███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████░░█████░░██░░░░░██░░████░░█░░░░░░░████████████████ ███████████████░░█░░█████░░█░░███░░█░░████░░█░░██████████████████████ ██████████████████░░██░██░░█░░░░░░░█░░████░░█░░░░░███████████████████ ███████████████░░█░░█░░░█░░█░░███░░██░░██░░██░░██████████████████████ ███████████████████░░░█░░░██░░███░░███░░░░███░░░░░░░█░░░░░███████████ ▓█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████▓ ▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀ █░:ABOUT THiS RELEASE_ ░█ █ █ █ Artist: Blac Kolor █ █ Album: Born In Ruins █ █ Genre: Electronic █ █ Source: WEB Lossless (.WAV) █ █ Label: Basic Unit Productions █ █ Retail date: 2016-02-29 █ █ Rip date: 2018-09-08 █ █ Quality: 256kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo / LAME 32bits █ █ Url: http://basicunitproductions.bandcamp.com █ █ █ ▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀██▀ █░:TRACKLiST_ ░█ █ █ █ █ █ 01 Spirits 4:32 █ █ 02 Terpentin 6:52 █ █ 03 Doomed 5:01 █ █ 04 Born In Ruins 6:46 █ █ 05 Fat Years 6:07 █ █ 06 Strong Bond 4:40 █ █ 07 Collision 4:54 █ █ 08 Give Us Tools 4:43 █ █ 09 Wanderings 5:44 █ █ 10 Transform 2:24 █ █ █ █ █ █ 00:51:43 (100.0MB) █ █ █ ▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀██▀ █░:RELEASE NOTES_ ░█ █ █ █ Review from I DIE : YOU DIE █ █ █ █ "WeÆve written so much about the dark techno/EBM crossover thatÆs █ █ been heating warehouse floors from LA to Berlin so much weÆre █ █ surprised we havenÆt yet woken up to find that the websiteÆs been █ █ magically transformed into The Fader overnight. Both from within █ █ and without of Our Thing, producers are finding a live wire in █ █ welding EBM basslines to techno percussion, in adding industrial █ █ grit and fuzz to minimal nodders. Whether you trace this hybrid █ █ style back to Fixmer/McCarthy or whether you claim that one genre █ █ is, in fact, the direct ancestor of the other, has become █ █ somewhat irrelevant. If youÆre tracking electronic music of any █ █ stripe remotely seriously, someone, whether itÆs Perc or Ancient █ █ Methods or Blac Kolor, is bringing this metallic beat to your █ █ door. █ █ █ █ HaujobbÆs Basic Unit Productions label has been delivering the █ █ goods to listeners who mightÆve showed up for Dejan and DanielÆs █ █ latest, but are sticking around for the new noise. From their █ █ Frost Vol. 1 comp onward theyÆve been drawing clear lines between █ █ their own ambitious post-industrial sound and the techno realms █ █ which have been influencing Haujobb for decades, and so it seems █ █ right that theyÆre the ones to release the second LP from █ █ Hendrick GrotheÆs Blac Kolor project, which shows just how much █ █ flex and bend there can be in this newly rediscovered alliance █ █ without breaking its core truce. Born In Ruins rearranges the █ █ elements which made Wide Noise such a confident debut, █ █ underscoring how much can be wrought from atmospherics in this █ █ new dark age. █ █ █ █ Wide Noise was a percussively insistent record back to front. █ █ Born In Ruins certainly isnÆt lacking in rhythm û scraping clicks █ █ and heart-shuddering bass fill out nearly all of its tracks, █ █ especially on the latter half û but rather than trying to plate a █ █ series of bangers, GrotheÆs approach seems to be to put the focus █ █ on atmosphere first. Swirling storm clouds of pads and rumbling █ █ engines turning over mark the entry point of ôSpiritsö, and a █ █ similar, woozy sense of dread is communicated by follow-up track █ █ ôTerpentinö. When things do coalesce into more strident █ █ beat-driven arrangements, it feels like a byproduct of different █ █ organic elements of the soupy haze GrotheÆs concocted coming into █ █ contact with each other and causing all manner of friction, █ █ rather than a strictly planned rhythmic programme. Even better █ █ are the grandiose tunes which manage to build numerous peaks and █ █ breaks in a short space of time without ever sacrificing mood for █ █ rhythm, like the cinematic title track or closer ôWanderingsö █ █ which contrasts some classic dark electro programming against a █ █ shuddering foundation in which the distinction between percussion █ █ and harmonic can no longer be made out. █ █ █ █ ItÆs really difficult to overstate how fully realized the █ █ ambiance of this record is throughout its run time. Rather than █ █ taking the backseat to rhythms, even on denser tracks like █ █ ôCollisionö, the pads and drones lurk and hover over the █ █ listenerÆs head like Count OrlokÆs shadow. In retrospect, the █ █ recently released Stormfly EP feels more like a clearing house of █ █ rhythmically insistent tracks which Grothe wanted to release in █ █ order to make way for Born In Ruinsæ ambitious expansion and █ █ deconstruction of Blac KolorÆs sound to date. If this new hybrid █ █ sound is cropping up in as many scenes and cities as it seems to █ █ be, we can only hope that thereÆll be half as many directions for █ █ its more talented producers to strike out at. Born In Ruins is a █ █ thrilling step in that journey, and hopefully a strong sign of █ █ things to come. █ █ █ █ Buy it." █ █ █ ▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀██▀ █░:iMPORTANT STATEMENT_ ░█ █ █ █ This release is for preview. If you like it, buy mp3, CD, vinyl or █ █ t-shirt, go to the show. Support artists financially, like we did. █ █ █ ▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀