Exoskeleton 2

Editorial Reviews
Side Line
...Exoskeleton 2 picks up where the first volume left off, but gets all-around grittier and more sonically expansive (and noisy).

Plague
...features some of the best current artists in the realms of dark ambient, power electronics and plain ol' industrial mayhem.

Album Description
2nd in the Exoskeleton series. This time a double CD featuring the best in power electronics, dark industrial, cold ambient, and demented drum n' bass. All in all, 29 tracks of unreleased and exclusive tracks by Telepherique, Frames A Second, Ah Cama Sotz, Converter, Dryft, HPP, PAL, Savak, Winterkalte, Zymosiz, Voltaic, Pain Konsept, and tons more.

Exoskeleton 2

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A Great Cross Section of Early 2000s Industrial Music
Excellent, well-rounded compilation

Exoskeleton 2

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ASIN: B0000287EI
Release Date: 1999-10-01

Tracks:

Telepherique: Intelstat-IV-Generation
Frames A Second: Legend (Remake)
NKVD: Mikrometrik
Monstrum Sepsis: Genetics
Borstal: Y2KUDK
Sleepwalk: Earthquake
Stin Scatzor: Black Silence
H.P.P.: Headbandage Woman
Ah Cama-Sotz: The Messengerh
Converter: Spasm
Cazzodio: Processione di Larve Cristiane
Dryft: Crash
Eisengrau: Disorder
Qod Torren: Distress Call
Injury: Intro (The Story of My Life)
Blink Twice: Exiled
Under: UZS (Live)
P.A.L: I Set My Dog On Fire (SaVaK remix)
H.P.P.: Whitenoise Druckspruer
Paste: I Don't Like You
SaVaK: No Compromise
Hypnoskull: Psychotic Bass V2
Jugend Staat: Power War
Winterkalte: Incinerator 1999
ZymOsiZ: Teknoize Soldier
Voltaic: Metabolise (Skeletal mix)
Primortal: Pressure
Pain Konsept: White Walls
KTOW: Arbiet Macht Frei (Live @ EK)

Album Description

2nd in the Exoskeleton series. This time a double CD featuring the best in power electronics, dark industrial, cold ambient, and demented drum n' bass. All in all, 29 tracks of unreleased and exclusive tracks by Telepherique, Frames A Second, Ah Cama Sotz, Converter, Dryft, HPP, PAL, Savak, Winterkalte, Zymosiz, Voltaic, Pain Konsept, and tons more.

Customer Reviews:

A Great Cross Section of Early 2000s Industrial Music.......2005-03-22

Possessive Blindfold's Exoskeleton 2 compilation is one of my favorite collections of ambient and noisy industrial music. The mix of artists and styles on the disks reminds me of Flatline Record's compilation disks as well - i.e. very diverse and interesting. The artists themselves come from several different labels, making this two CD set a good cross section of early 2000s industrial music.

The music is not what I'd call standard club dance music, but this is the sort of material one might expect to find on industrial radio programs and great for listening to. As with most music of the experimental and noisy industrial genres, there are very few tracks that have lyrics. The liner notes for the comp do not go into great detail about the artists (and may now be a bit out of date), but what I found most interesting that the notes listed the country of origin of all of the artists. The diversity in nationality / regions of the various artists, with some of the acts coming from Italy and Croatia, was actually nice to see.

Most of the tracks are listed as being exclusives or previously unreleased, but I honestly don't know if since the original 1999 release date if these tracks have appeared on other albums. My personal favorite tracks include: Sleepwalk's "Earthquake", Winterkalte's "Incinerator 1999", Stin Scatzor's "Black Silence", Blink Twice's "Exiled", Frames A Second's "Legend (remake)", and Voltaic's "Metabolise (Skeletal mix)". I've included this compilation on one of my must have lists for industrial music fans and DJs for a number of years.

Excellent, well-rounded compilation.......2000-12-26

Possessive Blindfold Recordings has a pretty good track record when it comes to compilations. There's Exoskeleton, Das Bunker, and Voltage II, all of which show that a great deal of thought and effort goes into releasing the best samplers PBR possibly can. This one is no different.

Actually, there is one difference: Exoskeleton II has two discs. That means it needs twice the care to make sure it succeeds. And succeed it certainly does, with one of the strongest collections of ambient, experimental, and power noise artists I've seen.

Power noise is well represented by the likes of Winterkälte and Converter, two popular and well-received artists in the scene. But nestled among those veterans are newcomers, including SaVaK, ZymOsiZ, and HPP - all of which have strong showings.

Although power electronics (noise, with an emphasis on grinding and penetrating low-end work) is not quite as prominent, it certainly has its place here. CazzoDio brings its [anti-?] religious overtones into the fray, while Jugend Staat scares the pants off of everyone in range.

Finally, there are some odd artists that don't fit into such clear categories, and they enrich the compilation. Blink Twice impresses with its rhythmic dark ambience, while Dryft's unique drill 'n' bass shows listeners what to expect from this Gridlock side project. Finally, Ah Cama-Sotz's technoid harshness rounds off the oddballs.

In essence, Exoskeleton 2 is a very diverse compilation that doesn't stretch too far. It has the right mix for beginners as well as for more experienced fans of the styles (who will thrill to see the number of exclusive/unreleased tracks here) - no small feat for any compilation, and even more deserving of praise when one considers the scope of this one. This is a must.

Exoskeleton 2
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Exoskeleton 2
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Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008G4RV
Release Date: 2000-04-24

Vol. 2-Exoskeleton
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Vol. 2-Exoskeleton

Manufacturer: Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003NHB4
Release Date: 1999-11-23