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On the Electro-Industrial planet , the Canadian cerberus: NUMB , SKINNY PUPPY and FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY has always clearly dominated;
However, of the three, NUMB has always been our favorite one for its ultra-complex atmospheres and sound structures but also because NUMB has always been too underrated compared to the two others.
DON GORDON , the mastermind of the band NUMB is alone now & the industrial pope sings himself on his new compositions : amazing & perfect!
The comeback of NUMB is more than unexpected cause the last opus of the band is "Language of Silence" of 1998 !
"Mortal Geometry" is the name of the forthcoming album of NUMB , officially out August 23 2k19 : 21 years after the previous one!
"Mortal Geometry" is the name of the forthcoming album of NUMB , officially out August 23.
"Mortal Geometry" have the full unique & complex sound of NUMB's style, with trance elements, ambient interludes, & seething dark EBM.
A masterful blend of atmospherics, electronics & angst.
YOU CAN LISTEN IN EXCLUSIVITY ONE NEW TRACK "REDACT" here :
TRACKLISTING :
1.Redact
2.Hush
3.Complicit Silence
4.The Waiting Room
5.How It Ends
6.Summer Lawns
7.When Gravity Fails
8.Shadow Play
9.Mortal Geometry
10.Hush (Creation to Negation)
NUMB in the details : (For those who want to know more about this Kult but too underrated band)
NUMB is the brainchild of Don Gordon.
Co-founded with Sean Stubbs and David Hall the band started in 1986 (see the photo above) as an art project designed to address issues of social desensitization, releasing their first limited edition cassette "Blue Light" in 1987.
Their debut selftitled LP came out the same year in 1987, a terrifying assortment of emotional assaults: confusion, anger, and alienation taking musical forms and ravaging the senses.
"Christmeister", released in 1989, took a much more aggressive stance than their debut.
With their electronic approach being augmented by aggressive guitars and lyrics spewed forth in a torrent of tuneful howls from madman Blair Dobson ripped apart the emotional stability of its listeners.
In 1993, NUMB's third CD, "Death On The Installment Plan" was released upon the unsuspecting public.
This album was described as a "high-intensity blast of near madness" with guitars, synthetics and vocals by Conan Hunter working in a near-perfect collusion.
The following year, NUMB's mini-CD "Fixate" was released, including remixes from Death On The Installment Plan and several live tracks.
1994 also saw the release of "Wasted Sky", a post-apocalyptic vision of technology as religion, of truth as virtual reality.
After Wasted Sky, Don Gordon added The Fourth Man David Collings to its ranks, and had the opportunity to hone their skills on the road.
"Koro" is a documentation of the band's live power, recorded in Japan in 1995.
The band released "Blood Meridian" in late 1997: a collection of primal dance fury, pure electronics sans guitar, electronica with attitude;
Followed it up the following year with "Language Of Silence" in 1998, a CD guaranteed to fill dance floors with new and old fans, all the while keeping the mediocrity of mainstream techno at bay with its uncompromising harshness and brilliant arrangements.
A mini-CD with 5 remixes of the track "Suspended "followed.
And now 21 years after the previous album : it's the resurrection of the phoenix , better than never with "Mortal Geometry".
A true masterpiece,STRONGLY recommended to the old maniac fans but also to the new ones who just discovered the band !
For sure in our TOP ALBUMS of 2019 at the end of the year !
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