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Split Second

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Songs like "Check it Out" and "Scandinavian Bellydance" surge with great industrial beat. If you like industrial dance you'll like this album. "Rigor Mortis" is the true anthem of underground club dance. Its remarkable its staying power through the years. It ranks with "Headhunter" - Front 242 and "Head Like a Hole" - Nine Inch Nails for shear power and edgy beat. Also check out "Mambo Witch" not found on this album but can be found as import EP.

In the heady days of industrial, there also existed, mostly in Belgium, an offshoot of EBM -- new beat. A Split-Second were one of the standard bearers of that sound, and their self-titled album is perhaps the best distillation of their work. Besides, back in the day, I danced to the creepy beats of "Flesh" and the catchy synths of "Rigor Mortis" -- almost as recognizable as the first notes of Front 242's "Headhunter." And while those are the two tracks that make the album as a whole worthwhile, "Scandinavian Bellydance" is a slinky proto-trip hop number, despite the fact that they're going to tear your rhythm down, while the quasi-Oriental chords of "Colonial Discharge" add a fearsome elegance. There's a martial theme going on with the lyrics -- but it seems to fit with the general proceedings. Obviously, not all the songs have aged well, but the ones that do bring a fond memory of when clubs thrived on nothing but this stuff.

Living within the advanced technology that surround us every day one can appreciate the work of these belgium boys through the last 15 years when they started back in the 80's the unique rythms that made them well known around the world.Listen to "crime wave" or "Mambo witch".