Scented Meat is Giuseppe Leali, already reviewed as Il Salotto di Nonna Speranza (see archive), bass-player and experimental music agitator with his diy label and distribution Mah, Boh, Oibò?. As the title suggests, these three tracks (coming from 100% improvised guitar and bass solo sessions) are a complement to visual installations by the sculptor Massimo Giuliano and Leali himself. "Altered interference 1" is mainly feedbacks and amps noises with a kind of environmental reverb/delay giving a sense of spatiality; I think it's the best track of the work. "Altered interference 2" is pure feedback hisses in their rawer form. "Not at all" is a bass improvisation, sort of quieter stuff similar to the Nonna Speranza cd. The cd is "voluntarily annoying", and besides that I'd be curious of seeing what kind of visual art it was meant to accompany. Approach only if you like extreme improvised sadomasochism.

It could be that I'm wrong but I haven't appreciated this record that much. I'll try to explain. All the compositions are made assembling samples of old jazz or lounge pre 70's records (or presumably this has been the main way) and sometimes there's also some trip hop rhythm. The idea is original but there's a general lack of energy during the fortyfive minutes of the CD and this makes of INVENTION a potential good record. For sure there are tracks that are catchy and all (like "Loded" and "Perchance A Bit"), but at the end of the listening I don't know if I enjoyed it or not and this isn't that good. It could be that you'll instantly fall in love with this record or it could be that I'd need to listen to it more than twice but what the heck, a record should have something to catch my attention instantly. This isn't a bad review because I enjoy the rhythmic tracks and the idea but there's something missing and this is disturbing for me...
p.s. Nice the sung versions of "Quiet Now" and "Pursed Lips Reply" thanks to the collaboration with Busdriver and Sach.

KMFDM exists since 1984 and in all these years they released ten albums (plus remixes albums as well) before their new one: ATTACK. It took three years from the last CD titled Adios to release this new one because some band's members leaved. The core members Sascha Konietzko and Raymond "Pig" Watts teamed up with Tim Skold, Lucia Cifarelli (Universal Music Group recording artist), Bill Rieflin (Ministry, REVCO) and signature vocal diva KMFDM style mainstay, Dorona Alberti to release this album. I'm not that familiar with KMFDM's music but this new album is what the fans were expecting for: energy, melody and tons of distorsion. Maybe some melodic solutions, like on "Save Me" or "Superhero", are almost "pop" (even if buried under tons of industrial sounds) but during the fifty minutes of the listening there's nothing that will disturb too much their fans because the band have still their characteristic ultra-heavy beats based sound. If you have been disappointed by the MDFMK CD be aware that this is a come back to what KMFDM was.

Cute Belgian female singer Roxane ain't new to the electro/dark/goth scenes. She's been playing keys and singing for over ten years with the bands The Dark Rebels and De Volanges and has finally decided that she should be alone, or at least lead her own fate and have musicians support her for the many live shows she's been performing. Announcing the forthcoming full lenght album "Ordal", this 50 copies limited edition demo MCD features four electro/goth tracks with punchy old fashioned synth lines, slow beats, melodic dark-ebm singing. The opening track "1989" is a total ebm anthem with fast raving beats and a title that makes me think of the Sisters while the other three songs go on the slower side and keep the melodic approach on the vocals. Overall very '80es sounding, so you know what to expect. One thing that is worth mentioning is the very original packaging of the CD, that comes in a transparent plastic shell (with a sticker) that you can't actually open, instead you sort of push a plastic button that pushes out the CD form the case... Never seen that one before, but really cool!

Everybody knows experimental musique-concrete band Kimperei, but in this case they rather play a role of supporting musicians for what seems to be a project by Frank Phal, previously with the American band Only A Mother, one of the last surviving "mecanic" musicians, or those extravagant, inventive and creative people who build their own weird instruments and then use them to make records. Just reading the extensive list of instrument's names used in this record is almost worth the record itself: buzzsaw uke, microcontrolled air organ quartet, binary doorbell quintet, washing machine, virtual pet, shrutti box, automatic zithers and many more. While Klimperei add more conventional instruments to the ensemble, call me crazy, but I actually think they added that french touch to the work too... I am not just talking about traditionally romantic instruments, but about the vibe... Nostalgic moods, simple melodies, a very orderly petit chaos and that "a la maison" feel. Titles such as "Snow Eggs", "Ladies Kisses", "Cat's Tongues with Cream", "Almond Rock Cakes", "Espresso Cheescake", "Crepes Suzette" and "Melon Sorbet" complete the picture of this random caprices, avantgarde bricolage, appetizing experimentalism and romantic voyerism... Keep room for dessert!