Rhys Fulber – Ostalgia (Sonic Groove, SGLP06/SGCD06)

Our Wednesday selection: Rhys Fulber – Ostalgia (Sonic Groove, SGLP06/SGCD06)

Ostalgia is Rhys Fulber’s second album for Sonic Groove following the success of last year’s Your Dystopia, My Utopia. Like its predecessor, it continues his interest in pushing new boundaries in industrial techno, with kicks and bass lines woven together with clinical precision to cause intense speaker pressure, and atmos- pheric synth lines that will dig deep inside your mind. The title and the original socialist realism mural on the cover refer to Ostalgie – a romantic nostalgia for the old but comforting ways of Communist East Germany – and a yearning for rigid systems after progression into the future has led to chaos and uncertainty.

While the music on Ostalgia is at times a reflection of that chaos and uncertainty, it also refers to Rhys further exploring his Germanic ance- stry. And although the sledgehammer beats of 12 Steppes and Fission evo- ke Rhys’ previous work with industrial pioneers Front Line Assembly, he is not simply paying homage to his past musical escapades here. This is forward-looking music, not content with resting on any past ideologies.

Tracklist: Rhys Fulber – Ostalgia (Sonic Groove, SGLP06/SGCD06)


01. Fountain of National Radio
02. 12 Steppes
03. Konsum
04. Neolithic Chasm
05. Right Hand of the Free World
06. Misery Whip
07. Apostel
08. Fission

Buy release: Digital // Vinyl
Listen on: Spotify

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