Artist: And One
Title Of Album: Aggressor
Year Of Release: 2003
Country: Germany
Label: Virgin Schallplatten GmbH #593 146-2
Genre: Electronic, EBM, Synth-pop
Quality: Lossless, MP3
Bitrate: FLAC (Image)+Cue+Log, CBR 320 kbps (CD-Rip)
Total Time: 44 min 53 sec
Total Size: 320 Mb (+5%), 105 Mb (+3%) | Scans
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First of all, And One deserve kudos for singing in their native German rather than embarrassing themselves, as so many of their European colleagues do, with lyrics in pidgin English. Is their first album sung entirely in their native language.

Second of all, And One also deserve kudos for keeping alive the sound of vintage Belgian EBM while subtly deepening and updating it with such novel touches as real melodies and occasional flourishes of rhythmic syncopation. Songs like "Kein Anfang" (No Beginning) and "Krieger" (Warrior) feature both soaring melodies and downright lovely backing vocals along with the requisite jackboot rhythms and ominously burbling synthesizer, and if "Sternradio" (the name of a popular Berlin dance club) suffers from the sudden incursion of an inexplicable chipmunk voice, well, that's what passes for whimsy in the industrial community. Recommended! ~ Rick Anderson

Tracklist:

01. Kein Anfang (2:01)
02. Schwarz (4:48)
03. Krieger (5:35)
04. Sternradio (4:39)
05. Speicherbar (3:49)
06. Fehlschlag (5:34)
07. Fur immer (4:09)
08. Einstieg (2:05)
09. Strafbomber (4:22)
10. Fernsehapparat (3:11)
11. Tote Tulpen (3:09)
12. Kein Ende (1:31)

Line-up / Musicians:

Chris Ruiz, Steve Naghavi & Gio Van Oli