Customer Reviews

Burn Berlin Burn

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

First of all, this cd IS way better than 60 second wipeout.I first heard ATR on a tape my cousin lent me. After listening to the first 10 seconds I was like "dude, this is so breakbeat". Then "start the riot" shot off fast..... It was fast, loud, aggressive, and it wasnt all punk or metal. The beats were hard and the screaming was screeching, I loved it. I was like "dude!" I wanted to hear more stuff like it, which is kinda how I got hooked on gabber/hardcore. After that my life consisted of only school, work and gabber. Now all I listen to are dudes like Omar Santana, Delta 9, Ron D. Core, DJ Tron, Rob Gee, ATR, and anything else on Industrial Strength records.

gee...you know, i wonder just how many people know that this is really compilation album that is a kinda "best of" with tracks from their import only albums "delete yourself" and "the future of war"...? anyway, the majority of these tracks come from "future" and it serves as a good introduction to ATR for those who've been living under rock or don't know good musik when they hear it. it goes without saying that most people aren't going to like them, (just as half the world hated "setting sun" by the chem), but for those who remember when punk actually had a point and a message...ATR takes punk into a whole new direction where modern punks won't dare to go. using electronics, samples, scything unforgiving lyrics...they get a point across and it's very good.

like i said...
not everyone is going to get this.
but for those who do, you'll know this as a political band that stayed underground in the u.s. while bands like rage against the machine were mainstream and on mtv. it's not a bad thing coz you have to look for the musik that matters and that is exactly what you're getting here....

something that matters, not disposable.

This is some hard-hitting stuff. It's gutsy, clear-headed, and angry. It isn't blunt, but it is sharp.

Their lyrics weren't screened by a marketing department. They weren't trying to ride a gravy-train. The result is some free-flowing stuff.

I'd have to disagree with the classification of ATR as being 'anti-everything', either. They aren't. They fire with a big gun, but they aren't firing at random, or carelessly, or at everything.

It's unfortunate that they lost their DJ - like /lost/ lost, kaput, no more mr. guy synth/sample (left, on the cover). Still, the music keeps going, and the singers might reappear, yet.

Listening to the CD is like having your brain extracted through your ear canal and loving every minute of it. The music is some of the most intense I have ever heard, it nocks you off your feet and makes you want to scream. If your a hardcore fan you have got to get this CD

This review is being written way late (i got the disc several years ago), but at the time ATR completely blew me away. To this day, whenever i need a nice sharp blast of audio amphetamine, this is the disc i reach for. And it's funny, on the surface it just seems like "oh, right, punk rock with techno beats", but the sounds and the textures are so perfectly dense and overwhelming that you know that the mastermind behind this wall of noise -- Alec Empire -- was far more than some snot nosed punk with a sampler. Sure, sure, the faux-anarchist stance is naive and silly, but something makes me think that underneath the naive self-righteous indignation, they knew it was silly too. For my money these guys were far more interesting, inspiring and innovative than Nirvana (even though they gleefully sample Nirvana, or re-play the riff and get away with it!)

Well, it's 2001 now and the digital hardcore revolution has all but ended, but still, it was a damn cool noise and deserves a listen. And the seeds of a new dissonance have been planted. Time to take that ball and run with it in a new exciting direction....

Oh yeah and make sure to use lots of exclamation points!!!

Arrgh!!!

ha ha!

Atari combines the speed and political messages of punk with the rhythym and energy of hardcore techno. Alec Empire, Hanin Elias, and Carl Crack have what it takes to make a mark in the industry (like they haven't already!).

I love the speed and the power, but some of the tracks are almost too (hmmm) bloop/bleepy for me. If ATR keeps with tunes more like "Destroy 2000 years of culture" and "Start the Riot", these pissed-off computer geeks will keep me coming back for more.

There aren't many bands out there on the music scene that actually falls under the 'hardcore' label and actually sounds 'hardcore'. Bands like Linkin Park, Korn and Limp Bizkit are not hardcore. They are far from what bands like Black Flag and Minor Threat were in the '80s. Frankly Linkin Park, Korn, and Limp Bizkit are the new Poisons and Warrants of metal today. Another great hardcore band I felt that truly deserved the label was the German techno/punk band Atari Teenage Riot. I bought their album "Burn, Berlin, Burn" back in the late '90s because I was looking for something different and something noisy and intense. I read about the band in a magazine and my curiousity was immediately piqued. What I heard was a great fusion of hardcore punk's political sensibilities along with the frenatic beats of hardcore techno. The results is pure chaos. If the Dada movement had a soundtrack, I would have to say that "Burn, Berlin, Burn" was it. As art was completely deconstructed by the Dada movement, the music I heard on ATR's album was deconstructed as far as song structure is concerned. There is nothing melodic about the music (except for "Speed" which I personally found to be quite catchy). ATR totally disregard the rules of music with their obviously leftist policies and chaotic techno beats and intense screaming by Alec Empire, Hanna Elias and Carl Crack. "Burn, Berlin, Burn" is definitely not for everyone but I sure as heck has enjoyed listening to it over the years.

I find this better than the new "best of". Difficult decision though, as both offer great stuff. Anyway, this band will drive you to new extremes...if you have not heard them, this is a great start. A few listens, and your musical taste will be changed forever. You will now require more thought and intensity. You will require that anything you buy must be intellectually driven. You will no longer listen to the media. You will join the resistance. You will not be a clone. You will see through the almighty clone-making machine. Live it, enjoy it. Great, unique stuff that will many will copy, but none will accomplish.

I dont purchase often, and when thinking used, I expect scratches and funtionality issues. The condition of this product was superior, and the packaging and shipping time was excellent.