Electronic music producer from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, Valeriy Monov has been the former member of DJ/producer duo project Tonika Provocation, alongside Michael Belikhin (aka Michael Khimick). Valeriy has been signed to Mullet Records with his Solila monicker and he didn't lost time and prepared this THREE THIRDS EP. Opening with "Debauche", Solila is showing to the listeners their intentions to make them sweat on the funkadelic dance floor thanks to this instrumental electronic dance tune. Also the second track "The space bar" doesn't make no prisoners and decides to kill everyone thanks to 4/4 hard beats, funky bass lines and catchy synth brass solos. "Till the light comes" is a declaration of intents and thanks to bouncing guitar riffs, synth leads solos, piano chords and syncopated drum rhythms is a blend of 70s/80s dance music elements. Try it if you ain't afraid to lose too much fat while dancing...

One of the strongest point of the debut album by the German bouldering duo [de:ad:cibel], hiding the musical ids of Daniel Galda and Armin Kuester, could lie in the power of amusing different kind of listeners by preserving a certain stylistical unoiformity: amalgamated by appreciable EBM structures and deafening bass lines for the likes of Front Line Assembly or Funkervogt fan-base and considerably insisting on topics such as depression, religion and faith (I enjoyed some "marxist" remembrance in the lyrics of the song Jerusalem Syndrom whereas any builder of make-believe system on the basis of revealed religion acts like a pusher/seller: "...Verkauf ich euch mein Opium./Ein Konstruct aus Angst und Regeln/Die Warheit wind indoktriniert/Mit Richtig- oder Falsch-Befehlen/Die Herde grundlich selektiert" as well as the invitations on reflection on the real final aim of some religious doctrines in the song Human Product - "These lies are corridors of mundane power/to hold the might they built a watchtower/superstition was the fundament/they used it as an instrument"), ironic critics on consumerism (it's somehow funny the ideal breaking of the sacred trinity of the socio-economical system - buy, consume, die - hinting at the words of the humorous song Too tired to consume, making a long list on an enjoyable danceable psychotic electro movement of "prescribed" quinine for keep someone's finance healthy or for celebrating the scene...allelujah!) and its consequences on human relations (songs such as Architecture or B.I.I.D. arguably insists on the refusal of distorted way of considering feelings, mixed up with low-grade bodily functions) and even some conceptual statements (I enjoyed the neural connections activated by songs such as Heteronomy or One Of 47 - maybe the best song of this album -, forcing thoughts while moving dancin steps...), these lads could be even appreciated by a large range of listeners as they're able to satisfy classical dark-electro fans (One of 47, Architecture), cyber-goth or mindful techno addicts (Monster Train's ferocious march or the less rough grip of Selektionsfunktion and Geteert und gefedert should switch their hungry neurons on...), synth-pop or future-pop lovers (tracks such as the above-mentioned Heteronomy or Between My Headphones and even more "romantic" songs such as Nobody hurts like I do could be injected in their lower abdomen...), but I won't be surprised to see some reviews of Klondike on metal mags as well. Concerning the quality, Klondike ideally traces a reversed Gaussian route as I listened to more well-crafted works in the beginning and in the end of the record, being the highest peaks Jerusalm Syndrome (featuring some icy treatments on the harsch Daniel Galda's voice...) One of 47 and Geteert und gefedert. It's nice the idea of showing the dynamic range of each track! Even if they're not really newcomers of the scene if you just consider for instance that Daniel was keyboardist for Das Ich's live stages (...and it's not casual that sometimes you'll have the impression of listening an electrified version of Das Ich as well...), I could say it's really a brilliant debut!

ALL ABOARD THE MULLETSHIP VOL.1 is the first Mullet label compilation and it greets its first two years of activity. Containing twenty five tracks hand picked by label boss Justin Winks, the compilation sums the many highlights of Mullet Records. As you may know, the label's growing catalog deals with synth driven electro funk, nu disco and cosmicboogie beats; music deeply influenced by 80s sound. Being a download only release and including one unreleased mix, you may ask me why this release would be worth the purchase. Well, first of all, price wise, this is a budget compilation as you can get twenty five tunes for the price of a normal album and secondly, its track list covers every genre released by the label, including tracks by Casio Social Club, Tesla Boy, The Diogenes Club, Sare Havlicek, Long Distance Analog, Baxter, Estate, The Artificial Arm, ODahl, Nuvo Rich, Two Cosmic Kids, Fatback 4Way, Dabeull, Long Distance Analog and Kouros. I can't say if this is a best of, because there are so many great tracks that didn't find space here, but for sure ALL ABOARD THE MULLETSHIP VOL.1 will give you a good view of what Mullet Records sounds like. Check it out and you won't regret it.

Nitro's been filled in the engines of this German music drivers and they look not so interested in directions...they look more interested in being on their way in top gear running over any possible stylistical path, which they cross without caring about pedestrians and pursuers possibility to eat their dust. They just grind eternal stones under their caterpillar musical wheels leaving behind their shoulders a world sinking like a torpedoed merchant vessel by retracing those uneven road surfaces, partially paved by other memorable German musicians such as T.Raumschmiere, rich of junctions and ramps going towards hip hop, industrial, punk, noise, funpunk, techno, rockabilly and many more musical languages, wisely mashed up in a somewhat brutal way. It has alreaby been emphasized by my collegue Maurizio in his previous review of this issue both the impressive way of playing live drum by Chris Imler (one of these two drivers!) being a recipe able to add a roughly guessed grip to D&D formula and their connection with other past notorious duos like Suicide and DAF (...and tracks like the unruly Back to L.A. or Wohin whose playful melody reminded to me the intrusive jingle scored in a Coke tv adverts, glueing - somewhat ironically - the ideal friendship between German and American, a stylistical alliance highlighted by the use of both English and German even in the witty lyrics). So that it's not my intention to be repetitive or make a track-by-track commentary of it, but I cannot avoid in reccomending this energetic pill to you... don't miss it out!

We already checked Hyboid's analog synth music thanks to the first Astro Chicken compilation "Chicken Accelerator", released the last summer. Now, Hyboid is back with a full length release, a 12" MLP titled ALIEN ATE MY SYNTHESIZER!. The nine tracks of the release serve as soundtrack to an imaginary movie: picture into your mind a huge flying interstellar mental asylum collecting the most hopeless cases of our galaxy, meet Dr. Dabic and his hideous device, listen to Klaus Nomi's desperate tale (the titled "Ou Est Klaus Nomi?" sounds like a joke having in mind Death In June's track "Ou Est Klaus Barbi?) and watch the beauty of NGC891 from your padded cell. The MLP begins with "Madhouse In Space Pt. I" a short introduction that is able to make you understand what we're dealing with thanks to upbeat 808 drum patterns, cool arpeggios and a melodic synth lead sound. "Multiple Personality Disorder" mix spaced out sounds (I love that lead vibrato harmony) with mysterious atmospheres. "Dr. Dabic's Pain Amplifier" sounds more robotic and nervous with a fast bass line, synth sound effects and dueling melodies (thanks to arpeggios and lead synths). "Ou Est Klaus Nomi?" is a short mid tempo which introduces the fast "Attack Of The Bloogs", a track that sounds like an alien punk rock synth anthem. Robotic rhythms are back with "Orgontherapie", a track with warm pads and melodic lead lines. "Trip To NGC891" begins reverbered and epic just to turn into a space voyage soundtrack thanks to a nice dry arpeggio. "Rubber Cell Disco" is a fast atmospheric retro disco tune which will make you fell dizzy. The short "Madhouse In Space Pt. II" closes the MLP with epic melodies and it will make you visualize the closing titles but you won't recognize the actors' names, because they are all aliens! P.s. ALIEN ATE MY SYNTHESIZER! is available in transparent blue vinyl and 80 copies limited clear vinyl with "Alien slime" cover.