[TOXIC WAR] Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999

This will certainly be my last play in that war, as tomorrow i won't have time to play anything else before it is over! but indeed i have plenty to listen now so it's not a problem!lol So what about that last one? well, have you ever seen that movie called the terminator? Element 1 is a compilation that will bring you into kindda the same world... where human beings or natural sounds have utterly vanished...however music still exists...only it's been replaced by the rumble of machines, the clatter of hot steel being hammered, or... waves modulations! yep!....no water left, only a green glowing waste! ^^

Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999
Genre: Noise, Techno, Industrial
Tracklist:
01 Laurent Hô - Intro
04 Laurent Hô - Out Of Tempo
07 Cyanide - Boo
11 Elektroplasma - Failure
13 ADC - Magnetic Resonance
17 Somatic Responses - Photon Emission II
21 N Project - Android
25 Elektroplasma - Ekalyps
29 Somatic Responses - Agile Warriors
33 ADC - Sincroindustry
37 N Project - Ghost
43 Torgull - Resurrection
45 Elektroplasma - Urgences
51 Torgull - Labyrinth
61 Cyanide - Glyse
73 Pas Encore - Doing That Much
87 Ho.exe - Wavesick

After Man Was Eventually Discarded!

[TOXIC WAR] Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997

Laurent Hô is perhaps already known to you...here is not very famous though many people from the techno movement in europe know who he is or have already heard about him. He is french and i used to listen to his stuff a lot when i was younger. His style is tekno but it is definitely different from that of most of the people making that kind of music...Laurent Hô doesn't rely that much on a pounding bass as he virtaully makes the machines dance or speak!lol he is certainly very intoxicating from that point of view as the work he does to get his own soundscape is really impressive....so if you like it industrial, then this is your man! have fun!

Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997
Genre: Techno, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 CWKN
02 Stor
03 Pricol
04 Attrol
05 Thema
06 W Noise
07 Onobody
08 Verperk
09 Maidman
10 Tetrapak
11 Geometr
12 RS
13 DXF
14 Ernest Strangle
15 357 Kcal Part (1)
16 357 Kcal Part (2)
17 357 Kcal Part (3)
18 357 Kcal Part (4)
19 Pr P Steiner

Industrial Toxic Compound!

[TOXIC WAR] Blockhead - Downtown Science

Blockhead walks a fine path between many different styles...the rhythm is grounded in Hip Hop most of the time but as far as everything else is concerned, the musical scope used here is quite extended! going from R&B to rock, to electronic or even heavy metal riffs, then suddenly a smidgen of blues or a traditional tinges is cast forth and take over ....well i let you do the listing of all that is to be found in there!lol what is sure is that this artist's mind is brimming over with original ideas and should not bore you for a split second! enjoy! =D

Blockhead - Downtown Science
Genre:Hip Hop, Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Expiration Date
02 Roll Out The Red Carpet
03 Serenade
04 Cherry Picker
05 Crashing Down
06 Stop Motion Traffic
07 Art Of Walking, The
08 Good Block Bad Block
09 Dough Nation
10 Quiet Storm
11 First Snowfall, The
12 Long Walk Home

Side effects!??

[TOXIC WAR] DJ Krush - Zen

You certainly know Dj Krush as he is an important figure on the hip hop stage. This album has plenty of featuring and i think that is its main interest, cause the music in itself though it is cool, reminds me a lot of stuff Herbie Hancock does when he indulges in that genre....well, it's not a harsh criticism being compared to Herbie Hancock! Anyway, the album is pretty cool ...funky and smooth...and the different textures Krush comes up with are always interesting...there is of course a lot of work which has been done on the sound itself, so don't miss it!^^


DJ Krush - Zen
Genre: Hip Hop
Traclist:
01 Song 1
02 Zen Approach - (featuring Black Thought)
03 Danger Of Love - (featuring Zap Mama)
04 Sonic Traveler - (featuring Tunde Ayanyemi)
05 Duck Chase - (featuring PhonosycographDISK)
06 Vision Of Art - (featuring Company Flow)
07 Day's End - (featuring Kazufumi Kodama)
08 With Grace - (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
09 Candle Chant - (featuring Boss The MC)
10 Endless Railway - (featuring Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson)
11 Whutz' Da Solution - (featuring Kukoo Da Baga Bonez)
12 Paradise Bird Theory - (featuring Sunja Lee)
13 Final Home - (Mista Sinista remix, hidden track)

Smoking and Glowing!

[TOXIC WAR] 鬼束ちひろ - This Armor

i don't think i ever played 鬼束ちひろ in here, so it was high time to fix that! her music combines some jazzy melodies with more conventional rock ones....but overall, it is mainly J-pop. Her Voice is rather low pitched for a woman (especially if we compare it to the one of 刘芳!) but she has a truely great voice and i'm sure with such titletracks on her album, she'll have no problem corrupting your mind!lol enjoy!

鬼束ちひろ(Onitsuka Chihiro) - This Armor
Genre: Jpop, Jazz
Tracklist:
01. ROLLIN'
02. 茨の海
03. ｼｬﾄﾞｳ
04. "Everything,In My Hands"
05. Our Song
06. 流星群
07. LITTLE BEAT RIFLE (album version)
08. Arrow of Pain
09. infection
10. CROW

Warrior babe!

[TOXIC WAR] 刘芳 - 声声醉 4

That artist bears the same name as the 琵琶 virtuoso also called 劉芳! but they are different persons, and of course plays different genres! but both of these 刘芳 have their style anchored in rather Chinese tradional music! the one here is on the vocal side and i just love her melodies, ...and above all her voice which is so sweet that it has the power to soothe you away! ah ah! i suppose she sings about love mainly or that kind of things,... though i hardly get a word!lol anyway, the perfect artist to relax at home while taking care of your loved one! =)

刘芳 - 声声醉 4
Genre: Chinese
Traclist:
01 纸飞机
02 无声的雨
03 东南西北风
04 月亮惹的祸
05 七月初七
06 吻别英文版
07 我是不是该安静地走开
08 飘摇
09 单身情歌
10 七里香
11 醉清风

Ancestral hallucinogenic

[TOXIC WAR] Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)

This is some strange band! ^^ actually i don't really know how to describe the music....it all seems like a long ballad to me..a stroll somewhere! and indeed that's why each of the songs from that album is to be considered more like an emotion or a feeling and not really like a song, ...though it is one of course! describing different moment of a same day during which you experience several moods...at times you feel like time has stopped... but there are suddenly sunbeams piercing through, shining on the melancoly around ....cause it is only melancoly, ..you never experience boredom...That is in a few words the kind of things you may feel or expect when you'll try to intoxicate yourself once again! hope that helps =)

Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)
Genre: like a stroll somewhere...
Tracklist:
01 Que N'ai-Je ?
02 Greatest You Can Find
03 Chelsea Burns
04 One Day Without
05 La Forme Et Le Fond
06 Nolita
07 Roses & Hips
08 Midi Dans Le Salon De La Duchesse
09 L'onde Amère
10 For You And I
11 Song Of Alice


I'm breathing!

[TOXIC WAR] Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete

As you can see this is a french artist, but he is not at all famous and remains known to only a very small number of people. His music is minimalistic to say the least and you must pay as much attention to the sound itself as to the music work. Basically this is the OST of a movie ("feathers in your head") but that artist must be considered as some kind of poet making music rather than a musician only....difficult to describe but very emotional, this guy often re-uses his own theme and melodies but try to see them from a different angle....hope you like it!

Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete
Genre: Intrumental (piano), Weird Jazz!
Tracklist:
01 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 1)
02 Situation Initiale
03 Pour les Oiseaux
04 Feu
05 Le Brasier de Tristesse
06 Ferme les Yeux
07 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 2)
08 Les Débutants 1
09 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 1)
10 Anthracite
11 Nocturne Urbain 2
12 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 2)
13 Sinon le Vent qui Passe
14 Noir
15 Ferme les Yeux (Variation)
16 Les Débutants 2
17 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 3)
18 Blanche Comme l'Infini
19 Situation Finale
20 Des Plumes dans la Tête
21 Suber
22 Datebook

Close your eyes and breathe!

[TOXIC WAR] Diva Destruction - Passion's Price

Diva Destruction is a band in which two women from the US launched into creating a strange mix between spacey electronic and gothic rock! to me it sound a bit like some pop stuff from the 80's, mostly because of that basic 4/4 drum rhythm made by a machine (sounds like it at least!lol) but that's not very important! the music is pretty cool and dark, almost like a remote church choir trying to summon old demons .... or lost lovers perhaps cause the lyrics revolves around rather romantic themes! ^^

Diva Destruction - Passion's Price
Genre: Gothic Electronic
Tracklist:
01 The Broken Ones
02 In Dreaming
03 Enslaved
04 Glare
05 Snake
06 Hate You To Love You
07 Cruelty Games
08 Prey
09 You're The Psycho
10 My Turn
11 Bed Of Lies
12 Lovers Chamber
13 Knights Disguise

Innimical Mermaid!

[TOXIC WAR] Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine

Baphomet Engine comes from Brazil if i am not mistaken and was set up by two guys who are former metal heads! one was playing thrash metal and the other punk music. That's probably why these guys do not really sound like the usual zippy indulging into trance music!lol they have rather psychedelic and dark ambiances but what's more interesting is the wide array of sounds they use in their composition, plenty of texture and colours to subjugate your mind! it is quite impressive IMHO! enjoy!

Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine
Genre: Psychedelic, Trance
Tracklist:
01 Prelúdio
02 Calling To Death
03 L´Aliénation Mentale
04 Hades
05 Looking For Dragons At Spitsbergen
06 The First Possession
07 Dancing On The Barrows
08 Miss Dymphne Tryplet Is Dead
09 Templar Warriors

Brazilian binary Samba!

[TOXIC WAR] Four Tet - Rounds

Four tet is some strange stuff for though it is electronic, it is not easy to pigeonhole (to me at least!) but one thing is for sure the music is really cool and laid back...this is not the irksome type! i discovered that band thanks to Radiohead, cause they were doing remixes for them, and since then it has stayed a band of interest to me...so i hope it will turn out to be one for you as well! =D

Four Tet - Rounds
Genre: Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Hands
02 She Moves She
03 First Thing
04 My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
05 Spirit Fingers
06 Unspoken
07 Chia
08 As Serious As Your Life
09 And They All Look Broken Hearted
10 Slow Jam

Uncanny Entanglement!

[TOXIC WAR] Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz

As this is just the beginning of the war, let's not play too toxic an album!lol yeska is an american band which i listened to quite a lot some years ago, a bit less now, though i still enjoy the music, no doubt about it! The musicianship is great and the music itself hovers between, jamaican and cuban music...and i must say those two styles blend together particularly well =D it's very funky and also very varied, though it remains within the compass of these two genres of course....what do we wait for? let's intoxicate ourselves!


Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz
Genre: Jazz, Cuban
Tracklist:
01 Fideo (Para Aqui)
02 4th Generation
03 Walter's House
04 Falafel Combo
05 Second Menu
06 Cantaloupe Island
07 Skaliente
08 Stakes Are High
09 Chilaquiles
10 Fideo (Para Llevar)

Cuidado por favor!!