LP / Out Of Line Records /n 2013
lim. edition
The Minimal Electro/EBM pioneers which were formed 28 years ago are out
with their brand new release. Besides "The Klinik" there was and still
is "Absolute Body Control", but that's a different story.
What
the Flemish EBM contemporaries of "Vomito Negro" have recently
demonstrated by a come-back album, Dirk and Marc play catch up with
their fellows in 2013. "The Klinik" never went away altogether,
thefounder M. Verhaeghen tried to fly the flag, however with varying
degrees of success. Band members did solo projects for quite some years.
Eric Van Wonterghem, former 3rd band member, left the band soon to
start his project "Insekt". He joined "Sonar" later on, another project
launched by Dirk Ivens in the 90s.
"Eat Your Heart Out" features 9
titles with a total time of 39:37 min. The ratio of up-tempo to
down-tempo tracks is 1:2. They did experiment quite a bit as well in the
past, but only 3 forward pushing songs: "Mindswitch", "Bite Now Bite"
and "Those" is really lame according to my taste. At least they do not
make the mistake of discrediting themselves by flirting with the hot
"aggrotech" or "cybertechno" styles. Immediately you get what you
deserve by the veterans but nothing on top. The sound is unique, even
though I miss the trumpet played by Marc, one of their hallmarks, apart
from their stage outfit involving dark leather coats and head bandages.