Genre/Influences: EBM.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: “Herzblutt” resulted from the common efforts between two living legends of the German EBM scene. Uwe Kanka (Armageddon Dildos) and Martin Bodewell (Orange Sector) released this mini-album featuring six songs.

Content: When you know the work of both protagonists you can only, but expect retro-EBM. And that’s what “Herzblutt” stands for although some passages have been refined with Electro-Pop elements. Martin operating behind the machines and Uwe singing in German this is total fun. You’ll get 5 songs which are progressively getting harder while the last track is a demo-version of the opener “Wilde Herzen”.

+ + + : I first of all salute the collaboration between two great and respected artists from the EBM scene. Both opening cuts reveal solid bass lines although the choruses are a bit softer and Pop-like, but the best is yet to come. “Marathon”, “Bleib Nicht Stehen” and “Feuer” are pure dynamite! Pure retro-EBM achieved with icy sound treatments and powerful bass lines. The last cut is a demo version of “Wilde Herzen” which I prefer to the opener of this work; it sounds rougher and darker.

– – – : Both debut cuts are cool but just appetizers for what’s coming up.

Conclusion: Pure fun, great EBM by two masters of the scene.

Best songs: “Marathon”, “Bleib Nicht Stehen”, “Wilde Herzen – Demo Version”, “Feuer”.

Rate: 8.

Artists: www.facebook.com/armageddondildos / www.facebook.com/OrangeSector Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690

Listen to “Herzblut”:

About Kanka + Bodewell

Kanka + Bodewell pairs Uwe Kanka, vocalist of Armageddon Dildos, with Martin Bodewell, singer and mastermind of Orange Sector. According to the duo, the idea for a joint project was born at a shared gig in Frankfurt around twelve years before its release, after the two first crossed paths during the Zoth Ommog years. Bodewell wrote and produced the music while Kanka handled lyrics and German-language vocals, with mixing and mastering done in Hanover. The project debuted with the mini-album “Herzblutt” on Infacted Recordings in 2022, followed two years later by the full-length “Stroboscope”, which added Electro-Pop passages and a retro-Techno track referencing Frankfurt’s Techno Club.

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