Between the Devil

Terence Fixmer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B0002C4IK4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296,164 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #91 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > Hardcore Techno

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent project from the legendary Douglas McCarthy!!!, July 31, 2004

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D. DAY "EnochLight" (Dearborn Heights, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Between the Devil (Audio CD)

When I heard Douglas McCarthy was doing a new project, I was overwhelmed with interest since his dissappearance from the music scene many years ago. This project proves to be worth the wait - it would appear Douglas has gotten back to his roots and found once again what he was born to do: use those pipes of his for screaming! Some of the tracks remind me of classic Nitzer Ebb, maybe a project that would have been best described as a stepping stone between 1986's "That Total Age" and 1988's "Belief", yet that just doesn't say enough. Douglas is in top form with song lyrics that are deeper than the aforementioned albums, but still maintain their rawness. Terrance Fixmer's driving beats compliment a time long past, with pounding rhythms and a faint percussive kling-klang that makes one want to believe there are people standing next to Douglas with drum pads lightly striking away (Fixmer used Ableton's Live and a UC33 controller for most of this album's production). The production is low-fi on this album; most of Douglas vocals are under-processed, despite the presence of fx over the tracks. This lends to the record's rawness, and makes one believe that the "DIY" feel of the album holds true to a punk-rock attitude of "do it once, and move on". You wont see a perfectionist attitude of 300 vocal takes for each track on this album; no sir - and that only plants the authenticity of this brilliant project into your CD collection. For fans of good old fashioned hardfloor-angst-dance madness fun or someone looking for a refreshing take on electronic, I highly recommend this album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What the world needs, November 4, 2005

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Grunt Hog (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Devil (Audio CD)

This CD impressed the hell out of me. Like many, I was a big fan of Nitzer Ebb's pioneering early work, but was disappointed in their later albums when they seemed to lose their edge. So when this disc came out featuring the Nitzer Ebb vocalist and some other guy doing the music, I didn't have very high expectations.

But just one listen to this awesome disc and my fears were put to rest. This is what the last two or three Ebb CD's should have sounded like, and it's a very welcome return to form. The music is fast, intense, minimalist electronic/EBM; it's very, very muscular and beat-oriented, similar to That Total Age era Nitzer Ebb, but Terence Fixmer brings his own sound and it's good. Douglas McCarthy's vocals are exactly the sort of cathartic, angst-filled screaming and repetitive slogans that you would expect from a classic Ebb track - the guy is back in top form and it's a pleasure to hear him shouting his head off about god-knows-what. It sounds like these guys had a blast recording this album, and I hope there's a follow-up soon. The world needs more Fixmer/McCarthy.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Dance Album, so-so for listening, September 28, 2004

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torque (NYC, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Devil (Audio CD)

If you like electro/Terrence Fixmer this might be a good addition. I had Fixmer's Muscle Machine and I got tired of him after a few listens, so it's not much different here. McCarthy's vocals are great, beats are pretty standard, but I think the music background itself could use more imaginitive melody/buildup for listening to instead of just looping argeggios. Ebb fans should listen to a few songs first though before jumping to get this.