Title: How To Enlist A Robot Uprising (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Memmaker
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 8th June 2010
Label: Artoffact Records
Album Review
MEMMAKER is described as being the alter-ego of well-known Rhythm’n’Noise project ISZOLOSCOPE, hailing from Canada. ‘How To Enlist A Robot Uprising (Deluxe Edition)’ is a re-release of the duo’s debut album, originally released in 2008. The album is opening with a darkly distorted vision in sound, named ‘Prophecy’, building slowly to unleash complex noise cascades eventually. Somehow, you can sense what ‘Ascent’ is going to become by only hearing the first seconds of the track: A genuine dance anthem! The beat structure of ‘Death Audio Blow Your Brains’ has been kept as simple as possible to guarantee that no one stumbles and falls over any edges. Feels like that to me. The same robotic voice as on the previous one re-appears on ‘Robot Buzz’ and a buzz in your ears is guaranteed after that monster has passed you by. ‘Insomnia’ is not particularly something you could play in a club with its literally nightmarish atmospheres and intricate structures.
‘Exodus Maximus’ is nothing but a sinister soundscape in the beginning, but earthquake beats disrupt the thick perimeter, built up before, strangely without robbing its intensity as is happing frequently. The second CD, which is only available digitally, gives opportunity to various bands to show their perspective on songs from the album, starting with STENDECK and ‘Insomnia’. The changes are not that hard to me, but Zampieri added an own twist with his very own way of approaching music. AUTODAFÉ removed all the dirty layers from ‘Death Comes’ and thus made it a very clean sounding floor filler. The remix LIAR’S ROSEBUSH did of the original album’s opening ‘Prophecy’ comes over even more complicated, but those of you who like being challenged will love it for its ambitious nature. Fellow countrymen of FRACTURED might have taken away some of the original’s violence, but therefore have infused a few very engaging sound gimmicks, waiting for you to unravel them. Also, it’s overall much cleaner.
The collaborative effort of FAMINE and IT-CLINGS ‘Beware of Memmaker’ that ends this review has so many ideas you could have made at least 3 other songs of it. All combined with the, only seemingly, mad rants of the aforementioned IT-CLINGS, it’s not an overstatement to call it one of THE highlights on this CD. Well, I cannot get into all of the compositions on the album, yet you hear that a lot of work has gone into making this and that has to be acknowledged. The digital remix CD features something for everyone in my eyes and shouldn’t be deemed as mere compilation of half-baked works by any means. All in all, a release to check out!
Tracklist
CD1:
01. Prophecy - 2:37
02. Ascent - 4:25
03. Death Audio Blow Your Brains - 4:23
04. Sneaking Through The Totalitarian Filter - 5:44
05. Death Comes (Sale Traître) - 4:19
06. Get Your Ass To Mars - 4:14
07. Robot Buzz - 4:31
08. Energon3 - 6:15
09. The Cydonia Complex - 4:54
10. Insomnia - 6:56
11. Deception - 5:35
12. København Robotic Youth - 4:36
13. Exodus Maximus - 5:28
CD2 (How To Remix A Robot Uprising) [Digital Only]:
01. Insomnia (Remixed by Stendeck) - 4:58
02. Death Comes (Remixed by Autodafé) - 4:53
03. Prophecy (Remixed by Liar's Rosebush) - 6:37
04. Death Comes (Remixed by Rotersand) - 5:53
05. Sneaking Through The Totalitarian Filter (Remixed by Xotox) - 4:07
06. Ascent (Remixed by Fractured) - 3:37
07. Robot Buzz (Remixed by Cervello Elettronico) - 5:09
08. Energon3 (Remixed by Studio-X) - 6:16
09. Beware Of Memmaker (By Famine feat. It-Clings) - 5:22
10. Insomnia (Remixed by NORAD) - 7:46
Line-Up
Yann Faussurier
Guillaume Nadon
Website
http://www.memmaker.ca/ / http://www.myspace.com/memmaker
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 7
Sound: 8
Extras: 7 (Remix CD)
Total: 7.3 / 10
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