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Artist: FORGOTTEN
SUNRISE
Album: Different Knots of Ropelove
Year: 2007
Forgotten Sunrise is one of my personal favorites when
it comes to industrial metal. Their past 'Ru:Mipu:Dus'
and 'Willand' releases blew my nuts off at once ('Willand'
even reached a 100 / 100 score!). Despite all the
different influences and styles mixed in their music,
they manage to let it sound accessable and more than
decent all together. The second track of their 'Willand'
album, called 'Ropelove', was picked as theme for a maxi-single.
On this release, we find an edit of the original track
and a whole bunch of remixes by bands like Alec Empire,
Jesus Complex a.o.
The first track is a short (radio?) edit of the original
'Ropelove' track. It's still a dark track with death
metal vocals and strong keylines. The first remix we
have is done by Kardinaljävel. It's a non-vocals remix
with elements of future pop and EBM. To me, the mix
sounds a bit flat and sterile. How differently does the
next one, by Suicidal Romance, affect on me. It's a
modern mix of future pop and electro with the original
vocal lines. The way the vocal lines are mixed with the
musical parts change the original atmosphere of the
track, without losing the dark view of it. Excellent
remix! The next remix, by Alec Empire, is pretty
impressive as well. It has very wicked programming works
and experimental FX parts, which give this one a brutal
though danceable and exciting attitude. The noisy middle
of the track not included maybe... Next up comes the
remix done by Jesus Complex. It still has many leftovers
from the original track, although this time its mixed
differently and on a different beat. This remix doesn't
sound too bad to me, but the two before this one sounded
much better. Requiem for FM made a pretty disturbing
electronic mix, with dots that are coming to you from
all the corners of your speakers. Mano Juodoji Sesuo
provides us the first metal tunes in the remix. The
remix still has the original sampling and vocal lines,
but the old school EBM beat changes the whole dimenison
of the track. Cool mix! H_12 made an old school remix.
It contains elements of future pop and synth pop, and
the vocal lines changed drastically. The remix is easy
going and danceable. Darkmen provides a surprisingly
cool mix. The marching beat catches you immidiately, and
the original song elements are surprisingly wellfitting
brought in. It's a dark song that almost commands you to
dance. Älymystö's remix is a bit more disturbing again,
with noisy, electro and even some sludge elements, all
brought together with an old school attempt. Nocore's
remix is better again, with cold and dark synthlines all
over the song and wicked, experimental programming. The
final track is a remix for 'Over The Deathbringer Stars',
which was one of my least favorite tracks on the 'Ru:Mipu:Dus'
release. It's needles to say that I'm not a big fan of
this remix either. It contains elements of ambient and a
little future pop touch.
It's always a big lottery when it comes to remix
releases. As usual, some bands manage to make really
cool remixes, while others seem big stars in fucking it
all up. Fortunately, the majority of this release has
good remixes (some of them even surprisingly good). Find
this album if you feel like dancing your ass off for an
hour, or if you are a DJ with an alternative spin.
Vote: 90 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Ropelove (Short Rope
Edit)
02. Ropelove (RMX by
KARDINALJÄVEL)
03. Ropelove (RMX by
SUICIDAL ROMANCE)
04. Ropelove (RMX by
ALEC EMPIRE)
05. Ropelove (RMX by
JESUS COMPLEX)
06. Ropelove (Android
Melts RMX by REQUIEM FOR
FM)
07. Ropelove (RMX by
MANO JUODOJI SESUO)
08. Ropelove (RMX by
H_12)
09. Ropelove (RMX by
DARKMEN)
10. Ropelove (RMX by
ÄLYMYSTÖ)
11. Ropelove (RMX by
NOCORE)
12. Over The
Deathbringer Stars (RMX
by HOLZKOPF)
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