K-Nitrate comes back to live after nearly 11 years of silence! This British project set up by Graham Rayner made a very successful debut in 1993 with the “Xenophobia”-cd, followed by the “Hyperphobia”-ep in 1996. For “Active cell” Christian Weber joined in. Both artists are already active in Audio War and Audacity. They now seem to have surpassed themselves releasing an outstanding album! K-Nitrate remains hard and powerful, but seriously evolved in style. “Active cell” sounds like a mix of psy-trance, hard-techno and distant elements reminding to arrangements of The Prodigy. The album remains instrumental and it’s a pity they didn’t use a bit more spoken samplings, but the result is simply wonderful. This is music for the dancefloors of the best underground hard-techno clubs. Be sure K-Nitrate will simply blow you away with cuts like “Mental poison”, “Atomic”, “Transmit”, “The ascension” or yet “Laser guided”. This last cut starts with a spoken sampling reminding me to the very early years of The Klinik. It next evolves into an overwhelming hard dance assault of techno ingredients and psychedelic vibes. I’ve been deeply impressed by the arrangements and manipulations running through the songs. The effects and filtered tones are simply hallucinating. K-Nitrate comes back as a different project, which has reinvented their own sound! 10 songs to discover without hesitation! This is brilliant!
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K-Nitrate comes back to live after nearly 11 years of silence! This British project set up by Graham Rayner made a very successful debut in 1993 with the “Xenophobia”-cd, followed by the “Hyperphobia”-ep in 1996. For “Active cell” Christian Weber joined in. Both artists are already active in Audio War and Audacity. They now seem to have surpassed themselves releasing an outstanding album! K-Nitrate remains hard and powerful, but seriously evolved in style. “Active cell” sounds like a mix of psy-trance, hard-techno and distant elements reminding to arrangements of The Prodigy. The album remains instrumental and it’s a pity they didn’t use a bit more spoken samplings, but the result is simply wonderful. This is music for the dancefloors of the best underground hard-techno clubs. Be sure K-Nitrate will simply blow you away with cuts like “Mental poison”, “Atomic”, “Transmit”, “The ascension” or yet “Laser guided”. This last cut starts with a spoken sampling reminding me to the very early years of The Klinik. It next evolves into an overwhelming hard dance assault of techno ingredients and psychedelic vibes. I’ve been deeply impressed by the arrangements and manipulations running through the songs. The effects and filtered tones are simply hallucinating. K-Nitrate comes back as a different project, which has reinvented their own sound! 10 songs to discover without hesitation! This is brilliant!
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