aktion mekanik is what i was thinking of love that hell disc
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > He probably did, although i don't have info on it. I do have an > excellent > EBM mix by Hell tho, called "electronic body". > > Terrance Fixmer did, however, compile a great number of old > industrial > tracks (hard to find) dist. by musicman, called "Aktion Mekanik". > It is > the only way i've been able to get a hold of skinny puppy's > track > "assimilate". > > dense > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Ben Britz wrote: > > > didnt terrence fixmer do a mix album of all this sort of stuff > > recently? anyone buy it? > > > > seems an extension/progression fo the electroclash '80s > fixation, > > with dj hell typically out front. > > > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dj Hell is playing out Front 242 tunes, would u consider > that to > > > be good > > > >thing then? > > > > > > Yes - very much so. It's good to hear someone is playing > > > something from > > > that era besides Nitzer Ebb > > > they along with several other groups had a more consistent, > > > longer, and > > > less one-dimensional career > > > > > > >Togehter with Front 242 and Frontline Assembly they were > the > > > 'big names' > > > >of the Electronic Body Music scene back in the 80's. U > don't > > > have to like > > > >thier tunes, the early ones from thier album 'That Total > Age' > > > sound like a > > > >pitched up version of DAF but try their album 'Belief' or > > > 'Showtime' and u > > > >wil hear a different band. > > > > > > I don't like 'That Total Age' but it does seem to be the only > one > > > that gets > > > played in techno sets. > > > I'd love to hear tunes off of their other records within > techno > > > sets - but > > > it doens't happen. > > > > > > it's always either 'Join in the Chant' or 'Let Your Body > Learn' > > > that I hear > > > > > > and yes, I do think they are crap tunes - explain to me what > this > > > is about > > > beyond vague sloganeering. > > > If they were trying to mock fascists then Laibach beat them > to it > > > except > > > Laibach has a much better and more fleshed out idea and > message. > > > If they were trying to be angry but danceable then Front 242 > has > > > them beat > > > there. > > > I've never been a fan of bands/artists that have really vague > yet > > > anthemic > > > tunes - especially those that have big chanting sing-along > type > > > lyrics > > > lots of rage (or feigned rage) but what is the target or > cause? > > > There's > > > just nothing there. I just want them to light a joint and > calm > > > the f*ck > > > down - maybe think of something interesting to say while > still > > > making me > > > dance. However the lyrics in these two tunes are about as > > > interesting as > > > Madonna's. > > > > > > I read a Amazon customer review that pretty much sums up > Nitzer's > > > entire > > > first album: > > > > > > >>NE's approach to things was pretty simple: lay down a > pummeling > > > beat, > > > shout military vocals and lay some simple yet catchy synth > hooks > > > on top > > > > > > look at these lyrics: > > > > > > lies, lies, lies, lies > > > gold, gold, gold, gold > > > guns, guns, guns, guns > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > gold, gold, gold, gold > > > judge, judge, judge, judge > > > guns, guns, guns, guns > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle > > > > > > lies, lies, lies, lies > > > books, books, books, books > > > burn, burn, burn, burn > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > judge, judge, judge, judge > > > gold, gold, gold, gold > > > guns, guns, guns, guns > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle > > > > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant > > > muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle > > > > > > lies, lies, lies, lies > > > books, books, books, books > > > burn, burn, burn, burn > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > guns, guns, guns, guns > > > gold, gold, gold, gold > > > judge, judge, judge, judge > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle, muscle > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle and hate > > > > > > force is machine > > > force is machine > > > force is machine > > > join in the chant > > > force is machine > > > join in the chant > > > muscle, muscle > > > > > > lies, lies, lies, lies > > > books, books, books, books > > > burn, burn, burn, burn > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > judge, judge, judge, judge > > > gold, gold, gold, gold > > > guns, guns, guns, guns > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle and hate > > > muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle > > > > > > force is machine > > > force is machine > > > join in the chant > > > force is machine > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant > > > join in the chant (muscle) > > > muscle, muscle, muscle > > > > > > fire, fire, fire > > > > > > join in the chant > > > ____________ > > > > > > yeah, whatever. > > > > > > MEK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Martijn de Blaauw" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > chline.biz> cc: > > > 313@hyperreal.org > > > > > > > Subject: > > > Re: (313) Nitzer Ebb....eh? > > > > > > 06/22/04 01:48 AM > > > > > > Please respond to > > > > > > martijn.de.blaauw > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Crap? don't think u can call their tunes crap...they where > one of > > > the very > > > few electronical bands to come out of the UK and have a some > > > reputation or > > > respect within in the Electronic/EBM scene from back in the > > > days. > > > > > > Togehter with Front 242 and Frontline Assembly they were the > 'big > > > names' > > > of the Electronic Body Music scene back in the 80's. U don't > have > > > to like > > > thier tunes, the early ones from thier album 'That Total > Age' > > > sound like a > > > pitched up version of DAF but try their album 'Belief' or > > > 'Showtime' and u > > > wil hear a different band. > > > > > > Futhermore i think that their titles and lyrics really go > well > > > with > > > techno..'let your body learn', 'join in the chant', > 'murderous' > > > and > > > 'Control i'm here' just fit well with hard looped techno:-) > > > > > > Hawtin, Surgeon and the rest just might feel that these song > are > > > classics > > > and they grew up with it as being their early contact with > > > electronic > > > music and this is their way of paying respect. > > > > > > Dj Hell is playing out Front 242 tunes, would u consider that > to > > > be good > > > thing then? i do....great tunes were made back in those > days, > > > they deserve > > > to be played out again > > > > > > And yes, Douglas Mcarthy, the former shouter of Nitzer Ebb > has > > > made a > > > great, very great album with Terence Fixmer called 'between > the > > > devil..' > > > and this mix between oldschool EBM, his vocals and 2004 > techno > > > really my > > > stereo at the moment...Highly Recommended! > > > > > > just my 50 cents on this sunny morning.. > > > > > > Martijn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What's with their sudden popularity again? > > > > Is it a result of Richie Hawtin throwing them into his > "Decks, > > > efx&909" > > > > mix? > > > > > > > > They were riding the coat-tails of D.A.F. as far as I'm > > > concerned. > > > > They're lyrics were sh!t, their beats were rudimentary, > and > > > their debut > > > > album (and those that followed) regurgitates the same > > > elementary themes > > > > over and over. > > > > > > > > There were at least a handful of artists that were better: > > > > Meat Beat Manifesto (used Nitzer Ebb as toilet paper) > > > > Front 242 > > > > Front Line Assembly > > > > Foetus > > > > Depeche Mode > > > > SPK > > > > Test Dept. > > > > Throbbing Gristle > > > > Cabaret Voltaire > > > > 23 Skidoo > > > > A Certain Ratio > > > > > > > > and on and on..... > > > > > > > > each of these bands could do what Nitzer Ebb was trying to > do > > > but they > > > all > > > > did it better > > > > and any one of them make Nitzer Ebb look like a teenage > boy > > > band. > > > > > > > > If I hear that line "Lies lies etc guns guns etc fire fire > > > etc." anymore > > > > I'm going to lose it. > > > > It's a crap tune - it was a crap tune in 1987 - it's a > crap > > > tune now. > > > > > > > > > > > > So - can anyone explain why the popularity of Nitzer Ebb > and > > > why do they > > > > end up in so many techno sets nowadays? > > > > > > > > MEK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
