Simon Carter & Fabsi – The Bitches Potion (Album – Simon Carter)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: British producer/singer/DJ Simon Carter -who released multiple collaborative releases together with Studio-X and German singer Fabsi last year released the EP “Beautiful Destruction”. Here’s now the album featuring eleven songs plus seven remixes.
Content: This production is clearly driven by solid Techno music which has been empowered by Industrial components. It creates a hard-banging production featuring Fabsi’s sensual vocals on top. The production of the vocals is mainly half spoken while the lyrics are in German.
Remixes have been accomplished by a diversified list of artists featuring Teknovore, Moaan Exis, Matt Hart, Ruinizer, SD-KRTR, Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic. Notice the last 3 projects are still projects Simon Carter is involved with.
+ + + : I’m used to hearing Simon Carter together with Studio-X composing hard-danceable Technoid stuff, but this work moves far beyond all expectations. This project sounds harder and tougher. There’s a strong Industrial input getting this Techno sound evil and dirty. The cold sound treatments -especially right at the beginning of the album, are irresistible. I also noticed mind-blowing sound blasts. Together with the hot vocal parts this work stands for pure dance-sensation. I also have to say a word about great remix contributions from Teknovore injecting EBM vibes into “Hex Hex” and Moaan Exis getting “The Witching Hour” pretty raw.
– – – : Simon Carter took me by surprise except by the remixes from his other side-projects which don’t really add a bonus compared to the original versions. I regret that this album hasn’t been released like most of his other works by Alfa Matrix. This album deserves to be released as a physical format!
Conclusion: Industrial-Dance terror made by Simon Carter and sexy vocals by Fabsi. This work is an absolute must have.
Best songs: “Hex Hex – Wir Sind Die Hexen”, “Beautiful Destruction – Album Version”, “The Witching Hour”, “Nanobots – Are You My Mummy?”, “Manifestation
Spell”, “Hex Hew – Wir Sind Die Hexen – Teknovore Remix”, “The Witching Hour – Moaan Exis Remix”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/HumansCantReboot
Simon Carter released “The Bitches Potion” himself on 20 March 2022, in digital format only. The eleven album tracks are “The Witching Hour”, “Hex Hex (Wir Sind Die Hexen)”, “Beautiful Destruction (Album Version)”, “Pink Queen”, “We Are The Witches”, “Manifestation Spell”, “Musik Makers”, “The Wiccan Dance”, “Nanobots (Are You My Mummy?)”, “This Is Only A Test” and “Get Out Of Here”.
The seven remixes come from Teknovore, Moaan Exis, Matt Hart, Ruinizer, SD-KRTR, Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic.
Listen to “The Bitches Potion”:
About Simon Carter and Fabsi
Simon Carter is a British producer, singer and DJ who also records as Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic. Much of his earlier catalogue appeared through Alfa Matrix, including collaborations with the Australian techno-industrial project Studio-X such as the “Our Promise” EP in June 2020. Fabsi is a German singer who performs in German.
The pair first released the single “Beautiful Destruction” in 2021. “The Bitches Potion” followed in March 2022 as their first full album, and was released without label backing. They continued with the EP “Witch But Not Famous” later in 2022 and the album “Hex, Herbs ‘N’ Techno” in 2023.
Carter discussed his return to writing in the Click Interview with Simon Carter published in June 2022.
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