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Die Warzau : Convenience
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Chicago industrial duo Die Warzau purvey a guitar- and sample-heavy version of the form. CONVENIENCE is raw, noisy and aggressive. ENGINE (the last album) which mixed styles and genres and helped cement Die Warzau's reputation as electronic innovators.
Genre: Electronic: Industrial
Release Date: 2004
Convenience Record Label: PULSEBLACK Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Crusaders 4:39 Album Only
Go Going Gone 3:15 Album Only
Permission 4:27 Album Only
Radiation Babies 4:48 Album Only
Glare 4:29 Album Only
Bliss 4:01 Album Only
Linoleum 3:43 Album Only
Superbuick 4:08 Album Only
Terrorform 4:25 Album Only
Curious 4:58 Album Only
Gone Chemical 3:50 Album Only
Kleen 4:17 Album Only
King of Rock and Roll 4:29 Album Only
Come As You Are 3:03 Album Only
As We Are So We Are 4:26 Album Only
Shine (All Good Girls Part II) 4:47 Album Only
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Album Notes

Chicago industrial duo Die Warzau purvey a guitar- and sample-heavy version of the form. Van Christie and Jim Marcus debuted in 1988 with Disco Rigido, following that album with 1991's Big Electric Metal Bass Face. Die Warzau returned in 1995 with the album Engine. ...NEARLY 10 YEARS LATER, DIE WARZAU READIES NEW ALBUM Produced in the new Pulse Black Studios, this is the first album released by Die Warzau since 1995's critically acclaimed album ENGINE. The new album is titled CONVENIENCE. CONVENIENCE is raw, noisy and aggressive. ENGINE which mixed styles and genres and help cement Die Warzau's reputation as electronic innovators to be imitated. CONVENIENCE lyrically is self-assured and fascinating from beginning to end; the party recording atmosphere of ENGINE has been met and bested......... Members of Die Warzau worked and participated with; Louis Svitek (Ministry), Mars Williams (The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul), Chris Randall, (Sister Machine Gun), Chris Connelly (Ministry, Pigface), Bill Rieflin, and remixes for Björk, George Clinton, Peter Hook (New Order), KMFDM, Pansy Division, Sister Soliel, Pink Noise Test, Machines of Loving Grace, Gravity Kills.::::::::: Music Guide By the time its third album was released, the Chicago-based electronic duo Die Warzau (Jim Marcus and Van Christie) had already released two albums (1989's Disco Rigido and 1991's Big Electric Metal Bass Face) on two record labels. After several years of inactivity (though the band did production work for Sister Machine Gun and KMFDM), Die Warzau finally resurfaced in 1995 with Engine; the album was released on the Chicago-based industrial-music label Wax Trax, and this new home fit Die Warzau like a silk glove. Engine is a major leap forward for Die Warzau, as it contains some of its most hard-hitting (and surprisingly pop-friendly) material. The album is diverse in sounds and styles, and the mixture of moods and musical approach shows astonishing artistic depth. Engine utilizes many of the ingredients of Die Warzau's first two albums, but the band has evolved considerably since its debut, utilizing a more apparent dance approach with each successive release. Atmospheric, electronic sound collages, squealing guitars, and minimalist lyrics are at the forefront on tracks like "Grounded" and "Muck." "Grounded" is particularly strong, combining Nine Inch Nails-style chanting in its chorus with rap-flavored verses. But the song is unusually catchy, showing off Die Warzau's expertise in crafting pop hooks without sacrificing the heavy approach. "Heroin A.D." is also a keeper, with its inventive mixture of sax, piano, and throbbing bass. Engine's best track is the haunting "All Good Girls." The tune's chilling lyric contrasts beautifully with its quiet, repetitive groove, making "All Good Girls" sound like some sort of demented lullaby. Die Warzau's mixture of musical styles on Engine can take a listener by surprise -- track by track, it's difficult to predict what direction the band will take next. The song's subject matter is surprising in itself, revealing another side of a band that isn't shy about expressing its political views, but the straightforward, almost pop-friendly approach on "All Good Girls" makes much of Engine's genre-hopping seem excessive by comparison. Fortunately, Die Warzau possesses the sophistication and craftsmanship to make Engine a remarkably intelligent release in a genre not really known for its depth. Simply put, Engine is one of the greatest industrial albums of all time. William Cooper

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REVIEWS

Music as perfect for a David Lynch plot as it is for a scenic car chase along a
author: Jett Black, SickAmongthePure.com Editor-in-Chief
As "Crusader" spins in the background, slowly moving through the shadows, Die Warzau creeps into a mood influenced by a funky beat. The more one tunes into the lyrics, the more one will be drawn into this intellectual groove that Die Warzau brings to us now. A full ten years separates Convenience from Engine, an earlier sibling in the diverse (and all but dysfunctional) Die Warzau discography. By the time I realise that we have shifted onward and that we are well into "Go, Going, Gone" (the next track), I know already that I am hooked! "Permission" recesses the pace to wash more passively a stronger message that we all will explore and consume with an ironic sense of elation, comfort, and certain bliss. And then, quick as blinking, "Radiation Babies" oscillates left and right, which makes me want to find a new oasis upon the dance floor. Make no mistake! Die Warzau will override your inhibitions, and you will feel the groove. Your hips will most definitely begin to sway. Diving into "Glare" gives me, in a blinding flash, impressions of what it must be like to sit and receive oral history (in verse) as if delivered by George Clinton. "Got funk?" But wait? Are we seriously getting funky? Are we moving away from the well-worn path of EBM/Industrial? Believe it or not, Die Warzau didn't just launch from home and forget to bring along the gear. Prove it? Okay. Now Seeking "Bliss"? You bet you are! A mixture of tweeking noise, the line-assembly crunch of the guitars, the drunken swagger of the Stone Temple Pilots, infiltrated by a subterranean expanse of squeals, sirens, and staccato. Move with haste into the firey blaze of "Linoleum". The same vocal elegance threads like sweet honey into the alter-ego of caustic rage which intercedes like an opposing argument as if presented by Al Jorgensen. Do you like Techno? Do you like Industrial bliss? Do you get a hard-on for fiber-optic Noise? Do you like to dance? Do you enjoy the hooks straining through modern Pop music? Can you do more than dance? Does driven and intelligent conversation make you wet? Then, you're going to simply love this one: "As We Are So We Are". So, whose names actually appear on this new album, anyway? Let's find out! A list of contributors includes: Chris Connelly, Sanyung Cho, Chris Greene, Chris Morford, Louis Svitek, J.C. Stokes, Ted Cho, Kevin Temple, Mars Williams, Biff Blumfengagne, James Wooley, Rick Dody, Jason McNinch, Matt Warren, Marydee Reynolds, Andre Filardo, Marcel Henderson, Matt Marcoto, Zoë McKenzie, and Vinnie Signorelli. Additional support (Mastering of Convenience) provided by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NY. Very impressive! Tracks such as "Superbuick" and "Curious" leave me stunned. "Superbuick" has me low-riding in time slowly back and down to the cruising corner lot where everyone convenes their million dollar hobbies and struts about like brilliant birds. Hours later, with this song in perpetual motion, the ride with my old crew back into the 'hood never felt as good then as I tend to remember it right now! "Curious" has me melting into the opium den of "HELL" alongside Johnny Depp. The eerie power of this music to transport my mind (and creep me the fuck out) I've felt only once before with another favourite band that too few people even know about. Oneiroid Psychosis is the closest comparison I could possibly make to describe the "to the hilt" chill factor sunk (like Excalibur) into "Curious". And then, "WOP!" Die warzau next hits me over the head with "Gone Chemical" -- an instant club hit! No other description does anything but delay the point! Have you "gone chemical"? Get into it! Idle back. Stop. Smell the roses. Breathe deeply. The operative track title here is known as, "Kleen". Circle the campfire girls. (This when your arms romantically embrace the one you're with!) "Kleen" is like an interlude between "acts" in a Shakespearean assault upon the modern world of dance. Cue the gunfire and short range missles. The undisputed "King of Rock and Roll" has taken the stage, mic in hand. Urban violence unleashes a trigger-signal to Alien invades, now descending like the Vampire Lestat, alighting to center stage, the dark electronic screaming between clenched teeth becomes and deafening roar of digitally disturbed audio pulsations until the plug (pulled) forces the record slow, warble, and stutter to a complete stop. "And on the third day..." Die Warzau rose again, and began singing, "Come as you are... We can be superstars!" "If I were to rule the world..." I'll tell you what I would do... I would find a way to do a Peter Frampton, and have Die Warzau delivered into every household. With the power of Convenience (truly inspired new music), all the world would speak with a vibe that even I could understand.
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Inventive!
author: Laura T Lynch of Kweevak.com
Die Warzau's fourth studio release was engineered by the band on their own label – PulseBlack. It features sixteen inventive tracks that build on Die Warzau's tradition of breaking through genres and blending modern electronic sounds with up-tempo rhythms. The four key members of the group are joined by many collaborators giving the CD additional caliber and more creativity. Their sound melds raw, live instrumentation with sound effects, crunchy guitars, dance beats and electronics. The CD is diverse and deep featuring complex arrangements with hard-hitting yet pure production. Jim Marcus, the lead singer and founding member, has matured as a vocalist and brings greater understanding to the music. If you are looking for intelligent, diverse, electronic music with a danceable beat, look no further than Die Warzau's Convenience!
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Inventive!
author: Laura T. Lynch / Kweevak.com
Die Warzau's fourth studio release was engineered by the band on their own label – PulseBlack. It features sixteen inventive tracks that build on Die Warzau's tradition of breaking through genres and blending modern electronic sounds with up-tempo rhythms. The four key members of the group are joined by many collaborators giving the CD additional caliber and more creativity. Their sound melds raw, live instrumentation with sound effects, crunchy guitars, dance beats and electronics. The CD is diverse and deep featuring complex arrangements with hard-hitting yet pure production. Jim Marcus, the lead singer and founding member, has matured as a vocalist and brings greater understanding to the music. If you are looking for intelligent, diverse, electronic music with a danceable beat, look no further than Die Warzau's Convenience!
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