Xenophobia
"To celebrate their 5th anniversary, the British MOMT Records has released this “Carry On Lovin’” sampler featuring different label bands and a few discoveries. The label always try to surprise with innovating electronics mixed with other styles.
A first high light on this sampler was launched by Audacity and the excellent “Dreamscape”. This track reminds me a bit to Dreadzone, but with an extra techno input instead of dub. Indigo virus coming up surprises with the astral-techno “Quarantine”. K-Nitrate is a band I especially liked for their last album. They here drop another straightforward techno-ish piece entitled “Cold Steel”.
UCNX comes next with a sound reminding to The Klinik. The compilation stagnates a little bit after this overwhelming debut, but delivers a new high light with the dubby touch of Semi0n’s “The Fury/Die With Dignity”. That’s for sure one of the discoveries from the sampler.
Shinji Yamashita with the instrumental and industrial Prodigy-like “Salvation” is another name to keep in mind. Audio War and Vultures are two more bands going on with some harsh breakbeat assaults reminding to The Prodigy and the less I can say is that their contribution is really cool and tough! Audio War (again) brings this sampler to a good end. This anniversary-release is a good way to discover the dynamic universe of MOMT!"
7/8 - DP ()
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"A compilation in this case is the DNA of a label and MOMT records has carved this one in stone, the artists present are very different each other and some of them very great: GUSTO EXTERMINATION FLUID and AUDIO WAR. The second one is really violent, aggressive and Techno based the influence of forces like Meat Beat Manifesto and Prodigy are evident.
The project of MOMT is to do a sort of Warp Records strictly based on industrial-techno-electronic. For sure their formula is ready to be massively used in live concert with three or four artist of their roaster.
K-Nitrate is very near to some Front 242 sounds but is more cruel and drum machine addicted.
Very interesting is SKINK, in his track he created a simple but effective soundscape of delay.
MOMT records choose its artists with a great attention and I think that it wasn't something easy to do, the sounds and the categories in techno/industrial/electronic are something not easy to recognize and also to follow and to put on light. Artists for a techno label are indeed their idea of music and also business; that's something we gotta consider even in indie music. Well done MOMT, you will get a very good work.
3.5/5 - Mariano Equizzi ()
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