ESA (Electronic Substance Abuse) - Designer Carnage

Here we are. Studio album no11 from UK dark rhythmical electronics genius J Blacker / AKA ESA. Because DESIGNER CARNAGE is not only probably the most powerful ESA album to date but it also stinks of ambition. From the rampant 1.5 minute original classical piano piece mixed with sickening glitches in brick wall opener 'Laudanum Dance' to the Bebop singalong noise swinger 'Come and Find Me'....to the hyper-speed Industrial Black Metal (Jazz?) closer 'Saturnalia'. Oh and there's a mid-90's feeling Industrial Rap track thrown in there, just in case you were worried there wasn't enough going on.

Its like Blacker genuinely sat down and threw the rule-book out of the window. Not interested in simply creative vast rhythms of angry electronics, we are now being treated to a journey through the genres. Either Blacker just doesn't care anymore about expectations or limits, or he specifically chose to delve as deeply as possible into his creativity, to bring us something both interesting and challenging...but still flaunting the trademark energy and destructive swoon that has brought him to this point in his 16 year career.

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