Orange Sector – The Work Is Done (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: German EBM cult band Orange Sector strikes back with a new EP following their successful last opus “Alles Wird Gold”.
Content: “The Work Is Done” was one of the most noticeable songs from their last opus; pure old-school EBM reminding me of DAF but also Nitzer Ebb. Orange Sector accomplished a hard remix of the song while Rob Dust and Puppenjungz remixed it. You’ll also notice two remixes of “Angstmann” which is another song from the album and previously released as an EP-title track. One remix has been made by Kreign. “No Justice – No Peace” is one more song taken from “Alles Wird Gold” which has been transposed into a darker edit. The exclusive “Blood Brothers” is an extra-smashing cut of EBM.
+ + + : The EP will bring no surprises for the fans but it however confirms the leading status of the German EBM formation. This is solid and hard-danceable retro-EBM; no tricks but just a pure sound! “The Work Is Done” is a perfect mix of old DAF and Nitzer Ebb with this little extra personal touch on top. I also enjoyed the “Short Aggression Mix”. The previously unreleased “Blood Brothers” is a cool new song holding on to the ‘aggressivity’ of the album stuff.
– – – : Nothing that new, but the fans don’t need innovation!
Conclusion: “The Work Is Done” is an appropriate title for this new release by Orange Sector.
Best songs: “The Work Is Done”, “The Work Is Done – Short Aggression Mix”, “Blood Brothers”, “Angstmann – Angstfrau Club Mix”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/OrangeSector
Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690
About Orange Sector
Orange Sector formed in Hannover, Germany in 1992, when Martin Bodewell and Lars Felker met at the club Index and found a shared interest in DAF, Extrabreit and Nitzer Ebb. Their demo tape “The War Comes Home” reached Zoth Ommog, whose label head Andreas Tomalla signed the duo. The albums “Faith” in 1993 and “Flashback” in 1994 followed, both produced by André Schmechta of X Marks The Pedwalk at his T.G.I.F. Studio, along with the 1994 EP “Kids In America”.
Felker left in 1997 and Bodewell continued alone through “Love It!” on Synthetic Symfony and “Scars Of Love” and “Masquerade” on Zoth Ommog in 1998, after which the project stopped. In 2004 Torben Schmidt of Lights Of Euphoria and Infacted Recordings approached Felker about a compilation of early material, which led to “Here We Are (Back Again)” in 2005 and a restarted band on Infacted.
Infacted issued “Bassprodukt” in 2006, “Profound” in 2007 and “Mindfuck” in 2009. “Krieg & Frieden” arrived in 2010 on Infacted and, in the United States, on Metropolis Records. “Vorwärts Nach Weit” followed in 2013 and “Night.Terrors” in 2015, framed by the EP trilogy “Glasmensch”, “Monoton” and “Farben”. René Nowotny of AD:keY joined as third member in 2018 for live support and studio backing vocals, and the trio released “Alarm” in 2019.
The single “War Of The Religions” with Armageddon Dildos appeared in 2021, the same year as the album “Alles Wird Gold”. Its track “The Work Is Done” was lifted into the 2022 EP reviewed here, with a remix by the American act Kreign. Bodewell went on to form the side project Kanka Bodewell with Uwe Kanka of Armageddon Dildos in 2022, and Orange Sector returned to album work with “Feuer & Flamme” in 2024.
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