List | V/A | 'Sound-Line vol.5' CD 1997

'From Side-Line Magazine'

Track:	Name:	Artist:	Time:
1.	Brainstorm	Implant	4:04
2.	I Don't Think They Know	Mesh	4:38
3.	Body & Mind	Godheads	4:07
4.	Queen Of Heaven	The Razor Skyline	4:09
5.	Gift	The Dust Of Basement	3:44
6.	Music From The End Of The World Remix	Statemachine	4:01
7.	Eternal Torture	Athamay	3:53
8.	Apokalypse Short Version	Illuminate	4:52
9.	An Dich 2nd Version	Endraum	4:54
10.	Our Darkness	Lights Of Euphoria	5:27
11.	Familiar	Second Decay	4:06
12.	Follow Me! Radio Edit	Secret Hope	3:28
13.	Let This Feeling Be Forever Mad Train	Sequential	4:33
14.	Cyberworld Technology Remix	Drunkness	5:22
15.	Blood Dealer	Infam	4:49
	Total		66:07

Comments:

This is fairly new to me, so I'll just give you the short first glance. Implant is generic EBM with a bunch of movie samples. The Mesh song is taken from the album In This Place Forever, and it's a really catchy tune. Godheads seem very influenced by Nitzer Ebb, but the style of music is not as similar as you might suspect. I just had a severe flashback over those breathing noises. The Razor Skyline is fairly good; sort of 'industrial' pop with a gothic/oriental edge and female vocals. The Dust Of Basement also has female vocals, but mostly spoken to an EBM bassline. Statemachine is excellent as usual, here with a remix off the album Avalanche Breakdown. More spoken/shouted female vocals over an EBM track with Athamay, but here a lot better than TDOB mentioned above. Reminds me a bit of Anne Clarke. Illuminate mixes gothic chorus and piano klinks with EBM basslines. Endraum has slowly spoken German over a dark and soft music track. Lights Of Euphoria surprises me with more spoken female vocals over an EBM track, not unlike Athamay above or Anne Clarke (again). It seems to be the trend of the day. It's good, anyway. A little research reveals it is in fact an Anne clarke cover. So there.

Second Decay is blippy and poppy in the vein of Elegant Machinery. Sequential is a bit too whiney for me; did they change their name from Brave New World or did they just do the same song? Drunkness does the cyberspace-thingy again; not very convincing or excellent. Infam is a bit repetative and annoying. They've done better than this.

In conclusion, it's better than Sound-Line vol.4 and perhaps even more synth poppy.

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