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For the ones that don't know, S.T.A.B. Electronics is a project from Keith G Finnan and dedicated to Marco Corbelli, who committed suicide on the age of 37, in 2007. He was also known from Atrax Morgue, a power electronics and dark ambient project.Pitch black, very aggressive and right in your face is a good way to describe the tracks from this record. The vocals are violent, desperate and expressive. On most of them there is a nice reverb, which make them dark as the night itself. They also claim most of the attention, so you must really be into the genre to like this album. The intensity of them even comes close to death metal. Very impressive. They are accompanied by samples, low ranged darkened drone noise, bursting attacking harsh noise and sharp metallic feedback. The usage of synthesizer sounds are scarce, but well dosed. Or maybe they are just serving humble on the background. Variation is good description for the differences in each track. And hypnotic does sometimes come to mind also, like the militant drone electronics in “Ex Fat (For SGO)”. And the primitive sounds in “The First 45” on the other hand, are having a more exotic nature. The subjects of the tracks are nihilistic, bleak and come straight out of the underbelly of our society and the cruel nature of ourselves; humans. For example in “Defaced (Burnt With Acid)”, with the story of the woman that got her face burned by her boyfriend with acid.
The conclusion of this album is that there is enough variation in the tracks to keep it interesting, but there is also unity within all of these tracks, which is alltogheter an important combination. These are power electronics with true heart and for all the die hard fans within this genre.
The record is sold out on the label, but probably still out there after a good search.