{"id":13836,"date":"2018-10-09T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elgarajedefrank.es\/?p=13836"},"modified":"2024-05-29T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:53:48","slug":"terror-apart-knight-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elgarajedefrank.es\/en\/terror-apart-knight-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror Apart – Knight Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new reference of Other Voices Record, Terror Apart\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0Knight Rider<\/i> is a very limited edition of 50 cassettes. Terror Apart<\/b> is the project of Anna Leja, whose first reference, also a cassette published in 2001 called Beyond the Blue,<\/i> was followed by two works of dark ambient and experimental electronics: Standard Deviation <\/i>and\u00a0A New Reign<\/i>. Knight Rider<\/i> from 2016 was her first long player, that was followed by the album Engulf<\/i> in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knight Rider<\/i> is a record of industrial music, our favorite style at El Garaje. On the cover, the skeleton of a Templar welcomes us and at the same time reminds us of the Spanish horror saga, \u201cTombs of the Blind Dead\u201d.\u00a0 The intro starts with some Middle East influences (that remembers Cabaret Voltaire<\/b>\u2019s Three Mantras<\/i>) and spoken word with distorted voices. Dark, evil but at the same time very beautiful. The next track, \u201cInto the Sun\u201d is morbidly sensual. It\u2019s a song that turns you on and the same time makes you feel bad for it. In \u201cHead in\u201d, we have some tribal percussions along with the dispassionate singing of\u00a0 Anna. We continue with \u201cMammoth\u201d, with a very oppressive atmosphere where only a ray of light appears occasionally in the form of some guitars. To continue with the disturbing atmosphere, some samples of crying babies guide us to the end of the song and of the A-side.<\/span><\/p>\n

The B-side starts with \u201cMy House\u201d, so far with the catchiest melody of the album, with Anna repeating a litany accompanied by strange noises and a central part that can remind us some works by Swans<\/b>. It\u2019s the track I like the most. Knight Rider<\/i> continues with the ethereal singing of the ghostly \u201cGlasping Hands\u201d and the cover of one of Eurythmics<\/b>\u2019 first singles \u201c4X4 in Leather\u201d that at the beginning sounds a bit like Dead Can Dance<\/b> but soon reaches a level in darkness never dreamed by Annie Lennox<\/b> and Dave Steward<\/b>. The most experimental and industrial moment belongs to the song that titles the album: \u201cKnight Rider\u201d bursts in noisily and hits you continuously, even with some acoustic whips. If someone thought that because of the inclusion of the song by Eurythmics<\/b>, this part was going to be more conventional, \u201cLast Frost\u201d shares inspiration with the previous track, but is a strange industrial ritual. The album calls an end with \u201cFeeding Hour\u201d, where apocalyptical trumpets accompany some industrial percussions finishing an album that will\u00a0 haunt you forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only 50 lucky listeners will have this edition. Are you sure that you don\u2019 t want to be one of them?<\/span><\/p>\n