Thorofon – Gladio (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Minimal-Electronics.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Thorofon duo strikes back with a new album which seems to be inspired and driven by the darkest thoughts and pain of the inner self.
Content: Thorofon remains faithful to their vintage sound treatments. It creates the feeling of awakening somewhere in the 80s. The analogue sounds are now and then reminding me of Suicide but in a more ‘industrialized’ version.
+ + + : Thorofon has released a new significant and representative work for lovers of good-old analogue Electronics. It sounds pure retro- and minimal-driven although with heavy Industrial sound sculptures on top. The somewhat ghost-like vocals create the right match with the music.
– – – : I can’t understand why this experienced duo never got a wider recognition which is maybe due to their minimalism.
Conclusion: Dark Electronic dance music for dungeons.
Best songs: “Too Bright”, “Hate Is Normal”, “Hammer And Stone”, “Hand And Knife”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: http://web.archive.org/web/20070313082511/http://www.umbkollektif.com/thorofon/thorofon.html
Label: www.ant-zen.com / www.facebook.com/antzen.official
About Thorofon
Thorofon is a German industrial/power-electronics project founded by Anton Knilpert in 1995. After a decade and a triptych of albums, the project transformed into The Musick Wreckers at the end of 2005, with Knilpert changing his artist name to Dan Courtman. Core members are Dan Courtman (Anton Knilpert) and Geneviève Pasquier, working regularly with guest musicians. Thorofon reformed in late 2010.
The project releases through Ant-Zen. “Gladio,” reviewed here, was released in November 2022 as the first part of the “Gladio Angor” cycle, which Thorofon completed the following year with “Angor”.
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