Strops - Strops (2008)

GENRE..... Industrial
LABEL...... Raubbau Records
MODE....... VBRkbps / Joint-Stereo
REL.DATE.. Oct-16-2008

A lonely atmosphere... a forest on a misty autumn day...
constructed by heavy drones, pulsating beat-like structures and
lyrics in a unfamiliar sounding language... strops are taking us
out of the comfort and warmth of our hiding place called life,
guiding us on a dark and also mysterious journey like they did
last year on 'likuma burts'. the echoing voice - with a tinge of
lament - supports the feeling of being desolate, but the
hypnotic eastern cold is so addictive. the breath of wrecked
machines seeps through the album, transported by amphoric sounds
created through heavy manipulation of the sound of steel
drums... 'industrial culture in its initial forms should be a
mirror of the past and postulation of the future' according to
yoric; the mind behind strops' thought-provoking music. This
provocation is being emphasized through the use texts by german
poet georg trakl. reflecting the past by literature from a
victim of world war I, embedding it in pulsating sounds, this
title-less masterpiece demands your full attention. the artwork
reflects the music perfectly: arranged hexagonal nuts on a rusty
background, referring to a beehive (being the translation of
strops into english) as well as the origin of the sounds. clear
repetitive structures versus threatening drones and tangible
metal sounds; gained out of rusty steel. as simple as the
structure of a beehive is, as complex is the formation of what
is transported to the listeners mind. every friend of non-easy
listening and frowning sound-scapes will be fascinated by this
new release on raubbau. the beehive is humming again

Tracklist:

01 Elpa / Izelpa - Einatmen - Ausatmen
02 Ugunskristibas / Feuertaufe
03 Spraucoties Starp Naudas Kokiem / Draengen
04 Bojaeja / Untergang
05 Sturm Varda! / Im Namen Von Sçurm!
06 Vakarzeme / Abendland
07 Pec Bitem Rudens Nak / Nach Den Bienen Kommt Der Herbst
08 Ziema / Winter
09 Naves Tuvums / Naehe Des Todes
10 Pavasari / Im Fruehling

Strops-Strops-2008-FWYH

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