The fourth and last volume of the Electronic Manifesto is an heterogeneous compilation released into a limited run of 500 copies and it gathers fourteen bands that have been invited to write their own epitaph. The album opens with three melancholic tracks made by TAT feat. Cypher & Pagan ("La fin de temps" mix Spanish melodies, electronic bass lines, orchestral arrangements and female spoken word), Stendeck ("It ended as it started" is a mix of ambient synth pads and electronic industrial rhythms) and Laag ("Tower of humans" is a convincing electronic mid tempo that gathers melodic deep vocals and electronic mid tempo rhythmic synth sounds with a nice texture of tiny melodies). With "When I was old (feat HIV+)" by Normotone we change a bit the registry thanks to cinematic atmospheres (recitative Spanish vocals with orchestral backgrounds and fragmented digital industrial rhythms). Ab Ovo with "Keystone" follow a similar path thanks to synth pads, piano reverbs, sampled vocals and guitar feedbacks. Flint Glass' "Death ritual" starts like a dark ambient track with ritual percussions just to turn after a couple of minutes into an ambient electronic tune with i.d.m. rhythm patterns. Philippe Petit & Lydia lunch, with "Requiescat in the dark", did a sort of movie for you ears where the passionate recitative voice of Lydia is joined by digital drones and processed strings. With Club Amour's "Science fiction" the compilation enters into the electronic realm with a good instrumental track where layers of synth pad orchestrations are sustained by vibrant bass lines. Melody and rhythm are the core of the track. With Umilenie's "Tempus fugit" we welcome retro e.b.m. music with an instrumental tune where upbeat rhythms (synth and drums) duet with catchy melodic lines. We have the same with Communter's "Analog death", a catchy electronic instrumental that will you beg for more. Veronika Nikolic's "My world (Ruben Montesco remix)" is the first tune to have a dancey rhythm and it's nice how it mixes electro beats with syncopated synth lines and a sensual female voice. Alexey Volkov's "Levitan" incarnate energy and strength thanks to retro e.b.m. 4/4 distortions. Ex_Tension with "The call of elara (remix from the orginal version of 9 Elma)" mix e.b.m. energy and ambient atmospheres creating a good balance. Geomatic with "The skin (feat Ed Randazzo)" sound like Depeche Mode playing e.b.m. R3MUTE's with "Less than zero (feat HIV+, Normontone version)" are here with industrial e.b.m. sounds a la Hocico influenced a bit by electro music. PEDRO PENAS ROBLES & LAURENT MALTINTI with "Vaya con dios (Normotone edit version)" close the album with an industrial i.d.m. version of what sounds like being a classic Spanish guitar folk song. Nice compilation, indeed...