Almost one year ago to the day, when we last checked in on the evil dance grooves of German hellektro artist Wumpscut, aka Rudy Ratzinger, he was courting controversy with the insane promotional art for his album Women & Satan First, which also marked a strong return to the gothic horror beats and dark cinematic soundscapes that won him a worldwide following (and which made a die-hard fan out of this writer). With this year's ten-track release Madman Szpital, Rudy has found a fairly stable balance between those ominous musical themes and his decades of DJ experience twisting up beats – and he's invited other artists into his devil's playground to take part in the full-length remix album DJ Dwarf 13, continuing a tradition that began in 1997 with his hit album Embryodead and its companion remix disc. The record is definitely front-loaded with its strongest tracks – including the eerie, jazz-sampling title track that...
- 4/24/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
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