Front Line Assembly - Colombian Necktie

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Front Line Assembly - Colombian Necktie

 

 

Artist: Front Line Assembly

Title: Colombian Necktie

Label: MASH

Date: 1998

 

Track listing:

 

01. Evil Playground (Chainsaw Mix by Tim Schuldt)

02. Colombian Necktie (Grit Your Teeth Mix by Cydonia)

 

Review:

 

I´ve been a big fan of Front Line Assemblys music since the late

eighties, and they have really evolved since then. Bill Leeb, the brain

behind the band, has picked up influences from many different kinds of

music over the years, and in 1998 they released a double-album with

remixes called "Re-Wind". One CD with remixes by themselfs and one CD

with remixes by other artist. Three of those remixes were made by

psychedelic

trance-artists. About the same time F.L.A. also released a CD-maxi,

"Colombian Necktie", including a Tim Schuldt remix not on the

doubble-CD. When the label MASH released a 12" with two of those remixes

(also in 1998) they got the tracks mixed up, so instead of the GOArgemix

of "Colombian Necktie" by Tim Schuldt the Chainsawmix of "Evil

Playground", also made by Tim Schuldt, got released on that 12". This

review might be confusing because I will review all three tracks even

though there´s only two on the actual record :-) "Evil Playground"

Chainsaw mix by Tim Schuldt

(10/10) is an absolutely amazing killerremix of a pretty lame original.

Tim has only saved a tiny portion of the original and then transformed

that into one of the most hard-hitting trancestormers ever made. This is

true terrortrance for people who really want to dance like hell, or

maybe music to scare old people with :-) This is almost as nasty as

trance can get without becoming something else. His skilled balance

between the dark atmospheric samples and the psychotic rhythm is truly

awesome, and my heart starts pounding like a pile-driver every time I

hear this music. This chainsawmix keeps building and building in

intensity, and when you think it reached climax it then slows down and

children starts to sing. Then it really kicks off again, now even more

energetic and ruthless. This track can also be found on the Tim Schuldt

"Single Collection" and the F.L.A. 2CD "Re-Wind" if you can´t find the

MASH-release. "Colombian Necktie" Grit Your Teeth mix by Cydonia (8/10)

is pretty true to the original song by Front Line Assembly in some

aspects but it´s much harsher. After a short intro the song really gets

started without delay, and it´s energetic and kicking from the beginning

to the end with intense dark melodies, varied sounds and interesting

rhythmpatterns. This remix works both on the EBM-floor as well as on the

trancefloor in the middle of the night, and I consider this remix to be

one of Cydonias best tracks ever. This remix can also be found on the

F.L.A. 2CD "Re-Wind" and the Cydonia album "In Fear Of A Red Planet".

"Colombian Necktie" GOArge mix by Tim Schuldt (10/10) is NOT!!! on this

MASH-release. It can only be found on the F.L.A. CDM "Colombian Necktie"

as far as I know. It´s a pity that it hasn´t been released on vinyl

because it´s almost as great as the Chainsawmix of "Evil Playground",

massive goosebumpalert! Just like the Chainsaw remix it´s almost a new

track with very little left of the original. Tim added several new sad

melodies and spiced the whole brew up with lots of aggression and

energy. The result is another nightstormer that will rock any

dancefloor. This kind of borderland-trance, between psytrance and EBM,

which all three tracks represents, fits me perfectly because I started

out listening to electronic music in the early eighties before there

even was something called trance.

[Guest clark_303]

Columbian Necktie(GOArge mix by Tim Schuldt) is also on the psy-trance

compilation Pulse 6. -Clargoa

[Guest col_klink3[at]hotmail[dot]com]

One of the first records I picked up, early in my electronic explorations... it

took a while for my untrained ear to warm up to it, but now I realize how

lucky I was to stumble across this gem.... a harder edge and gothic sounds,

that's what this release is all about...very very cool....

[Guest djInvisible_jsp[at]hotmail[dot]c]

Disgusting. . . This is one of my favorite singles. It is a blend of my two

favorite styles of music, industrial and psy-trance. I wish there were more

remixes of bands such as Skinny Puppy, Noise Unit, and Haujobb. If you like

this, then get the SYB Unity Newttwerk Experience's "Space Puppy", a tribute

to Skinny Puppy. This track is sick and is dedicated to one of the best bands

ever!