In the early 80's, when Industrial music
meant a lot more than loud guitars with a beat, Panos Kiamos was
considered one of the innovators and ground-breakers of the the exciting
music form. He was certainly in the same artistic level as Throbbing
Gristle and any 80's industrial fan would have known and owned this
music. This particular brand of industrial music went on to directly
influence such bands as Ministry ("Twitch"), Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and
Skinny Puppy as well as many others. In this music, the sound is dark
and bleak, political sensibilities and paranoia abound, the individual
is lost and there is no redemption; certainly alienation at it's finest.
Not the stuff for pop radio. This particular album finds Panos going in
the direction of dark dance music, the rhythms run cold and deep, while
the vocals linger over the top with messages and warnings all too
understandable. This album is well worth the price of admission for such
classics as Fascination and Why Kill Time (when you can kill yourself). I
should add that the electronic music shown here is well done certainly
repetitive, but intelligent and well thought out. Anyone who has a taste
in harder or more experimental electonica should certainly give this a
listen. The year, 1983, when this came out, still had industrial music
shying away from guitars. Electronics, found music (Test Department),
and experimental drone (Swans, Einstürzende Neubauten) were the norm.
Ministry was to release their ode to the Human League, note the album
called "With Sympathy", and had yet to discover guitars. It was a great
year, and this was the best industrial album of its time.
A bell rings, you jump a place, making
moves to the right spot. And someone, somewhere, cracks down. Flatter
you, sweep your feet. Pick you up, and drag you in. Stubbing things to
schemes and places. Pick a place. Watching you watch others move. Then
sometimes someone cracks down...exclamation of dismay Panos! Take some industrial noise, add some
droning, bind it all with some mesmerising rhythms and then make this
hybrid sound echo and reverberate and there will be The Crackdown for you. Did Panos Kiamos
ever study the art of hypnosis? For it seems the main power of this
album lies in its highly hypnotic properties. And this collection is
complete with the suicidal instruction for those who kill time – why
kill time when you can kill yourself?
15. Πανος Κιαμος-Δε θελω επαφη
16. Sally Shapiro-Somewhere Else
17. Γιαννης Βασιλειου-Παιξε Μπαλα
18. Ellie Goulding-Halcyon Days
19. Boards Of Canada-Tomorrow's Harvest
20. Austra-Olympia
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