A new MASSIV IN MENSCH album is always a time to sit down, take a deep breath, and expect the unexpected. This German industrial/synthpop band is consistent in their inconsistency and this album retains MASSIV IN MENSCH's tongue-in-cheek style. By far the biggest surprise is the collaboration with MIND.IN.A.BOX called “Supermassive Gravity”; already a worldwide club hit, it is a perfectly constructed electro-industrial track that you will play again and again! Consistently brilliant and never disappointing, "Meanwhile, Back In The Jungle" is the spanking the industrial scene needs so badly!
After four studio albums, several digital-only singles, and a contribution to Artoffact’s Uturn series, Massiv in Mensch turn up the heat on "Meanwhile Back in the Jungle", their fifth and wildest release to date. Without question, what we have here is the zaniest, most psychedelic, and hardest to describe collection of techno-tongue-in-cheekiness that you will ever have the happy luck to position in your CD player or slide onto your iPod. MASSIV IN MENSCH never take themselves too seriously, and their incredible sense of humour shows on tracks such as "Pink Dream" and the absolutely essential "Hou Je Bek Vuile Teef". Followers of Nietzsche might do a double-take as MASSIV IN MENSCH gets right into the circle of power on "Powerful" (though who knows, maybe they mean the dancefloor?!), and connoisseurs of electronic thrills and spills will overjoyed with "Never Trust The Outline" and "Ikonoklast!"
The influences of SCOOTER, UTAH SAINTS, KLF, and THE BEASTIE BOYS are all over this record, as are sounds as diverse as APOPTYGMA BERSERK and ASHTRAYHEAD (remember that awesome release?). As usual, MASSIV IN MENSCH dive headfirst into the cauldron of chaos and never come up for air!
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