Red Industrie – Tiempos De Nostalgia (Album – Advanced Synergy)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Helder Camberos is back on track unleashing a new opus of his Red Industrie project. While this Mexican artist gained some recognition with older projects like Isis Signum and W.A.R.D.R.O.B.E. (to name a few) in the last few years he has concentrated on Red Industrie. The album has been released on Helder’s own label (Advanced Synergy) in collaboration with Pür Zynth Records.
Content: “Tiempos De Nostalgia” wants to be a reflection about how the world was before the ongoing pandemic. It’s a theme that you’ll find back in the lyrical content while the music is also pure nostalgia. Red Industrie takes off with Dark-Wave songs driven by guitar playing sometimes reminding me of The Cure. Quite progressively the songs become more Electro driven and even move into the familiar Minimal-Electro style of the artist. The vocals are mixing Spanish and English.
+ + + : I can’t say that Red Industrie has reinvented its sound, but this album is more eclectic than what I’ve heard before. I still prefer the familiar Electro-Wave and Minimal-Electro style, which reveals a few great songs such as “They Dominate By Law” and “Post Destruction”. Another attention grabber is “Burning Loneliness”. The album is perfectly expressing emotions around the pandemic and has been masterly transposed into great songs.
– – – : The debut songs aren’t exactly the most convincing part of the album and the artist. I think there are better Dark-Wave formations in Mexico, but on the other side Helder Camberos remains a talented artist when it comes to Electronic music.
Conclusion: I’m still convinced Red Industrie never got the deserved recognition here in Europe. This is creative retro-Electro/Wave music!
Best songs: “They Dominated By Law”, “Post Destruction”, “Burning Loneliness”, “I Don’t Belong To This World”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/redindustrie
Label: www.facebook.com/advancedsynergy
About Red Industrie
Red Industrie is the project of Mexican musician Helder Camberos, started in 2008 as a side project alongside his earlier Isis Signum and later becoming his main outlet. The project mixes EBM with electro clash and, in more recent years, post-punk, synth-punk and coldwave elements.
The debut album “Ciencia Ficcion” appeared on Camberos’ own Advanced Synergy label in 2009. “Koerper Reich” followed on Electro Arc in 2012, the “Armagedon Redux” 12” on Advanced Synergy in 2016 and the LP compilation “Showcase: Seleccion 2008-2018” in 2018. The self-released albums “Sci-Fi:X” and “Werkschaft” arrived in 2019 and 2020.
Camberos has recorded vocal collaborations with Dirk Da Davo of The Neon Judgement, Sara Noxx, Psyche and Yasmin Gate. “Tiempos De Nostalgia” was released in 2021 through Advanced Synergy with Pür Zynth Rekords, the same year as the cassette EP “The Singles 2021”. The limited LP “Spiritualizer” followed in 2024.
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