# 4,359
Miete Strom Gas ft. Patric Catani / Candie Hank & Gina D’Orio: “Die Turen” (Chanson) (2023)
So, what are the DHR-label artists up to these days? Alec Empire is following Nine Inch Nails’ lead and writing motion-picture soundtracks. Christoph De Babalon is releasing low-key jungle and atmospheric tracks; far away from his If You’re Into It I’m Out Of It days (1997). Bomb 20? When was the last timer you heard from him? He just released a new e.p. last year. Lolita Storm and Sonic Subjunkies are virtually non-existent. Shizuo? God bless him. That leaves the team of Patric Catani and Gina D’Orio (EC8OR). What are they making these days? Chanson. That’s what. They re-did Miete Strom Gas’ hit “Die Turen” and turned an electronic-rock lead-off single into a dreamy fancy-pants moment that could’ve been mistaken for a slower version of Stereo Total if they were still around today. It’s a huge one-eighty away of the pounding electronic slaughter they were known for. Go back to lead-heavy trash-jungle beats and D’Orio screetching into a mic- like the good ol’ days where DHR invaded the states like we never heard before. Though, to Catani’s credit, he did an acid-techno remix of the same track with Chris Imler. We get that after almost three decades of progression, artists evolve and take on different sounds and styles of their liking. But, whatever pays the bills, I guess.
