Somehow this long awaited debut release of the Polish act CONTROLLED COLLAPSE is a kind of "lost child" in between the NTP family, since it got already announced to be out during summer 2K6. But due to some unexpected "technical problems" the release got deleted until now. Unfortunately the situation with this strategic partner of the German Dependent label seems still to be unclear, this release of course features more or less well with the trademark and the intention of NTP: to give talented Dark Electro/EBM acts a new platform asides the highly renowned Dependent label roster under the control of the skilful hands of Johan Van Roy (SUICIDE COMMANDO). CONTROLLED COLLAPSE is musically a one-man act consisting of Kr-Lik, but he gets some additional live synth help through Milena and Tomtylor. Like with the label comrade of DIOXYDE, the notorious "SC-shuffle" is also richly present in the music of CONTROLLED COLLAPSE, while it would be wrong to reduce this act only on this repetitive formula. It seems a bit that Kr-Lik thinks a lot on his musically outcome, the chosen sounds and the rhythmically structures are definitively not taken from the first found preset sounds. Also his rhythmically work seems to be thought-after, at times using more, at times using lesser distortion effects – but at all no jump into the Powernoise genre. Another remarkable point is his work on his vocals, clear and natural sounding ("Liar") goes hand in hand with a rough and distorted ("Insane Asylum") performance. Tracks like "Liar", "Insane Asylum" or "Inject (Syringe Edit)" should work excellent to cause some movement on the dancefloors, while here also enough mid-tempo tracks ("Dreams", "Memory Of The Past"), which offer a satisfying listening on your home entertainment. And to make Kr-Lik’s already gained internationally attention complete, he could also invite two guests in Darrin Huss (PSYCHE) and Wendy Yanko (FLESH FIELD) providing some vocals and lyrics. This is a constant good Dark Electro album, not the innovation of the year for sure – but decent enough to grab your attention.