Anthony Rother - Popkiller

kompressorkanonen, Aug 06, 2004

A weak new album from Anthony Rother. Most of the elements that made "Simulationszeitalter" and "Sex With The Machines" modern classics are missing; the electro beats are ditched in favor of the 4-to-the-floor thump, the previously superb vocoder vocals now sound crude and in-your-face, the lyrics are just inane and most of the riffs and basslines are of the embarassing one-finger variety. In short, the subtlety is all gone, and this new sound is what Rother defines as "datapunk", I suppose - crass and unrefined. The album does have redeeming moments like the instrumental "10.000 Dancer", and some tracks have good elements behind the annoying vocals, but otherwise this is a highly uninspiring effort. Back to the drawing board.

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