Memmaker “How To Enlist In A Robot Uprising” (CD Artoffact)

Review:

		8/10
		Artist: Memmaker Title: How To Enlist In A Robot Uprising (Deluxe Edition) Format: CD Label: Artoffact Records Genre: Electronic, Industrial, Noise Release date: June 8, 2010

Memmaker is the creation of the two Iszoloscope-members Guillaume Nadon and Yann Faussurier. After several compilation appearences, “How To Enlist A Robot Uprising” was the first official release by this duo originally released back in 2008 on Hive Records. 2010 sees the album released once again on Artoffact Records and comes in a deluxe edition with the bonus disc “How To Remix A Robot Uprising” featuring remixes from wellknown bands such as Rotersand, Autodafeh, Xotox and Fractured.

The album is a true Electro/Industrial assault with distorted sounds and mixing the heavier trance with driving rhythms and industrial beats. Noise is also a part of the onslaught but stays on a low level so the music remains enjoyable and melodic but still in a harsh and powerful way. The music is more or less destined for the dancefloor and as the information says about the album ‘Memmaker are here to destroy all human eardrums and interface with your women, undermining earth society forever’.

With fast-paced electro tracks like “Death Comes (Sale Traitre)” or “Robot Buzz” fused with more dancefloor stompers like “Death Audio Blow Your Brains” or “Ascent” the album is great. As my favorite you’ll find “Insomnia”. A seven minute long journey into the open as the first three minutes offers a lot of experimental industrial and noise soundscapes before it turns to a beautiful melodic track with an amazing atmosphere and classic retro sounds together with great rhythms.

Highly recommended!

Tracklist:

CD1 “How to Enlist in a Robot Uprising”

01. Prophecy
02. Ascent
03. Death Audio Blow Your Brains
04. Sneaking Through the Totalitarian Filter
05. Death Comes (Sale Traître)
06. Get Your Ass to Mars
07. Robot Buzz
08. Energon3
09. The Cydonia Complex
10. Insomnia
11. Deception
12. København Robotic Youth
13. Exodus Maximus

CD2 “How to Remix a Robot Uprising”

01. Insomnia (remixed by STENDECK)
02. Death Comes (remixed by AUTODAFEH)
03. Prophecy (remixed by LIAR’S ROSEBUSH)
04. Death Comes (remixed by ROTERSAND)
05. Sneaking Through the Totalitarian Filter (remixed by XOTOX)
06. Ascent (remixed by FRACTURED)
07. Robot Buzz (remixed by CERVELLO ELETTRONICO)
08. Energon3 (remixed by STUDIO-X)
10. Beware of Memmaker (by FAMINE featuring IT-CLINGS)