Genre: Post Industrial / Noise

Track Listing:

01 Das Reut - Black Celebration
02 Light Collapse - A Pain That I'm Used To
03 Tbilisi - Monument
04 Interior Disposition - Dressed in Black
05 Sal Solaris - Rush
06 Alexei Borisov - Walking In My Shoes
07 M-28 - The Sun And The Rainfall
08 Stpocold - Litle 15
09 Ganzer - It's Not Free Love,Good Jesus Enjoys The Silence (It's no good,Freelove,Personal jesus,Enjoy the silence)
10 Hladna - Insight
11 Instant Movie Combinations - Detailed Question Of Time.(Question of time)
12 Maroon - Air-Duck Epidemic Duck (Blasphemous Rumours)
13 Kryptogen Rundfunk - Allways Let Me Be High (Never let me down again)
14 Tsaraas - Personal Jesus
15 Noises Of Russia - Solitude In Society (Enjoy the silence)
16 Kaj? - Condemnation
17 Coda


A pain that I'm used to indeed. I do not enjoy Depeche Mode, so when I got this tribute cd I felt very uninspired.After doing some research on the cd I was delighted to find some of the artists dislike Depeche Mode as much as I do. And that made the tribute a tad more interesting. It is supposed to be a counter tribute, an "industrial" darker tribute. It's seemed like a good idea. Another positive about it was seeing Alexei Borisov as one of the contributors. I know of him from his work with Tania Stene (known from Aghast).  And his track is actually fitting tribute to DM. Torn to pieces and mauled into harsh noise. If i didn't know it was a cover of Depeche I would have never guessed. Well done sir!

The other artist that really stands out is Hladna wich made me laugh with his track describtion: "Fortunately I don't remember a thing". The track is monotone digital noise with what seems like a manipulated voice thrown into it. I would not be suprised if the person behind this track was A: falling down drunk or B: drugged out of his mind. I like it. I see a couple of other artists who seem to dislike DM as well. But sadly none of them stands out in any way besides being boring, pretentious and repetetive. Some of the descriptions in the cover, written by the artists, revealed my strongest assumption about this tribute: It is childish, wannabe, meaningless trite, squeezed out by people with an strong desire for recognition in the scene. I'm sure this tribute will sell, and I am sure alot of the artists on this tribute only participated to get their name out there. But seriously, I would rather eat dog shit than be part of something as hopeless as this. Let alone pay for it.

Seriously guys, have some self respect. Stop trying so hard to be part of something, and try harder to create your own thing. The cover design is better than the music, but a bit anonymous. The parental advisory : "Explicit fuckin lyricks" drags it down. Alot. This is not industrial in any way. Using Fruity Loops and soft synths and a "cool" looking cover with obscenities does not make it industrial. This is not "Counter culture", rather over the counter culture. Listen to some Throbbing Gristle and get your intentions sorted out. If anything this tribute made me pissed of. Why anyone would spend 3 years making this is beyond me. This is the kind of stuff that makes the underground scene a place where I feel out of place. And I deeply resent that. With a history like Russia's to draw on, these people should be able to create something forcefull, but I guess the need to distance them self from their past is still too strong.

The project is perhaps too desperate in trying to prove that Russia is no backwards nation. Instead they seem to emulate everything that is booring in the west, such as Depeche Mode and quasi industrial music. Insulting words mayhap. But if my review offends you, at least you have some real emotions and if you have a brain you can use that anger to create something meaningfull.  Don't be a leech.