Customer Reviews

Mesner Tracks

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I've listened to wumpscut for quite a while now, and, this is perhaps the one I throw back on the player the most, aside from EYF(which, despite my initial enthusiasm upon hearing it, has dissipated a bit for me.) The two ambient tracks that close this album are by far the best, and there is some extremely interesting, organic EBM contained as well. As this is a collection of his earlier works, there are some poor(and sometimes embarassing) slip-ups, but the quality of the strong songs outshines the poorer, more amateurish-sounding ones. I just find it a pity that Rudy did not continue on in the vein of his Mesner successes, but rather chose a downward spiral of awkwardly cheesy industro-goth cliches (BLOOD! DEATH! ad infinitum ad nauseum) I advise those who share my opinion on :W: to seek out the artists of the powernoise movement, which 'scut actually helped to propagate. Among them: Imminent Starvation, Converter, Noisex and Synapscape.

If you like harsh terror EBM (i.e. electronic body music designed to instill a bit of fear), Rudy's the Mesner Tracks are worth checking out. The CD is made up of a collection of tracks that were released on different compilations in the early 1990s, many of which would be extremely difficult to find today. For the Wumpscut fan, this is a great way to find different remixes / versions of songs you may already enjoy. For a DJ, this might be a way to actually find older material that could be suitable for mixing with or into other material and surprising your club regulars.

It is very easy to really recognize the influence that Denmark's Claus Larsen (Leather Strip and Klute) had on Rudy's early work, as it is presented in the Mesner Tracks. Similarly, this CD was instrumental in influencing the extremely popular (and controversial) German band Feindflug.

My favorite tracks include: the more subdued "Lindbergh", Rudy's take on the Terminator theme "Crate", "Running Killer", and "Cold Cell" which features female vocals. Though I think many people will learn to appreciate the album, I am certain that if you are looking for music that sounds more like Wumpscut's more recent releases, such as Wreath of Barbs, Bone Peeler, or Evoke, that you will not immediately take to this CD. However, this doesn't mean new Wumpscut fans will dislike this CD, but that it is different. Personally, I rarely listen to this as an "album", but instead skip around. This really is just a collection of tracks. Perhaps it is best to first listen to a few of the tracks and decide if you like them.

When looking at the cover, I didn't expect too much, but this being the first :wumpscut: cd I bought, it is over all my favorite. The only thing that makes it not the best thing ever is the fact that there are only a few vocal tracks, being mosltly instrumental. The tracks are still amazing, and is very well put together. This is definately a good cd to start out with. The 2nd song "mother" is absolutely mesmorizing. Every time I listen to it, I get chills, and the song "In the Night" is very upbeat, and "Ceramony" is gorgeous, although painting a grim picture in my mind... VERY GOOD, GET THIS!

This is amazing! I was turned on to Wumpscut just recently by a friend and now I am thinking, "Why did it take so long." This is the first thing I heard/bought and it blows my mind. Hearing this album shuffled with Front 242 "Off" is a combo made in hardcore heaven. They are the best thing to come around since 242. Get this!

I have a hard time describing how I feel about this album. I would definately have bought this album just for the song 'Mother'. which is by far one of my favorite :W: songs. The rest of the album is pretty decent, nothing too spectacular. If you are just getting into Wumpscut, I don't suggest that you buy this album. This is the last :W: album that I bought (meaning I bought all of the rest of his releases first, including Wreath of Barbs). I would suggest looking up some of his other albums like "Music for a Slaughtering Tribe", or my personal favorite, "Bunker Gate 7".
BE WARNED: This is not EBM. I don't know why everybody calls :W: EBM, but they are all wrong. His music is much harder and much grittier than EBM.

So far only one reviewer has nailed this...

This is a pretty good album but it is intended to be a way for fans to get rare early :W: tracks and remixes. It is NOT the proper place for new fans to start as it does not represent the band all that well. Better places to start would be 'Embryodead', 'Bunker Gate Seven' (or even better the original 'Bunkertor Sieben'), 'MFAST' or the double EP 'Dried Blood of Gomorrha'.

Most of the tracks on Mesner are stripped down, simplistic electro that are somewhat aggressive but not nearly as much so as most :W: releases. The standout track is "Mother". If you like this song then you must get the Haujobb remix version avaliable on 'Remix Wars Part I - Haujobb v :Wumpscut:' - this is one of the best reworkings I've ever heard.

Anyway it is a very good album but meant to complement his collection and not meant to be a starting point or standalone release.

Rudy Rudy Rudy. My second CD bought from him and still never my last. He has done it again but not QUITE as good as EEVIL YOUNG FLESH. Im not rating it 4 stars because if i could, i would have rated eevil young flesh more...therefore this still deserves a perfect. This is such a great collection of voiceless concepts and themes to have. Really a great piece of work by Rudy...

Of all :wumpscut cds...this should be the first purcharsed. This collection covers a wide variety of his cds into one piece. A violent masterpiece! Songs of power...

Rudy (Wumpscut) obviously has no control over how Metropolis liscenses his body of work. I suggest finding the original versions unless you like listning to musical masterpieces that are complemented with graphics done by someone who dosen't know how to print EPS files (must have had the intern work on this one)...the originals are on Beton Kopf Media, you can be assured the Germans hold artwork as high as their musicians!

Having heard this CD before, the boxed versions on display don't do it justice. It's music you want to turn up loud, and revel in it's rhythmic violence. A very good piece of craftsmanship.