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Music for a Slaughtering Tribe 2

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MFAST was the 1st full official release and featured Rudy's breakthrough smash "Soylent Green", a musical adaptation of the twisted sci-fi classic film. You can find earlier :W: material re-released as 'The Mesner Tracks' but this was the 1st true album. MFAST is not as layered or dense as later releases, but its straightforward, linear approach to EBM is both dark and powerful. His rage was almost at full strength here. On to the songs themselves...

"Soylent Green" is the main reason that MFAST is an essential piece of electro industrial. It was one of the biggest underground dance hits of the 90's with its undeniable, stark hook and pounding beat. The vocals are as angst-filled as any. "Concrete Rage" is a typical early :W: song with straight-ahead synth bars and distorted angry vocals/lyrics. "She's Dead" is a sample-filled, atmospheric piece. There are other good ones too and maybe a few weaker ones.

The remixes on Disc 2 are a throw-in but aren't the highlight here. The original MFAST is why you need this debut by a major industrial artist.

Music for a Slaughtering Tribe is easily one of my top ten favorite albums, and hands down my favorite electronic body music based CD (I also tend to like ambient industrial and heavenly voices / ethereal music). I think it is fair to suggest that others might agree, as there was enough interest in the original release(s) of MFAST, that Rudy re-released the album with some additional material as MFAST 2. This new material on the 2-disc MFAST 2 makes it worth buying even if you already own an original MFAST release.

Personally I like the second disc a bit more, with its remixes from other personal favorite bands like Kirlian Camera (Italy), Haujobb (Germany), Aghast View (Brazil), and Dive (Belgium). Naturally each of the remixes on this disc is easily identified by the sound of the artist, thus if you are a fan of Daniel Meyer's (Haujobb) more techno flavored music, you'll really love his remix of Soylent Green. Similarly if you are into classic minimalist EBM, Dirk Iven's remix of "Float" will be a hit with you. On this disc, it is hard to point out a favorite track, but if I had to pick a single track, I'd go with the Aghast View "Default" remix. This track has been on all of my exercise / jogging set lists since I bought the album, and is my "safety request" when I go clubbing. The song is simply a blast to stomp, groove, and cause havoc to ... er I mean dance. In any event, I've noticed that a number of DJs tend to play these remixes as frequently as the tracks off the first disc.

The first disc is good too. If you liked the album Wreath of Barbs, Aleta W.'s lyrics on "Fear in Motion" will amaze you. I honestly think that this first disc is much more aggressive than the remixes. Track's like "Koslow" are what I imagine most fans think of when they try to describe what Wumpscut is about. Other tracks, like "Concrete Rage" I'd actually classify as power noise instead of EBM. The surprising track for me was "the Day's Disdain". I'm not sure why the track didn't make it on the original release, because it is amazing.

Perhaps the best way to describe MFAST2 would be to simply say the album is "Brutal, and Cruel, and Dark ... Dark ... Dark".

As I would call it, a Wumpscut sampler cd. It has all the different styles that rudy uses in his work. A dark industrial ride chock full of evil goodness. If you are new to Wumpscut this is a great starting point. Also check out bloodchild.

As much as I love Rudy and Wumpscut, have you ever noticed how much "On the Run" sounds like " Strap me Down" by Leatherstrip. I know Rudy has never denied how much Leatherstrip has influenced him but this song is so blatent :o)

One of the best bands to come out of Germany,Wumpscut plays dark-industrial!Cool isn't it?

i owned the original mfast for a while but lately i purchased this double disc because my original is wickedly scratched. anyway, this is basically the original mfast with a different track order and a remix cd. the remix cd is pretty useless, i don't like one of the remixes on here even if they were remixed by artist i usually like, (i.e. aghast view, haujobb, dive etc.) back to the original mfast. this is a classic of harsh, dark ebm. it kicks in with soylent green, which was the first wumpscut song i ever listened to and it still remains one of my favorites. with it's dark atmospheric organ like synth lines and heavy beats it is a excellent song, dark, danceable and aggressive. the german samples from the movie soilent green also add to the atmosphere. other standout tracks are fear in motion, a more danceable but equally dark song, with mildly distorted female vocals, the furious concrete rage and the more quiet but disturbing she's dead. short, this is a classic of modern ebm, i fully recommend this to anyone who claims to like the industrial genre