//TENSE// - Escape 12’’ EP (MNQ 014)
We are really excited to introduce you the cold factory sounds of the Houston duo //TENSE//, with a 12’’ 5-tracks, surely one of our top-notch releases for 2011.
After an acclaimed tour opening for Nitzer Ebb in North America and a prolific production for Desire Records, //TENSE// is back in their creepy studio and the result is a constellation of brooding synth bass lines, pounding electronic drum pad sounds, movie samples and distorted vocals that sound pitch perfect underneath all of the madness.
//TENSE// are definitely bringing back to life the earlier days of EBM, in a funky-industrial mixture that is so close to the shiny mid 80s period of Cabaret Voltaire or earlier Ministry, think early Wax Trax-era US industrial (Ministry, Skinny Puppy) crossed with the more minimal european wave sound (Absolute Body Control, A Split - Second). An European 2011 Tour is soon to come (September-October).
Here’s a Soundcloud mix: http://snd.sc/fbv2uO
Thank you,
Alessandro / Mannequin