tempobet yeni adresi
like this vinyl review

02/10/2014 : ALLES - Post

ALLES

Post

MusicVinyl
Analogue SynthCold EBMCold WaveSynth Pop / Electro PopSynth Wave

[80/100]   

Mecanica
02/10/2014, Pascal VERLOOVE

Is this an effect of the globalization, which is, according to Wikipedia, the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture ?

Remember, there was a time when (good) music, rock, electro or anything else was really an Anglo-Saxon thing. All goods things were coming from the US or the UK. Or, at least, even if you were not from US or UK you’d better pretend you were, and sing in English, if you wanted to achieve some kind of international recognition.
In those days, only some rare exceptions would produce a worldwide hit in a different language. Remember Nena and her 99 Luftballons ? How many other songs from Nena do you know ?

But those days are gone. Hurray ! And today, although there are still plenty of good things coming out of the US or the UK, they also come from Canada, Iceland, Belgium, Turkey or … Poland !

Indeed, Alles is an electronic duo from Łódź (pronounce it something like “Wood-tch” if you expect any Polish to understand what you are talking about), a big city in the center of Poland, a good 100 Km southwest of Warsaw, and Post is their debut album, that will be released on the Mexican label Mecanica – who said globalization ?

Post opens with the eponym title, a post-punk electro anthem in which the band directly declaims, in Polish, what could be seen as their manifesto : “We live in the kingdom of noise, information overflow, misinformation & disorientation […] post-modernism, post-punk, post-communism, great post. Overload's overload, tiredness of being tired. Has everything been done before ?”.

Well, that is a very good question indeed. The world of electro, minimal synth, EBM, synthpop is rather crowded those days, and it’s becoming harder to make something really different for sure.

Maszyna (Machine) follows this manifesto and it is, as the title suggests, more repetitive, closer to EBM and it is certainly one of the highlights of the album. On Cokolwiek, Alles present a more typical minimal / analogue synth type of approach, with a very catchy melodic line. Very good as well.

Some other titles such as Zero or My have definitely a synthpop touch, with more poppy tunes and melodies, but when GPS started it immediately reminded me of early eighties Neue Deutsche Welle bands such as DAF or Liaisons Dangereuses (Los Niños del Parque), not only because of the language but mainly the rhythm itself. GPS is quite nice although the title seems somehow “unfinished” and would probably have deserved to be pushed further to its darker side.

Masy shows a most industrial side of Alles, flirting with experimental, while 72 is again faster, more EBM, and coldwave. After the synthpop “interlude” of My, we are back to their more industrial, post-punk side with 404. The album finishes with the excellent Fala which mixes a techno beat and cold industrial synths, a nice successful combination.

So, does Alles create something that has never been done before ? Yes and no. These are sounds you’ve heard before, for sure, but they do not stick to just one subgenre and Post is rather varied. It includes elements of electro-pop, post-punk, techno, industrial & EBM. Nevertheless, no track is completely part of any of those selected scenes, also probably because they use both old analog synthesizers and more recent machines and computers.
Additionally, singing in Polish is, in the end, an asset, as it brings a distinctive touch to the band and fits rather well to the music. Post is not perfect and some titles are definitely stronger than others, but this is a great and very promising debut album for sure !

Selected tracks : Maszyna, Cokolwiek, My, Fala.

Pascal VERLOOVE
02/10/2014


 

Next reviews
KING CREOSOTE • From Scotland With Love
• THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 4
TO ROCOCO ROT • Instrument
PSY'AVIAH • The Xenogamous Endeavour
TOM THE LION • Sleep
LAKE BELL • In A World
GIUSEPPE TORNATORE • The Best Offer
VIEON • The sound of the future
BELL GARDENS • Slown Dawn For Lost Conclusions
GUS GUS • Mexico

 

Other reviews from ALLES
ALLES • Post

 

Same genre: ANALOGUE SYNTH
JOHN FOXX • METAMATIC (2018 BOX)
SINE SILEX • Schachmatt
VARIOUS ARISTS • Liasons Dangereuses
EL GUERRILLERO ROJO • Manifiesto LP 1983-1984
SCHONWALD • Between Parallel Lights
METAL DISCO • Unearthly Vices
CLAUS FOVEA • Cyanide/King Ludd
NÖVÖ • Zeitgeist
VOID VISION • Sub Rosa
NON-HUMAN PERSONS • No Fear

 

Same genre: COLD EBM
BALVANERA • Courses of Action
JIHAD • Retrospekt
GHOSTING • The Flanders EP
METAL DISCO • Devil Explicit
SYNTHS VERSUS ME • 1987 12'
ORTROTASCE • Ortrotasce
[SNUFF] • [SNUFF] EP
VARIOUS ARTISTS • Transmission Nord Waves 80-13
INVASION OF FEMALE LOGIC • Alternativlos
VARIOUS ARTISTS • CAGE 21

 

Same genre: COLD WAVE
AGENT SIDE GRINDER • Jack Vegas
AGENT SIDE GRINDER • Jack Vegas
SYGO CRIES • In Outside Places
THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS • Live Happily While Waiting For Death
SYGO CRIES • End Of A Century
FAUST PROJECT • The Future Comes On Sleeping Pills
THE MIDNIGHT COMPUTERS • Anxious
HYSTÉRIE • Deuil
MANNEQUIN • From a distance
RINGFINGER • Pressure

 

Same genre: SYNTH POP / ELECTRO POP
TRAGIC IMPULSE • Distant Worlds
SHE HATES EMOTIONS • Space and time
FRAGRANCE • Salt Water
ARMAGEDDON DILDOS • Desctruction
SJOBLOM • Tape
NUOVO TESTAMENTO • New Earth
STURM CAFE • Fernes Land
DD SANCHEZ • StRaNgE
ERASURE • THE NEON
HER OWN WORLD • A Different Kind Of Reality

 

Same genre: SYNTH WAVE
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT • Remixes
STAATSEINDE • De Nieuwe Golf
CHRYPTOCHROMA • Ominous Clouds
ENZO KREFT • Shelter
ABSTRACKT BLACK • Unheimlich
ELM • Penetrator
STAATSEINDE • Fehlerlinie
PARADOX OBSCUR • Intercourse
STAATSEINDE • Staatseinde live @Kinky Star - 14 mei 2022
MAGNETIC RUST • Multicolor

Music reviews

14
03
THEN COMES SILENCE
Trickery
13
03
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT
Remixes
27
02
WHISPERING SONS
The Great Calm
22
02
YOUR ENEMY
Broken Toys
21
02
XTORT
Zwart
03
02
MERCIFUL NUNS
Oneironauts

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

NEWS

19
03
Just One Fix | 4 Years Since Ministry Unleashed Sphinctour
18
03
Today, 44 years ago, Joy Division released 'Licht und Blindheit'.
17
03
A Darker Shade Of Green | The Virgin Prunes On Saint Patrick’s Day
17
03
Today, 38 years ago, Depeche Mode released its fifth studio album Black Celebration!
16
03
Today, 37 years ago, Siouxsie and the Banshees released The Passenger!
16
03
Today, 40 years ago, Siousxie And The Banshees released the single Swimming Horses!

Concert reviews

16
11
DREADFOOL - EUFORIC EXISTENCE - EULFI
ELECTRO au BNR
09
09
ENZO KREFT - DARK MINIMAL PROJECT - CAUSENATION
@B52 Music Club Eernegem
23
08
AMPHI FESTIVAL 2023
A second opinion...
18
06
ERATO - BLACK SNOW IN SUMMER
Black Planet Fest - @ B 52 Music Club Eernegem - friday 19th of may
18
06
KORINTHIANS, NEL & JP, NONA PROBLEMO
@Charlatan Ghent - 25 mei 2023
06
05
SIOUXSIE
The glorious resurrection after ten years of silence.

GET A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE
SEND TO YOUR HOME

INTERVIEWS

15
03
GOETHES ERBEN
When one is young, one does not think about the fact that one day everything will be over. And that is also beautiful and exciting, because as you get older, you look at the past differently.
14
03
EMPUSAE
I link the strength I have had to go up and down the tens of thousands of steps, to confront the heat and the hustle and bustle of the crowds, more and more directly with the nature spirit Ganriki.
29
02
SYNICAL
An Interview With Electro Industrial Artist, Synical
28
02
DEMONWARP
An Interview With Demonwarp
16
02
ELEKTRIKILL
An Interview With Electro-Industrial Band, Elektrikill

PHOTOS

17
03
BEYOND OBSESSION
Mono Deluxe Meschede
07
03
VNV NATION
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot
07
03
VNV NATION
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot
07
03
KOSHEEN
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot
07
03
THE ARCH
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot
07
03
THE OBSCURE
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot
07
03
FRONT 242
Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot

ADVERTISE
IN PEEK-A-BOO

VIDEO CLIPS

18
03
DES AMES LIBRES
Cold Hands
17
03
DIRTY HARRY
D' BOP
16
03
MOLLY NILSSON
1995
15
03
CLOCK DVA
The Hacker
14
03
LYNCELIA
Self-Mystery Girl
13
03
CAT RAPES DOG
Moosehair Underwear
12
03
MIREXXX
Inside You