- Synthwave
- Dark wave
- Synth-rock
- Minimal wave
- Gothic rock
- Electronic
- Rap
- Minimal wave
- EBM
- Post-punk
- Neoclassical
- Electro pop
- Industrial rock
Comment: after the very first listening of this 10-track album (On Inner Ear Records) I ceased to consider the album due to the impression of being the bride on a wedding and the dead person on a funeral. More profoundly, these tracks seemed to cover different styles yet showcasing their nature by numbers. However, by starting listening to it a month later my opinion would have changed since then. Of course, the opening track Ghetto Level, as the title already says, cannot be nothing more but ridiculous. OK, a little bit ridiculous. It would have been cooperated by MC Ride to bring more credibility to the otherwise convincingly composed track. On the other side, the following stuff is solid – it mostly ploughs the field of gothic/post-punk field with a strong electronic flavour (such derivatives of post-punk as EBM, synthwave, cold wave, minimal synth/wave are solely and intertwined represented over there). The whole contains a couple of gems within – Easy Dead is all about compelling guitar looming and suggestive chanting about easy phenomena in our lifes. Indeed, we are nothing more but to be inclined towards the dust and ashes. We are obsessed with it. In general, the guitar treatments are solidly built throughout the album. Razor Tube is a remake of Kraftwerk with hints at early Kraftwerk (with more motorik grooves which later would get transformed into the essence of Neu!) and classical, electro and techno-induced Kraftwerk. Hospital of the Storm is a thoughtful track where menacing chanting is backed up by exquisite guitar chords, electronic wobbles and lone yet stomping drumming. La Poverina Della Ossa is the most immersive composition being accompanied by a slightly orchestrated chamber/neoclassical number. In a word, this release would be a great addition in the luggage of a EBM/industrial/synth-pop preferring DJ. Additionally to its intrinsic value it used to touch important points to me like The Fall (especially the 90s when MES and his accompanying backups would transform more electronic; also Lycia, Current 93, and Death In June).
