It's been quite a while since we last heard from one of the most ingenious bands from the realm of alternative electronic entertainment. Sporting a pragmatic mix of big beats, the unbridled urge to experiment, purposeful provocation and a big hunk of pure gaga, the Italian electro/EBM pioneers PANKOW have always held an exceptional position on the scene. Club compatible...? Yes. Mad and strange...? You bet! Showing the finger and sticking out their tongue at everything that moves while simultaneously lunging out with a massive, electronic butt kick...?
=PANKOW have not lost a single bit of their uniqueness on "Hogre", although it has been some thirty years since their first release came out. Be it on their own or at the hands of resourceful remixers (among them PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE), the Italians remain anything but predictable. "Don't Follow" is an epic 10-minute stomper that sets out to prove that noisy industrial beats can be a good partner for a catchy, anthemic tune; "Das Wodkachaos" is a thudding ode to alcohol abuse on the backbeat of a glorious old-School EBM tune; other tracks feature dark onslaughts of fat electronica, minimalistic noise-pop, electroclash – anything goes, as long as it's hitting hard.
Is this EBM? Industrial pop? Electro rock? A catchy cacophony? Old school? New school? Any school? Frankly, my dear... we don't give a f*ck! It is simply ground-breaking... as always.
"Hogre" is limited to 666 hand numbered copies and comes in a lavish digipak.
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