tempobet yeni adresi
like this cd review

20/10/2011 : THOROFON - Exkarnation

THOROFON

Exkarnation

MusicCD
Dark PopIndustrial

[70/100]   
20/10/2011, Chris KONINGS

Thorofon started in 1995 by coremembers Anton Knilpert & Geneviève Pasquier, creating music that lies somewhere between power electronics and synth pop. After numerous releases on their own label UMB, they called it quits in 2005, only to reform five years later. Releasing their new album on Ant-zen might prove to be a reason for change, so I'm curious what it all means. Is exkarnation the opposite of incarnation? Or reincarnation?

Fact is, they're back and their show at Maschinenfest convinced me they are still dynamite on stage although it was clear that the old power electronics side of them was very far away. On the album you get a mix between old school industrial and raunchy synthpop containing loads of angst. Flesh And Steel was originally by SPK and Thorofon drop the Eurythmics funk and the silly saxophone, while adding some much needed power in the form of harsh metallic drums and shouted vocals. Other great songs are Blacksouls and Flamethrower, the first sounding like the terror electro of very early DAF and the second topping that with some insanely pitchshifted vocals, making it very agressive and psychotic.

Gladly, the real SPK industrial can be heard in a few instrumental tracks, like the intro Controlled Chaos and on songs like Embalmed and Exkarnation. Metallic percussion, beautifully haunting synthtones from the mighty analogue devices like a Korg MS-20 and other fearful noises are a reminder of albums like Leichenschrei. Anonymous sounds like a terrorist manifest, orated over an industrial soundscape, slightly reminding me of the latest Genocide Organ.

Skinmelt is originally from 2004 and is reworked in a more minimal style, with Geneviève's fitting cold and melancholic voice. Other songs like Dead Face and Blacklight are very repetitive and fail to convince me, needing some additional ideas to make them surprising enough. That, along with the cover and a reworked version of an existing song make that they didn't really make a lot of new songs. So slightly too much filler and only two real killertracks (Blacksouls and Flamethrower) means I cannot call it a glorious return to the world of the living.

Available on ant-zen from the 17th of october.

Thorofon

Chris KONINGS
20/10/2011


Music reviews

09
10
NERO/GRIS
Silenci
07
10
SUBATOMIC STRANGERS
Resuwrecked
01
10
BLOKKONTROLL
I-II-III
28
09
SUNSHINE BLIND
Scarred but Fearless
27
09
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT
Pleasure Is A Sin
26
09
PROMENADE CINEMA
Afterlife

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

NEWS

14
10
43 years of “Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn” by Die Krupps: A Blueprint for Industrial Resistance
09
10
Baby Turns Blue and 43 today!
03
10
BIMFEST XXIII – 2026 - Full Line-Up Announced!
28
09
De Delvers announces third full-lenght album 'Zwarte Siroop'
27
09
CURSE MACKEY Unveils ‘Imaginary Enemies’, A Darkwave Descent Into Grief & Revelation
25
09
Today, exactly 38 years ago The Klinik released 'Plague'!

Concert reviews

17
08
KRAFTWERK
Royal Palace Open Air - Brussels - August 14 2025
22
04
GAVIN FRIDAY
Live at 404 / De Vooruit - Ghent - 01/04.2025
28
11
BELGIAN ELECTROWAVE IS NOT DEAD 3
Belgian ElectroWave Is Not Dead 3

GET A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE
SEND TO YOUR HOME

INTERVIEWS

27
09
CORPUS DELICTI
''All is quiet, the motion's cold. I face the wind as I'm taking the road.''
18
09
WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW
This album isn’t about bashing religion and faith. That would be a pretty cheap trick.
17
09
ZWAREMACHINE
We were able to secure the support slot for Front 242. Everything was looking positive until Bas’s cancer reemerged and there were complications.
27
08
BEAUTIFUL FREAKIN' WEIRDO
An Interview With UK Industrial Metal Act, Beautiful Freakin' Weirdo
29
07
EX-VOTO
“Decisions. In a modern time. Transmissions. From the inner mind.“

PHOTOS

21
09
KRUPPS
Kulttempel Oberhausen
12
09
ULTRA SUNN
De Casino St Niklaas
12
09
ULTRA SUNN
De Casino St Niklaas
08
09
AUX ANIMAUX SUPPORT SHE PAST AWAY
Kulttempel Oberhausen
07
09
SHE PAST AWAY
Kulttempel Oberhausen
17
08
NEW MODEL ARMY
Summerkultur Dinslaken
23
07
DUCTAPE
Amphi Festival Keulen

ADVERTISE
IN PEEK-A-BOO

VIDEO CLIPS

17
10
ZANIAS
Unseen (Official Video)
16
10
DOPE
Blood Money
15
10
SOFT CELL
Martin (The Hacker 2025 Remix)
14
10
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT
Schlafen !
13
10
PEAK FLOW
Don't Die In Your Sleep (Remix)
13
10
CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE
Flying Turns (Live @ BIM 2009)
12
10
COCTEAU TWINS
Hazel