Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM.

Background/Info: The EP “Space Force” marks the return of Tragic Impulse. It’s a teaser to the third full length “Echoes Of The Unseen”.

Content: The EP takes off with the title track, which is a terrific piece of hard & dark-electro-body-music. This song is driven by icy sequences, an aggressive bass line and pumping kick. You’ll notice some spoken samplings from Donald Trump and the powerful charismatic vocals of Paul M. Graham.

“Space Force” has been remixed by Panic Lift, Third Realm, nTTx and Red Lokust. The B-side cut is a surprising cover version of Beborn Beton’s “Another World”.

+ + + : The least I can say is that the title song is the right track to get released on an EP. It simply is the best tragic Impulse-cut I’ve heard so far and I’m sure it will set dancefloors on fire! It’s an accomplished and sophisticated piece of modern dark-electro/EBM. Among the remixes I especially enjoyed the one made by Third Realm while red Lokust did a cool job as well.

– – -: I expected a bit more out of the remixes. None of the featured artists can really compete with the original version. The Beborn Beton cover is surprising, but not exactly a successful edit. It all feels like Paul M. Graham doesn’t feel comfortable singing on this track.

Conclusion: What I especially keep in mind from this EP is the impressive title track!

Best songs: “Space Force”, “Space Force – Third Realm remix”, “Space Force – Red Lokust Remix”.  

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.tragicimpulse.com / www.facebook.com/tragicimpulse

Label: www.distortionprod.com / www.facebook.com/distortionproductions

About Tragic Impulse

Tragic Impulse is the solo dark-electro and EBM project of American artist Paul M. Graham, released through Distortion Productions. The “Space Force” EP served as the teaser single for Graham’s third album, “Echoes Of The Unseen”, also released in 2019. Graham continued the project with a fourth album, “Distant Worlds”, in 2022, discussing its production in a Side-Line Click Interview.

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Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop.

Background/Info: This is the second official EP by nTTx. Gord Clement was previously involved as the singer of Atomzero, but is now running his own band.

Content: The last year released “Objective”-EP was a promising debut while this new EP simply confirms the potential of nTTx. The opening piece is a phenomenal song inspired by EBM reminding me of bands such as Front 242, Leather Strip (which did the mastering of the EP) and Nitzer Ebb with a surprising, but terrific disco-like groove on top. The EBM influence comes back on each new song. This EP features 4 new songs plus a remix of “False Beautiful” (originally released on their first EP) by Rotersand. Notice by the way nTTx still added a new cover version, this time the famous “Eye Of The Tiger” from Survivor.

+ + + : nTTx is not reinventing EBM and doesn’t bring real innovation, but the songs have been masterly crafted. It’s not an easy cheap composition, but a professional and efficient production mixing elements from different bands with a very own approach on top. The song “Movedark” is a real smasher, but I also have to mention “Prey” for its great sound treatments and “True” carried by a great and somewhat Nitzer Ebb-like bass line. Rotersand did a great job remixing “Falls Beautiful”.

– – – : Gordon Clement is a great singer, but I’m sure he can put a little bit more passion in some of the vocal parts. I’m not that fond of the Survivor cover, but it’s fun while “Earth” featuring some guitar playing is nothing more than a B-side song.

Conclusion: I highly recommend this new EP by nTTx, which is a great and modern EBM production. I’m really looking forward to this band’s debut full length.

Best songs: “Movedark”, “True”, “Prey”, “Falls Beautiful – Rotersand Rework”.

Rate: (8).

Band: www.nttxmusic.com / www.facebook.com/nttxmusic

Label: www.wtiirecords.com / www.facebook.com/WTIIRecords

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The 52nd track on our free download compilation “Face The Beat: Session 4” (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Canadian act nTTx.

Stealing elements of EBM, synthpop and industrial, nTTx completes this sonic landscape with strong, melodic vocals, that range from soft and delicate, to powerful and in your face. nTTx is the new solo project of Gord Clement (Toronto,Canada) who was the former singer/songwriter for the band Atomzero.

nTTx’s first single, “Falls Beautiful” with a b-side Depeche Mode cover was released independently in May 2015. The single spent 4 weeks in the top 15 on the German Electronic Webcharts (GEWC) and received some great feedback. This lead to being signed to WTII Records and the release of his debut EP “Objective” in April 2016. The EP features remixes by Caustic, Stars Crusaders and Kiss is Kill.

A four piece band has been put together for entertaining live shows featuring lighting/lasers which Clement has individually programmed for each song. You can find the band right here on Facebook and on Twitter.

Listen to “cRave (Touched By Stahlnebel & Black Selket)” below and download it right here.

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nTTx is a Canadian solo-project set up by Gord Clement. This artist got previously involved as singer into the promising Atomzero. nTTx reveals similar, but more personal body-pop influences. I first discovered nTTx through a few successful remixes for bands like Stars Crusaders, Comasoft, Advance and more recently for Double Eyelid. After the “Falls Beautiful”-single featuring a cover version of Depeche Mode, nTTx is now back on track unleashing the “Objective”-EP on WTII Records.

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Q: What made you leave Atomzero and starting the solo-project nTTx?

Gord: Some differences with Peter and I that we let go on. We were a good team in many ways, but in others, not so much.

Q: What kind of sound did you have in mind when you started nTTx and what does it say about potential sources of inspiration?

Gord: I wanted to get to a more raw sound, less instruments going on, with elements of my favorite genres in an electronic stew.

Q: You seem to like cover versions. You of course made a cover version of Depeche Mode’s “New Dress”, but I noticed you also covered “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” from The Clash. What fascinates you making cover versions and what how do you proceed?

Gord: I love hearing covers from other bands, so I thought I should do some too! Really, it boils down to thinking of some altered reality where a great song was done in this genre, and how that would play out. I got some people upset at that Clash cover, but I think no song is untouchable. Next one is a classic from Michael Jackson!

Q: You made a few, but noticeable remixes. How is it working on a remix and what kind of result do you expect?

Gord: Working on remixes is so much fun. I always approach it as… ‘what if I wrote this song’. In some ways I guess it is the same as covering a song, but I use elements from the original artist tracks. I always take the vocal track and look to it for patterns in rhythm and go from there.

Q: You’re actually starting with a live band, so how do you try to transpose the sound of nTTx on stage?

Gord: I never just want to do a copy of the songs live just as they were on the release. By adding the live drummer and guitarist, I give them creative space to let them discover their own ways through the music. Neither of them are ‘from’ the genre, more rock, so they lend a different feel. The synths are somewhat similar, but when a different person is playing, they can’t help but put a bit of their own feel into it.

Q: What might we expect from your first full length album? Can you already reveal some details about sound and production?

Gord: So far, it is shaping up to be generally a bit more aggressive than the EP. Will still be a amalgam of EBM, pop and funk as they are my calling cards I guess. WTII is very supportive with me and let me go the way I want. There may be some partnered song writing on it too, we will have to wait and see.

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Genre/Influences: Body-pop.

Background/Info: nTTx is a solo-project set up by Gord Clement who was previously involved in the promising Atomzero. Based in Toronto (Canada) nTTx already made a few noticeable remixes while the single “Falls Beautiful” released last year received instant success. Because of this success the title song has now been re-released on the “Objective”-EP featuring 3 extra songs and 3 remixes.

Content: “Falls Beautiful” is a solid piece of body-pop music, which also appears to be the main influence behind the other cuts. The composition is well-crafted and features a powerful production. The vocals are rather clear and charismatic. Gord Clement is definitely a good singer with a timbre of voice, which is totally appropriated for the sound.

The remixes have been made by Caustic, Stars Crusaders and Kiss Is Kill. I noticed a brilliant remix of “Falls Beautiful” by Stars Crusaders, which features terrific sound treatments.

+ + + : nTTx confirms the potential revealed on its single “Falls Beautiful”. This band composes a powerful body-pop style based upon a mature and detailed writing with great sound treatments. “cRave” is a noticeable song with a great progression in structure. The remixes add some extra power and other influences to the work.

– – – : “Objective” reveals multiple cool songs, but not a kind of hit from which you can’t escape.

Conclusion: nTTx confirms to be a real interesting ‘new’ body-pop formation and I’m really looking forward to discovering their debut full length. This is a band with huge potential.

Best songs: “cRave”, “Falls Beautiful”, “Falls Beautiful – Stars Crusaders Remix”.

Rate: (7½).

Band: www.nttxmusic.com / www.facebook.com/nttxmusic

Label: www.wtiirecords.com / www.facebook.com/WTIIRecords

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Genre/Influences: Dark-EBM, electro-rock, electro-pop.

Background/Info: Double Eyelid is a Canadian band, which self-released their debut album “Seven Years” in 2014. They define their sound as ‘dark, theatrical electro-rock’. “Broken Mirror” is a kind of EP and/or album filled with remixes from songs that were mainly and originally released on their debut full length.

Content: There’s an interesting list of remixes featuring bands like Leather Strip, nTTx and Psyche as the most famous names, but still a few more less familiar names. The album is quite diversified with each artist trying to inject an own personal touch.

nTTx did a great job remixing “Woman Hanged” in a somewhat electro-bombastic style. Another noticeable cut is the remix of “Black Box” by Psyche, which is touched with a kind of icy sensuality. I also have to mention noticeable remixes by Leather Strip, Dead Red Velvet and Lanada.

+ + + : I’m not that much into productions featuring only remixes, but I have to admit that there are many cool remixes on “Broken Mirror”. It moves from EBM-minded cuts to icy, electro-pop songs to somewhat dance experiments.

– – – : This is the kind of release, which might give you a wrong perception about the original songs featured on “Seven Years”.

Conclusion: If you like Double Eyelid and you’re into remixes, “Broken Mirror” will definitely catch your attention. This is a rather classical, but interesting way to bring their debut album to life.

Best songs: “Woman Hanged – nTTx Remix”, “Black Box – Psyche Remix”, “Dead Is Better – Lanada Remix”, “The stranger – Leather Strip Remix”.

Rate: (7½).

Band: www.doubleeyelid.ca / www.facebook.com/doubleeyelid

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Genre/Influences: Pop-rock.

Content: Comasoft is not exactly a familiar name in the European electro-underground scene and yet they have already been active for a couple of years now and are quite experienced musicians.

The song “Let’s Go All the Way” may ring a bell to some of the ‘older’ electro fans and especially more to all of those who were already into music during the 80s. The band Sly Fox became maybe less famous than their hit “Let’s Go All The Way”, which has been covered by Comasoft. It seems that the band was already playing this song during live shows, but it has been now recorded as title song for this EP. The cover version is quite recognizable, but has been seriously boosted into a kind of industrial-rock cover while the easy recognizable chorus reflects a touch of pop. The sound is pretty cool and the vocals are quite charismatic.

We next get 3 new songs, which clearly are an indication about the future work of the band. I can’t really say that those tracks sound like B-side songs. There’s a solid pop-rock sound emerging from the composition while the choruses are quite catchy. Comasoft has found the right balance between pop influences and harder rock passages. It sounds a bit raw and remains pure underground music.

The song “Light As A Feather” definitely is their best new song. I like the deep bass line running through this cut, which also reveals a few technoid arrangements. But in the end it all remains pretty pop-minded and a real danceable song.

We next get 2 remixes of the title song by Method Cell and nTTx. I have a little preference for the somewhat EBM-orientated remix by nTTx.

Conclusion: This is a rather successful cover version of an old 80s hit, which has been reworked into a powerful and pure pop-rock underground version. The new songs by Comasoft are pretty cool as well.

Best songs: “Light As A Feather”, “Let’s Go All The Way”.

Rate: (DP:7)DP.

Band: http://comasoft.com / www.facebook.com/Comasoft

Label: www.wtiirecords.com / www.facebook.com/WTIIRecords

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