Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-EBM. Background/Info: Jan Loamfield will always be linked to his most successful project…
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-EBM.
Background/Info: Jan Loamfield will always be linked to his most successful project Noisuf-X and of course the dark-electro project X-Fusion. But the German sound guru is also active under the Stoppenberg moniker and is releasing a new album a year. His newest opus is “Frontschlag” featuring thirteen new songs.
Content:
There
where Noisuf-X mixes industrial together with rave, Stoppenberg is mixing EBM
with raw, technoid sound treatments. The work is also driven by impressive bass
lines, which became Jan’s trademark, furious dance beats, spoken samplings and
for the very first time predominant vocals. Jan invited Centhron singer Elmar
Schmidt to sing on different tracks while the last song features Daniel Graves
(Aesthetic Perfection).
+ + + :
When it
comes to sound and influences I can’t say that Stoppenberg really innovates,
but the production process is once again high-tech. I however like the raw
sound treatments, the terrific bass lines (Jan Lehmkämper being one of the most
talented artists when it comes to create solid bass lines) and the furious
power emerging from the songs. The addition of vocals injects some diversity,
but clearly sounds as a bonus to the music. There are numerous noticeable songs
featured, but I have a preference for “Shake Your Booty”. Especially the chorus
of this song makes the magic!
– – – :
Sound-wise Stoppenberg doesn’t innovate and even becomes a bit predictable, but
in the end no one will complain when getting such a huge amount of dance stuff.
A few songs could have been a little bit longer and that’s maybe a little
regret.
Conclusion:
Jan
Lehmkämper is clearly putting more and more efforts in this project, which
album after album is becoming more performing and convincing! This is the sound
of raw techno-body music.
Best songs:
“Shake
Your Booty”, “Frontschlag”, “Krieg”, “Bewegt Euch, Pussies”, “Anyone
Else”.
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