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Atari Teenage Riot is the best thing since pacifiers at a rave. This album is more fine-tuned to their style, yet doesn't leave their roots untouched. Every song is worth listening to, and most of them will keep you throbbing for more.Digital Hardcore Recordings is the only label for me.
I can't believe how many people don't understand this album. This is an absolute masterpiece, with a more professional, better-layered production quality that suits ATR perfectly. Sure, this isn't a mellow, soul-searching acoustic work, but it isn't supposed to be. That of course doesn't mean there isn't a place for this in the collection of every well-rounded music fan-- sometimes you just want something really hard and fast and angry, and ATR does it better than anyone. The band constantly borders on total electronic meltdown as they just radiate energy and shout some of their most coherent revolutionary lyrics and memes. Get this CD and get ANGRY.
Yeeehah. If you havent heard an ATR record before it is a challenge to describe it to you. But their is a subtely and artistry to Alec Empires's music that works through much of his revolutionary little boy bored nonsense, which often gets in the way of a very important message of resistance in his music. So I won't bother. All you need to know is that they are very loud. You don't have to be a hedonist to enjoy DHR music and I dont think it helps either. Hedonistic poeple are often like drug addicts, their boring, and ATR are anything but.Though when you get to the point of white noise, you lose your audience, and what is the point of agit-prop when nobody is listening.
however, despite their lack of talent in lyrics, ATR are masters of their own electronic hybrid called "digital hardcore". ATR has distanced themselves from the typical techno scene, wanting to break all ties with the term "techno". Take an anarchist punk band of the 70's, beef it up with 200 BPM samples and beats and add some random noise and effects and you have Atari Teenage Riot. This album will really get you moving, and the expierimental style comes off very well. While the lyrics come off as self rightous, the music is intense and a great display of the genre.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what a good cd oh yes it comes in handy for a drink coaster or a beach frizbee. i highly recommend this cd if u enjoy drinking or the beach
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