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VARIOUS ARTISTS "The Black Square"

Press-release by KultFront:

Industrial compilation, dedicated to 'Metaphysical Revolution'. 15 exclusive tracks from the most root representatives of Russian industrial and their young followers. The album consists either of noise-aggressive or ambient-drone tracks. This is a full color spectrum of contemporary Russian industrial, which composes the scenario of the future 'Metaphysical Revolution'.

Review by Independent Electronic Music (31.12.2005):

New highly conceptual compilation was just born in the laboratory of Kultfront foundation, it presents the modern russian musical scene through the world's history of revolutionary art. Many participants are known for russian audience, some of them got several degrees of attention from foreign labels (for example, Cyclotimia, Reutoff, Bardoseneticcube and Necropolis. The CD was mastered by Igor Bardo (from Bardoseneticcube), who submitted his track in the quite unusual manner of rhythmic noise interlaced with crazy vocal samples. Others tracks featuring BRZB duo (Alexei Borisov and Dmitry Zubov) with dark menacing intro, Bunker with pensive squeaking symphony called "Empty Spaces", another duo EKRAN (members of Anthesteria and Kryptogen Rundfunk) with their industrial epic, Tsaraas with even more pathetic soundtrack to communist phantasmagoria aptly entitled "Lenin", and the ingenious Necropolis (known for the album reissued by Cold Spring in UK) with his vision of Thanatos. The visual excellence is achieved through black slipcase with inserts and quality black-on-black printing. Limited edition of 444 numbered copies.

Dmitry Vasilyev.