Ambassador21

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AMBASSADOR 21
“Power Rage (Face Your Future Killers)”

CHRYSALIDE, AMBASSADOR 21, PUNISH YOURSELF
“Peacemakers Inc. (II)”

The Belarusian digital punx once more lay down an album full of screaming vitriol and pounding hardcore beats. Over the years A21 have refined their take on the Atari Teenage Riot computer punk and with this, have proved that there is still life in the digital hardcore genre. Alexey and Natasha have lost none of their anger or rage, and with contributions from Ctrler and Converter ‘Power Rage’ is yet another devastating round in the A21 cannon.

Along the way A21 have picked up many like minded artists to release on comps and splits and the second Peacemakers Inc. release sees them teaming up with industrial brothers in arms Chrysalide and Punish Yourself. The Chrysalide tracks have a dark Skinny Puppy feel to them, all angry distorted vocals over a collection of disturbed and deranged betas and sounds. They even sonically destroy ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ for good measure. A21 give what they do best, five tracks of nasty digital hardcore, but the four live Punish Yourself songs are disappointing. It just sounds thin and empty compared to the previous battering by Crysalide and A21.

When listening to the newest album of this Belarus duo (Natasha & Alexey) I really started to be convinced that they’re quite rock’n’roll-like! So I wasn’t surprised at all to find on the back of the front cover they refer to rock’n’roll! But Ambassador 21 is of course much more than this! Real rock’n’roll fans would be exposed to a high risk of heart attack when listening to Ambassador 21! It’s just that I get the impression they’re like transposing some heavy rock music into merciless industrial-gabber-noise assaults. The title of the album perfectly summarize its content: power and rage! This is for sure one of the most anarchistic and non-compromised bands from the underground scene. Injecting numerous samplings into their creations, nothing seems to be impossible. Just imagine hearing some “Paint It Black” (from the Rolling Stones) extract in a heavy torturing piece like “Turn Yourself”. It’s crazy and totally fun! You’ll also certainly recognize some more famous samplings extracts. Natasha and Alexey are once more screaming like hell! The furious vocals full of rage totally fit to the merciless noise assaults and gabber rhythmic. “Fast & Furious” would have been another possible title for this album. A few tracks are a bit more spiced with electronic tones or even technoid elements (cf. “Pray And Recharge” and “Gang Bang”). I get the impression that this band never takes themselves that seriously while they’re quite serious in what they’re doing! Ambassador 21 became an established name in the scene and that’s for sure due to their very own approach in sound! This new album only confirms their loud and tormenting sound! Have fun!

Die weissrussischen Electro Punk-Terroristen mit Biss und Mut zur Wut, zum Klauen mit Niveau und musikalischem Widerstand auf hoechster Ebene haben nach einigen Remix- und sonstigen Aktivitaeten endlich mal wieder ein regulaeres neues Album aus ihren Geraeten geschuftet. Und es ist alles wie gehabt: Industrial Noise- bis Gabba-Attacken, Wege in dunkle untergrundige Electro-Hoellen, Breakbeats und verzerrte Riffs, plus vokalistische Widerstandsbewegung im Strassenkampf. Samples und Melodieleihgaben fehlen natuerlich auch nicht, wo zum Beispiel Paint It, Black in Turn Yourself eine huebsche neue Fratze verliehen bekommt, oder New Doctrine About Trinity, die aktuelle “Hymne” von Ambassador21, wofuer hier Edvard Griegs In der Halle des Bergkoenigs als tragende Schleife verwendet wurde. Digital Hardcore lebt noch immer, und nirgends so blutig wie mit Ambassador21.

With Face Your Future Killers Ambassador21 again fires a relentless spray fire of industrial noise beats and sheer loud digital hardcore at the innocent listener. While this sympathetic duo from Belarus have always been an original project but on Power Rage the underground punk attitude is even better present in their music. By use of samples in which the rock and metal guitar returns and the heritage of modern rock is being plundered with a.o. references to The Stooges, Doors and Rolling Stones, but also by obvious titles like ‘Rock ‘n Roll’. The influence of techno and industrial gabber of course is also not far away as one can hear in ‘Russian Roulette’, ‘Pray and Recharge’, ‘Gang Bang’ and the title track ‘Face Your Future Killers’. Power Rage contains more inflammable highlights with ‘La Guerre Comme a la Guerre’, ‘Power Rage Riot Death’ based on a Ministry riff, ‘Phantom’ and the 2009 version of the industrial noise classic ‘New Doctrine About Trinity’. There is no such industrial noise project that with these kind of flaming heavy tracks with fucked up vocals makes such an impression. Ambassador21 have delivered another explosive and venomous album with Power Rage (Face Your Future Killers) that solidifies their status as masters of underground industrial noise even further.

Qui pourra les arreter? Un an apres la bombe FUCK ALL SYSTEMS les voila de retour avec un nouvel attentat sonore denomme cette fois ci POWER RAGE (face your future killers).
Fideles a eux-meme, AMBASSADOR21, ne font pas dans la dentelle et nous delivrent 11 titres explosifs d’une violence rare mais cependant maitrisee. Compose, enregistre et mixe en a peine un mois, cet album temoigne de l’energie dont debordent Alexey et Natasha. Plus qu’un simple album de digital hardcore, Power Rage, est un veritable carnet de route des rencontre et de l’experience du groupe, confession de leur mode de vie de travellers cyberpunks. Multipliant les clin d’oeils et les hommages, Ambassador21, comme a leur habitude, detournent beaucoup de samples pour leur donner une seconde vie surboostee.
Plus complexe mais tout aussi efficace que leur album precedent, POWER RAGE, est, malgre la rapidite de sa composition, tres abouti et fait preuve d’une grande maturite. Peut etre le meilleur opus des Bielorusses!!!
“Start with a drums… finish with dynamite!!!”