Fans of electropop will rejoice over the Mesh release "An Alternative Solution", the remix album accompanying "A Perfect Solution" -- surely one of the electropop highlights of recent years.
"We didn’t want to have big bands as remixers, but just friends we know personally, and who we know like our music, and with whom we have a relationship," says Mesh singer Mark Hockings,"The status of the remixers was secondary, the important thing was that the mixes were good. A friend will do a better mix for you than someone who is just getting a little cash for it."
Featuring remixes from Iris, Zeromancer, Markus Reinhardt (Wolfsheim), Portion Control, Parralox and Assemblage 23 just to name a few, "An Alternative Solution" also comes in a limited edition of 3,000 copies featuring a bonus disc and packaged in a slick slipcase. But presales have been brisk and this limited version is nearly sold out -- fans should secure their copy without delay.Extensive audio samples from "An Alternative Solution" can be heard here and here you can order your own copy of the limited edition version.
But there's something for fans of guitar-based industrial as well: the long awaited new solo album "Anomie" from former Marilyn Manson co-producer and KMFDM alumnus Tim Skold. SKOLD has already held the press in thrall for weeks (and rightfully so). Sonic Seducer named it "Album of the Month"; Reflections of Darkness finds that "Today there are many bands where the talent of their members and their production acolytes combined doesn’t even halve the one Skold possesses alone. This album was a pure joy to listen to, I found myself surprised by unexpected songs which give a huge breadth and depth to the whole album.
This CD deserves to become a classic. Don’t miss it! 10 of 10 points.". Orkus Magazine praised the album as "a fantastic album from a true guitar hero who never lets his blistering technical prowess get between him and the needs of a good industrial song...if Manson wants to reclaim his earlier success he would do well to take a page from Skold's 'Anomie'...9 out of 10 points" ; Bizarre Radio judges "Tim Skold's 'Anomie' is the must-have album of the season. 14/15 points"; and Thomas Clausen (Sonic Seducer) certifies that "the future has won, the past never had a chance. The man who helped shape the sound of both Marilyn Manson and KMFDM strikes back: hard, in high dosage, atmospheric, merciless. A reckoning with himself and the world. `Gods will die where superstars collide...´".
Source: Newsletter
