R010r – Total Disinformation Awareness (Album – Electro Aggression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, 2CD.
Background/Info: After a silence of a few years Michael Renfield -who you might know from his involvement with Noise Process, strikes back with a new opus featuring sixteen songs and four more songs plus twelve remixes at the bonus disc.
Content: The album deals with an elaborated and intelligent approach of EBM/Dark-Electronic music. The sound is totally retro-like, reminding me of bands like The Klinik, Skinny Puppy and Mortal Constraint. On top of the icy sequences and dark strings you’ll notice harsh, haunted, vocals. The second disc features remixes by tEaR!doWn, Pyrroline, Index AI, Trilogy, Serpents, G.O.L.E.M., Terminal State, Second Disease, Testube, T.A.N.K., Sleepwalk and Synaptic Defect.
+ + + : I salute the intelligent approach in the global production of this work. Even if it sounds cliché and evokes the sound of some legendary formations, it has been meticulously built up resulting in several outstanding songs. “Litany Of Greed” is my absolute favorite one but there’s more stuff to enjoy like a few extra cuts at the second disc. There also is a cool selection of remixers and I especially like the Serpents-one.
– – – : Some might say the album sounds too stereotypical but I don’t care. It’s good to see this artist is back on track. I expected a bit more from the remixes.
Conclusion: “Total Disinformation Awareness” is a fully achieved piece of retro-EBM.
Best songs: “Litany Of Greed”, “Memory Palace”, “Scorched Path”, “Body Politic” + “Total Enslavement”, “Was Carbon-Based”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/R010RNOISE
Label: www.electroaggressionrecords.com / www.facebook.com/ElectroAggressionRecords
About R010r
R010r is the solo project of Michael Renfield, a musician originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and also half of the Harsh EBM duo Noise Process. After Noise Process ended in 2007, Renfield launched R010r, releasing the albums “Gradual Destabilization” (Dark Vision Media, 2007) and “Unyielding” (Basic Unit Productions, 2016) along with several digital EPs. He has been part of the Electro Aggression Records roster since the label’s founding in 2011, a run that continues with “Total Disinformation Awareness”.
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