welKom - Homebites (2000 Years After)

This arrived in a jiffy bag with no information about who, why or what. The mixture of English, French and German lyrics coupled with a Swiss address does, however, give a clue as to the country of origin. Now I have absolutely no idea what passes for popular music in Switzerland as bar the Young Gods and Celtic Frost not many bands break through to international recognition. But this is very good.

Veering from full on electronica to acoustic blues and folk this CD takesa n extremely schizophrenic approach to music and manages to pull it all together in remarkable fashion. One minute its "In Utero" period Nirvana, then we're treated to some 80s sounding synthetic drums and Germanic rapping. Personally I favour the more low key numbers such as "Fiction III". There's an aura of Trent Reznor and Satanic Majesties era Stones hanging over the proceedings but don't be fooled into thinking its a goth rock freakfest. Nothing could be further from the truth. Highly recommended for those interesting in experimenting.

Contact; w443376@planet.ch
Melodikrecords, P O Box 172, 8820 Waedenswil, Switzerland