CONFIG.SYS/CONTAGIOUS ORGASM/BOOT-SECTOR-VIRUZ "PEACEMAKERS INC.I" (INV046 Invasion)

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ORKUS MAGAZINE

Mit der Peacemakers Inc.-Serie beginnt ein weiteres Kapitel auf Invasion Wreck Chords in Sachen Widerstandskampf – die "Noizzze Guerilla" ist geboren, und zu Beginn hдtte gerne ein deutlich durchschlagenderes Trio seine Aufwartung machen duerfen, denn mit Config.sys, Contagious Orgasm und BooT-SectoR-ViruZ starten Vertreter der eher verhaltenen Elektronik/Industrial-Kunst. Doch nicht alleine die oberflaechliche Krawallmache veraendert die Welt, sondern ebenso wichtig ist die hintergruendige Intelligenzmaschinerie, und dies zusammen ist mit viermal Config.sys, viermal Contagious Orgasm (plus eine Koop der beiden) und fuenfmal BooT-SectoR-ViruZ sowohl vorhanden als auch qualitativ hochwertig anzusiedeln, daher ist der industriell-ambiente-breakcorige Auftakt zur Peacemakers Inc.-Serie durchaus geglueckt. (8)

by Thomas Sonder for Orkus

SIDE-LINE

Invasion Wreck Chords (label of ambassador21) launches quite an interesting concept of releases featuring three bands. This 1st album starts with the German combo Config.Sys. This band features five great songs mixing industrial-tech beats and noise constellations. The opening cuts are quite heavy danceable while surrounded by a kind of apocalyptic atmosphere. "Bite The Bullet" is a cool song to watch out for. The two songs left are quieter in rhythmic, but definitely interesting as well. "Shock Treatment And Cannibalism" reminds me to the style of the latest Esplendor Geometrico album "Pulsion". The next band on the list is Contagious Orgasm delivering four tracks. This Japanese band, signed on Ant-zen, brings us their mix of ambient atmospheres and vague tribal rhythmic. A few vocal samplings are increasing the intriguing atmospheres this band is composing. The "Sweet Home"-track is the most noticeable part from their work here. Last band is the German Boot-Sector-Viruz, which you know from releases on Zartcore Productions and Invasion Wreck Chords. This project launching five new songs remains inspired by its breakcore influence although it now sounds a bit quieter. It remains however quite a dynamic piece of music. Some string parts inject a part of mysticism while "Close To Exploding" reveals some acid treatments. This is probably the most complex band from this release. All bands are dealing with a very own style. My personal favourite one is Config.Sys!

by DP for Side-Line

GOTHTRONIC

A distribution by Ant-Zen and Invasion Wreck Chords, final edited by Ambassador 21, titled Peacemakers Inc… What might one expect? – The kind of peace made by dropping warheads in apocalyptic scenery. – That is what this collaboration of Config.Sys, Contagious Orgasm and Boot Sector-Viruz is showcasing, assisted by their underlining slogan “Join Noizzze Guerilla” showing on the album cover.
This triple-split CD is not meant for those unfamiliar with these projects and labels, this is true electronic violence. When the genres competition is lethal for projects in the genre, these guys know how to form a frontline against most new electronic projects.
Config.Sys starts off showing their experimental side by combining ambient noises with machinelike soundscapes on “Laika Rest in Peace in Outaspace”. “Bite the Bullet” is a better track for club life, it is rhythmic industrial on the edge of power electronics, and still just danceable. Config.Sys is followed after a collaboration track with Contagious Orgasm which then subtly takes over. This second project fills the middle of the album with tragic melodies, militaristic drum sampling and a high level of tripping, especially on the track “The Argument of Sense of Incongruity”. This project is more synthetic and less brutishly oriented. For noise standards this even has a tendency to becoming a little bit too catchy electro-like, it stays industrial though, because of the usage of air-alerts, militant beats and the sound of anti-air defense resounding in the songs. Boot Sector-Viruz takes its time to build the last section of the album back up, starting with a faint beep directly set upon the beat, slowly increasing pace. With “Misery Machine” the project is going for a more gritty sound, and I get tempted to fully open up the bass and treble on my sound system, especially because after this track, it seems to only get louder.
All in all, this album cannot be considered the most brutal thing amidst the brutish, but definitely belongs to the kind “Uncompromising to the fans of sweet music”. The projects show a lot of overlap, song transitions are done smoothly and the tunes played are recognizable. All three projects are known for well danceable beats, high levels of crackling noise beeps and continuous use of glitch melodies. Peacemakers Inc. their militant rhythmic noise is what ties the projects together. For those who truly want something experimental the album is lacking in renewing the genre a bit, it’s rather full of cliches inside the genre, the quality delivered is non-stop well-done though.

by Hazzard for Gothtronic