This is the fifth MASCHINENKRIEGER KR52 album on HANDS, and the first
without the alliance of Disraptor, who stopped his musically activities.
So Maschinenkrieger KR52 goes solo and continues to provide the crowd
with relentless rhythm’n’noise terror for the clubs, as in his live
performances in recent years. Medical emergencies, deadly sins, optical
delusions, viruses – such are the clues from which Rico Weber has drawn
inspiration for his first solo endeavour. Of course there ‘s the purist
approach we have come to expect, but the Maschinenkrieger KR52 sound
also got a mindful update – the result being a strong contender, a
contemporary blueprint for the genre.
Clocking in under an hour, “Stroke Unit” is – again – an album that goes
full steam, and while unswervingly pursuing his path of rhythm’n’noise
purity, the Maschinenkrieger KR 52 has added considerable elements of
the present-day musical language: The impact of the kicks, the depth of
the bass growl, the resonating sounds render these 12 tracks painfully
concrete and physical. While tracks like “Gluttony” or “Ocean” will
surely please the old school crowd, others like “Halo” or the
sharp-edged title track sport a
more distinguishable structure, reaching out to the curious. All in all,
this is best savoured in its entirety, a glorious rush of mechanized
brutality.
“Stroke Unit” offers a surprising diversity to the genre adherent, and
while most of the material is primarily bound for the dance floor, it
will enhance all kinds of everyday activities. Keep moving, stay
healthy, it will save you from the stroke unit!
1. Inferno (3:34)
2. Natural Selection (4:17)
3. Protect (4:25)
4. Gluttony (4:37)
5. Halo (3:29)
6. Animal Warefare (4:14)
7. Stroke Unit (5:13)
8. Ocean (5:55)
9. Greed (3:55)
10. Theme Two (4:35)
11. Human Virus (4:16)
12. Extermination (5:21)
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