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David Bowie - Scary Monsters - 19-Sep-03 08:00 AM
Scary Monsters marks the end of the 70's aera Bowie. In many ways this is him reflecting on his past and is perhaps one of his most personal albums lyrically.

The (only electronic) track 'Ashes to Ashes' is a cynical ode to the song that started his career 'Space Oddity' in 1969, which has haunted him eversince. The innocent 'Major Tom' theme is mixed here with Bowie's own coke/heroin addiction in the mid seventies.

The other themes on this album are fascism (It's no game, Scream like a baby, Fashion and the title track), his own stardom (Teenage Wildlife), youth (Because you're young). It also includes a cover version of Television's 'Kingdom Come'.

The remainder of the album is hardly relevant for fans of electronic music, as it is more rock oriented than the legendary Berlin trilogy, but it is still considered one of his best.

'Crystal Japan' is an instrumental piece used in a commercial in Japan also "starring" Mr. Bowie.

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Halloween II - Original Filmmusik - 06-Aug-03 10:53 AM
Believe it or not: John Carpenter is not only one of the better horror film directors, but also is a pioneer in electronic dance music. It sounds like something between Kraftwerk and Moroder, but is also more repetitive and less cheesy. It's a shame nobody thought of dancing to it or did they???

Saafi Brothers - Mystic Cigarettes - 06-Aug-03 10:45 AM
A beautiful chillout album. They make ambient that builds into hypnotizing mellow trance, but keeps the tempo really low (below 120 bpm) and thicken the sound with sounds and clever melodies, making it the perfect soundtrack when ambient is just too slow, but you are also not really up for stomping.

Galaxy - Angel - 06-Aug-03 10:38 AM
Boris Blenn is mostly known for his Goa- and later Psytrance project 'Electric Universe'. Galaxy is him in a more downtempo incarnation. Chill-out music with occasionally more uptempo moments, but never too fast and pumping.

Klinik, The* - Fear - 06-Aug-03 10:31 AM
The problem with The Klinik is that Dirk Ivens (a.k.a. 'Dive') is such a poser. Just like Front Line Assembly's Bill Leeb he uses this dark voice but only talks simplistic bullshit. If you want to sound serious, have something to say... otherwise The Klinik's work had an amazingly hypnotic sound (especially 'memories') with a cold and dark atmosphere. They were actually one of the very few EBM bands of the 80's that sounded better live.

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