Background/Info:
Entartete Musikk is the music label set up by Deutsch
Nepal’s Lina Baby Doll. He mainly releases his own work, but gives also
attention to other formations. This compilation featuring eight projects seems
to be the first sampler ever released by the label. It has been introduced as
‘the result of a thematic raw material forwarded by Lina Baby Doll to the
musicians – given free hands for their personal aesthetic decisions in the
process of their creativity’.
Artists:
Horse Give Birth To Fly, Brighter Death Now,
Trepaneringsritualen, Raison D’Être, Reutoff, Deutsch Nepal, Morthound,
Kollaps.
Content:
It all sounds like the artists have been selected with
care while most of them are also related with Deutsch Nepal. There’s a perfect
twist between dark-ambient and industrial music styles. Horse Give Birth To Fly
is not the most common name from the list and yet an interesting opener mixing
the main influences running through this work. There also is a surprising cut
from Brighter Death Now –which has less in common with the familiar
death-industrial style. Trepaneringsritualen injects the ritual touch to the
album. Deutsch Nepal moves on in the industrial approach featured at the last
album. There also is a great cut by Morthound, which is a project I haven’t
heard since several years. And there’s of course one of the absolute masters of
dark-ambient music: Raison D’Être!
+ + + :
The tracklist doesn’t only reveal great names, but
there’s an interesting cohesion between the bands and their tracks. This
compilation has something original and it’s fascinating to discover the tracks
by Brighter Death Now and Morthound. There is also a certain industrial
‘intelligence’ featured by artists such as Deutsch Nepal and also Reutoff (it’s
not a coincidence they both worked together at the album “Eating The Dust”
released in 2018).
– – – :
There’s no real cut to throw away although I expected
a bit more from Raison D’Être and that’s probably because I’ve always
considered this artist as the absolute reference when it comes to dark-ambient
music.
Conclusion:
Compilations are no longer successful, but there’re
always a few a year bringing something extra for their originality. “Homo
Strepitus” is one of them!
Best bands:
Horse Give Birth To The Fly, Deutsch Nepal, Morthound,
Trepaneringsritualen.
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