Fear On The Dark Planet - Umwelt (Midnight Shift)

 

Title: Fear On The Dark Planet

Artist: Umwelt

Label: Midnight Shift

Cat Number: MNSX023

Genre: Techno

A1: Fear On The Dark Planet

A2: Accelerating Universe

B1: Ravenous Horde

B2: Raiders Of The Final Frontier

B3: Gate Of Nothingness

If you like it claustrophobic and abrasive, not to mention symphonic and dissonant, then Umwelt has something just for you. ‘Fear Of The Dark Planet’ is just an article, a preposition and an adjective away from Public Enemy’s magnum opus, but couldn’t be further removed. The track titles give an indication as to the chaos that awaits, and as organised as that may be, it’s an uncompromising romp through a dense, acidic pounding (‘Ravenous Horde’); raw, sensory electro imaginings (‘Fear On The Dark Planet’ & ‘Accelerating Universe’); the simultaneous grind and soar of ‘Raiders Of The Final Frontier’; finishing with the comparatively tame, but menacing ‘Gate Of Nothingness’. Hard as nails, but eloquently expressed.