Isotope Soap is a Swedish synth-punk and industrial project whose members’ identities have not been made public. The project’s first widely circulated release, “An Artifact Of Insects,” appeared on vinyl LP through Push My Buttons in 2020, followed by a self-released digital edition and a 2021 cassette version through Silent Vacation. A second album, “In Need of Systematic Entropy,” followed on vinyl LP through Push My Buttons in 2022. Earlier vinyl releases attributed to the project include the 2016 EP “Frontal Disorder Post Mental Border” and 2017’s “Piñata Chaos” and “The WOW! Signal EP.” “Messypolarity” gathers both full-length albums onto a single CD for Other Voices Records, adds two new tracks, and closes with “Love Hard,” the project’s collaboration with Brighter Death Now.
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