review :: Royce Icon
This disc is apparently the first of the series of concept albums that Italian wackos ODRZ have released documenting the italian workday, which is odd, since I received parts three and six last year. So obviously they aren't doing this in a chronological order. I've explained the concept behind these albums in my previous reviews, so I won't waste anytime here explaining it.
More or less, all of these albums are interchangeable, from the completely identical metal packaging the approach of the audio on display. Each album contains really fucking good sounds, but unfortunately said sounds get repeated over and over, to the point of extreme annoyance. And it sucks, because as I mentioned, the sounds themselves are excellent; pounding factory clank and skree, squealing synths and other things all sequenced into a blend of really good rhythmic industrial noise. But the same 5 sounds are quite literally looped for 60 minutes on each album, rendering them pretty unpleasant after awhile.
It really pisses me off that these guys keep taking the lazy approach with this material, because they really have talent for making kickass industrial noise music in a very pure sense. Here's hoping that this whole series of discs is eventually cut down to nine 5 minute tracks.
