Leave the Motor Running
Motor is made up of Minneapolis' Bryan Black, a former sound designer and keyboard tech for Prince at Paisley Park Studio, and Mr No, who hails from the "industrial wastes of Paris".
The both of them co-founded the band Xlover, worked on a few tracks from Felix Da Housecat's "Devin Dazzle & The Neon Fever" album, and wrote some music for Princess Superstar. They're also well known for their remixes, which include Depeche Mode's "Precious", Trabant's "Nasty Boy" and the abrasive "Kill Yourself on the Dancefloor Tonight" by Drugbeat.
While working on the poppy 2005 Xlover album "Pleasure & Romance" the both of them ended up experimenting with techno sounds on the side, and eventually produced a 3 track demo. They were rapidly signed to Novamute, and after making their mark with a series of solid 12'' records, they've finally decided to release an album. It's called Klunk, and it sounds just like its name: Raw, metallic, cold, inhuman.
Klunk is all about progression, not only within the music but without: at times it's full-on hard electro, while at others it’s a respectful reworking of early techno facing off against de-clawed and refined quasi-industrial. The song "Yak" fits this description perfectly: it sounds like a dancy Suicide Commando track layered with the drugged-up, distant vocals found in many techno songs.
Motor leave pure experimentation behind, twisting harshness into music, with a strong early techno/acid feeling transpiring all the way through the album, providing an essential mix of genres that's mind bending, hypnotic and at times hallucinatory.
To top things off, Klunk is a well produced and dancy while remaining raw and extremely cold. Featured on the album are last year's hits "Sweatbox" and "Stuka Stunt", along with their new single "Black Powder", one of their more straightforward songs to date. However, Klunk is sadly missing the song "Punkture", featured on the b-side of the "Black Powder" 12''.
You can check out the "Black Powder" video right here:
If you like it rough, pick up Motor's new album "Klunk".
The both of them co-founded the band Xlover, worked on a few tracks from Felix Da Housecat's "Devin Dazzle & The Neon Fever" album, and wrote some music for Princess Superstar. They're also well known for their remixes, which include Depeche Mode's "Precious", Trabant's "Nasty Boy" and the abrasive "Kill Yourself on the Dancefloor Tonight" by Drugbeat.
While working on the poppy 2005 Xlover album "Pleasure & Romance" the both of them ended up experimenting with techno sounds on the side, and eventually produced a 3 track demo. They were rapidly signed to Novamute, and after making their mark with a series of solid 12'' records, they've finally decided to release an album. It's called Klunk, and it sounds just like its name: Raw, metallic, cold, inhuman.
Klunk is all about progression, not only within the music but without: at times it's full-on hard electro, while at others it’s a respectful reworking of early techno facing off against de-clawed and refined quasi-industrial. The song "Yak" fits this description perfectly: it sounds like a dancy Suicide Commando track layered with the drugged-up, distant vocals found in many techno songs.
Motor leave pure experimentation behind, twisting harshness into music, with a strong early techno/acid feeling transpiring all the way through the album, providing an essential mix of genres that's mind bending, hypnotic and at times hallucinatory.
To top things off, Klunk is a well produced and dancy while remaining raw and extremely cold. Featured on the album are last year's hits "Sweatbox" and "Stuka Stunt", along with their new single "Black Powder", one of their more straightforward songs to date. However, Klunk is sadly missing the song "Punkture", featured on the b-side of the "Black Powder" 12''.
You can check out the "Black Powder" video right here:
If you like it rough, pick up Motor's new album "Klunk".
For more videos & excerpts, check out Motor's web site.
posted by Bruce Benson at
Thursday, June 01, 2006
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