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Necromondo
Necromondo

1. Flesh Eater [ full-length mp3 ]
2. Soaked in Blood I [ mp3 excerpt ]
3. Theme for a Machete
4. Standard Post-Mortem Re-Animation Procedure [ mp3 excerpt ]
5. Feeding Frenzy
6. Soaked in Blood II
7. No One Leaves This Island Alive [ mp3 excerpt ]
8. A Fistful of Intestines [ full-length mp3 ]
9. Leech Scars and Cigarette Burns [ mp3 excerpt ]
10. Soaked in Blood III
11. Starvation Cell Block

Total time: 52:58 min
Format: CD, clear jewel case, 525 copies
Release date: May 03, 2007
Price: 11 €

First full-length CD from Necromondo, the end result of countless viewings of City of the Living Dead, Zombi 2, Burial Ground, Cannibal Holocaust, Inferno Dei Morti-viventi and other Italian horror movies of the 70's and 80's. A scenery of hostile tropical islands, decimated city blocks, muddy leech ponds and underground medical facilities, all populated by the growing masses of the undead. 11 tracks of synth oscillator abuse, putrid low-end pulses, field recordings from contaminated areas and blood-soaked death rattles. The epidemic is spreading. Artwork by STPo.

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Necroweb (by blizzard, June 14, 2007)

Das Debütwerk dieser ungewöhnlichen Formation würde ich mal vorsichtig als Minimal-Drone-Ambient umschreiben. Sämtliche Sound- und Klanglandschaften wurden von Tirdad.CK im Alleingang kreiert, heraus gekommen ist dabei ein abgefahrener Trip, welchen Anhänger von melodischen, herzhaften Klängen meiden sollten. Inspiriert wurde diese Collage inklusive ihrem Schöpfer von solch kultigen Trashmovies wie Zombie, Cannibal Holocaust oder der Return Of The Living Dead Serie. Entsprechend passen sich somit auch solch aussagekräftige Titel wie "Flesh Eater" oder "Theme For A Machete" dem Gesamtkonzept an. Von Songs im herkömmlichen Sinne kann man eigentlich nicht reden, vielmehr handelt es sich hier um Soundcollagen welche sicher ihren Reiz in diversen Splatterstreifen entfalten würden. Trotzdem bekommt man hier ein interessantes Machwerk geboten, vorausgesetzt man bringt die Zeit und Offenheit dafür mit. Musikalisch gesehen fiept, rauscht, kratzt und brodelt es an jeder Ecke. Melodische Eingebungen sucht man hier vergebens, diese Maschinerie regiert eindeutig mit teils bedrohlicher, düsterer und minimalistischer Stimmung. Diese entwickelt im Laufe der Zeit durchaus einen gewissen Reiz, welcher zum betätigen der Repeat Taste verführt. Besonders "Standart Post-Mortem Re-Animation Procedure" kann überzeugen, verfügt dieser Track doch gar über einen Grundrhytmus welcher von diversen Zombielauten begleitet wird. Mit geheimnisvollem Donnergrollen wird "No One Leaves This Island Alive" eingeleitet, um dann eindrucksvoll im atmosphärischen Drone Ambient auszuklingen. Jeder einzelne Track bringt auf seine eigene Art ein düsteres, beklemmendes Klangerlebniss, welches noch eine ganze Zeit nachhallt.

Ähnlich wie Sleep Research Facility, welche mit "Nostromo" dem Alien Imperium verfallen waren, haben sich Necromondo mit der Zombie Thematik auf ihrem Erstlingswerk eine völlig eigene Sparte erschaffen. Wer also neugierig geworden ist sollte sich nicht von dem billigen Cover abschrecken lassen, sondern diesen auf 525 Stück limitierten Silberling schnellstens ordern.

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Outer Space Gamelan (by OSG, June 20, 2007)

Last is Necromondo, from the U.S.. All I know is that it's one guy, apparently by the name of Tirdad CK, and the only other work he seems to have to his name is a 3" CD-R called "Quarantined Quarters" that comes with the first 50 copies of this self-titled disc. If the cover wasn't enough of a tip-off, Necromondo is inspired by 70's cult horror movie classics, certainly not the first nor the last noise project to claim as much. I'd also take an educated stab (no pun intended) and venture mondo and giallo play as much of an influence in Tirdad's work. His first full-length harkens back to 80's Broken Flag/Iphar/Come Organisation actions in many ways, which is a blessing and a curse - not that anything on here is bad, it's just not very new ground either. Necromondo's at the top of his game when he engages in long-form pieces that have plenty of time to Sink Their Fangs Into the Listener (ha ha!) - ""No One Leaves This Island Alive" at eight minutes is a grind, creating a palpable feeling of tension and desolation juxtaposed against a rainy backdrop, and "Soaked in Blood III" at seven-plus boasts ominous, locust swarms of synth noise and suffocated gasps to greater effect. "Soaked in Blood I" is equally effective, setting a chainsaw-like whirr against psychedelic oscillations and the sharp gleam of "Theme for a Machete" is enough to literally make you jump if you play it loud enough. Unfortunately the rest of the tracks (especially the middle) pass by with relatively little to latch onto, although maybe I just need to give it a few more listens before it really sets in. Or maybe someone needs to make a movie around all these chilling sounds - it's really more of a soundtrack record than anything else. I guess I just don't have the imagination to mentally draw up my own murder scenes while I'm listening to it. I'll be keeping my eye out for anything else under the Necromondo moniker in the future, because the potential's definitely there.

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Tentacle (by Squid, July 01, 2007)

The other day I was at someone's house, drunk out of my mind (sadly not too unusual of an occurrence) and what I do remember is only fragments; at some point I remember putting on, against everyone's objections, the new Necromondo cd. I was overcome by that drunkard's need to share a beautiful revelation and so forced them to listen to a few tracks, all the while ranting and raving about how awesome it was. Unaccustomed to this style of music, they were, to be honest, a little unimpressed (but fuck them!), and yet I could sense that my enthusiasm did at least inspire them to give it a chance and consider it music. Yes it is true, that Necromondo sounds like the radioactive maggots within the decaying brain of zombies, but in a totally awesome sort of way. It may be a bit of an acquired taste, however. If you think this idea sounds awesome then you'll think Necromondo is awesome. But if you don't think it sounds awesome then I guess fuck you too! (The next day I heard that at least one of the people who had witnessed the rant commented that they had never seen me so animated and excited before.)

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Vital Weekly (by jliat, July 03, 2007)

Necromondo's CD we are told is inspired by Italian horror movies of the late 70's / early 80's. Oscillating synthesizer buzzes, which is not immediately obvious, not obvious at all, it's a series of small percussive and empty events which both matches my mood and activity precisely, I'm sitting on a train, we are moving out of a non entity of a town with the usual graffitied railway bridges and into the country, summer heat and cumulus clouds, a distant power station and power lines across cornfields, England's fen landscape, flat and empty is the backdrop to these 11 tracks, some accompanied with the sounds of water, an annoying loop on track 4, it like the landscape and my head is empty, high summer and nothing matters.

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Blood Ties (by xdementia, July 12, 2007)

Necromondo is zombie obsessed death industrial. From the succinct design work that adorns the standard jewel case depicting nightmarish comic-book influenced zombie renderings to the detailed track names like “A Fistful of Intestines” the release screams bloody murder and revels in it. Most of the sounds have a very digital feel to them, which is surprising because most things with this kind of aesthetic are usually die hard analog enthusiasts. But the equipment is something that Necromondo comfortably uses to his advantage to create great solid tracks of throbbing and bubbling synth swells.

My first reaction was that the material here most closely resembles that of Klinikal Skum's Pulsating CDR but over the course of the album the other influences like those of Atrax Morgue begin to seep in. However, it isn't until “Standard Post-Mortem Re-Animation Procedure” that things really start to get weird. A muffled drum loop is joined by vocal groans and moans making me think that there must be something sneaking up behind me. I feel like Necromondo's use of samples here is something that is often hinted at in horror-influenced industrial music but I don't think I've ever heard it actually done in this strait forward of a manner, let alone this damn well.

There are a lot of unique atmosphere's here that step outside the realm of I would consider death industrial, while still staying within the confines of the genre, in other words, definitely breaking new ground. I really enjoy just about every track here, but the highlights are “Theme for a Machete” with it's sick pitch shifting walls of dirty drone and industrial hits, the aforementioned “Standard Post-Mortem Re-Animation Procedure,” “Feeding Frenzy” which wanders into the louder realm of things successfully with some ultra heavy throbbing electronics and eerie feedback melodies, and “Leech Scars And Cigarette Burns” with its great use of watery-bloody samples.

I really can't find a weak spot here in terms of composition, it's all very well thought out and executed with a ton of very eerie moments. The only complaint lies in the production, it's a little quiet and somehow too soft, the harsh parts don't really blow me off my feet, but it's a minor detail in the big picture.

Necromondo has crafted my dream score to any and all zombie flicks here with precision, technique and a unique touch. If you are at all into zombies, or death industrial I would strongly suggest not to miss out on this one.

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Terrorverlag (by imBlutfeuer, August 18, 2007)

Der Schöpfer dieser CD sieht gerne trashige Zombiefilme der 70er und 80er Jahre. Das erkennt man am Cover, an Song-Titeln wie "Flesh Eater" oder "Soaked in Blood" und man hört es vor allem auch in der Musik selbst. Der vorliegende Silberling ist das Debüt der französischen Formation NECROMONDO mit gleichnamigem Titel. Die Verpackung des Albums sieht billig aus, sollte aber nicht abschrecken. Denn die Musik, sofern man davon sprechen kann, ist durchaus interessant. Die elf Tracks sind zu ruhig gehalten, um von Industrial zu sprechen, aber auch wieder zu wuchtig, um den Sound als Ambient abzutun. Also irgendwas dazwischen. Minimal gehalten mit verschiedenstem Fiepen, Kratzen, Wabbern, Rauschen und anderen fiesen Tönen sowie gelegentlichen Zombiegeräuschen schafft NECROMONDO eine düstere und bedrohliche Soundcollage, die eine ideale Soundkulisse für filmische "B-Ware" sein könnte. Melodien sucht man hier vergebens, Rhythmus ist an einigen Stellen nur zu erahnen. NECROMONDO beschreibt seine Musik selber als "Feldaufnahmen aus der kontaminierten Zone". Da hat er nicht ganz Unrecht.

Das 1998 gegründete Label Mechanoise Labs bringt seine Veröffentlichungen stets in begrenzten Auflagen heraus. So ist auch "Necromondo" auf 525 Exemplare begrenzt. Zudem wurden die ersten 50 Exemplare zusammen mit der handnummerierten Mini-CDr "Quarantined Quarters" im Mini-DVD-Case verkauft. Diese Auflage ist bereits vergriffen. Für Fans von experimenteller elektronischer Musik, um es mal allgemein zu halten, sicherlich ein empfehlenswertes Tonwerk. Auf der MySpace-Seite und der Homepage des Labels kann man sich einige Songs anhören. Nehmt euch Zeit und hört ruhig mehrmals, dann wird der eine oder andere sicherlich Gefallen daran finden.

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Rue Morgue Magazine (by TT, September 01, 2007)

Reviewed in issue #71

All manner of rotary drones, industrial hums, machine buzzes and electro pulses ebb and flow, grind and churn throughout eleven unsettling ambient tracks on Necromondo's first full-length self-titled release. Embellished with titles likes "Flesh Eater", "A Fistful of Intestines" and "Soaked in Blood I - III", this is bad craziness at its finest, folks. Incorporating anvil strikes, scrapes, moans percolating synth lines and "field recordings from contaminated areas", Necromondo has sewn together a rich, digital quilt of stark, atmospheric paranoia, even if it does grow repetitous after a while. Apparently inspired by '70s and '80s Italian horror films, this is sure to give you nightmares if you fall asleep with the headphones on. Pump this outside at Halloween and you're guaranteed to see at least a few kids "tricked" into shitting their pants.

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Musique Machine (by Roger Batty, April 23, 2008)

Necromondo make grim, nasty and droning electronics that often border on noise and are lined with very bleak and atmospheric 80's horror synth type tones making this a prime soundtrack for a zombie apocalypse in your head.

Sadly the first two tracks rather let the whole start of the album down they just seem so dull, uninspired and un-atmospheric they just plod on and on. So take my advice skip them and get to the quality grim, groaning and ghastly sonic gut fruits on track three onwards. Tracks like Theme for a Machete that slides in with a brooding & sinister like Wolf Eyes synth throb topped off with edgy and jarring sounds. Or the ugly and awkward synth tones of the start of Feeding Frenzy that later erupt off in all angles, with a nice glaze of static and dread. Or the great entitled Leech scars and cigarette burns with its grim water bound bassy synth vibe and sounds of knife sharpening, flesh ripping and blood drippings as well as all manner of unpleasant sounds over the top. The great tracks here really light one's mind with images of shuffling, groaning and rotting corpses moving towards you en mass, or slow dismemberments and feasting, or that great feeling of sickly dread and no escape the best zombie films give.

They certainly do manage to conjure up some very sinister, horrifying and gut spilling atmosphere through-out,with mainly only the opening tracks mentioned earlier being the big let down here. I can really see this project growing into something very grimly special, they're not quite there yet but it's not far off.

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