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With influences spanning from 1980s dark techno to the rapid-fire breakbeat manipulation of the late 1990s, FLA leader Bill Leeb and his new partner Chris Peterson execute creative and meticulous noise with energetic precision. The album is a coherent whole, yet extreme sonic and stylistic diversity abounds: every track flows strangely and seamlessly from one intriguing section to another. A kind of industrial hip-hop mutates into lush keyboard saturation in "Autoerotic" and "Comatose"; icy techno alternates with synthetic orchestras in "Columbian Neck Tie"; and "Evil Playground" is almost two different songs, with ominous atmospherics giving rise to an unstoppable rhythm-and-noise groove. Vocal styles are equally diverse, as Leeb's robotic snarl in "Sado-Masochist" and whispered growl in "Life=Leben" effectively contrast with his clean melodic singing of each song's chorus.
--Mark McCleerey