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08/01/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Polarity is probably Haujobb's most structured and commercial release to date. It sounds a lot like their 1996 hit album, Solutions For A Small Planet with hints of their last album, NinetyNine. I feel that this is the perfect fusion of laid back minimal electronics with moments of fast-paced, harsh techno. Dan Myer has also improved on his vocals and added some emotion. It is very obvious that Haujobb are the true leaders of the EBM sub-genre in the dying world of industrial music. Great songs are: Boom Operator, Subsonic, Unseeing, and my personal favorite, Violator. The only song I don't care for is Your Pilot. This is the perfect album for newcomers to Haujobb and devoted fans like myself. Next, try Solutions and NintyNine. Even though this album will never get radio or TV air time, this artful band will always continue to release great music under the ever so fabulous Metropolis Records."

Your Ears Will Never Be The Same!

R. D. Corbo | Miami, FL USA | 03/04/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Intelligent Industrial has never been done better than these guys right here. The complexity, wierd sounds, and Daniel Myer's attracting voice will make this album you're new audiotory drug. I never ever have or will get bored of this album. Its on my top 5s! You won't regret it spend every penny on it, its worth more than the price shown above."

Polarity shines....

Eric Shans | New Jersey | 08/08/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Haujobb seem to continously fascinate me with the albums they release for you never really know what you are going to get. "Polarity" has shreds of "Solutions..." and "Ninety Nine" thrown into it's intelligent mix and is a breath of fresh air amidst all the overcliched EBM releases out there. More vocally formal than any previous Haujobb release, "Polarity" has some really great moments in it's futuristically stark world. "Subsonic" has a most memorable chorus along with some excellent choir strings and breakbeats to boot, "Boom Operator" has an almost eerie funk element to it, and "Violator", perhaps Haujobb's most loungy song, is quite nicely done and features guest vocals by Steffen Keth from De/Vision. Between each song (the "sects" as they are called) lies interludes of knob tweaked sequences, hints of what's to come in the next song. Lyrically it's very similar to "Solutions..", "Freeze Frame Reality" and Meyer's more dance oriented project Cleaner; visions of an Orwellian utopia and a mega high tech world. Haujobb fans will probably like this, and newcomers to electronic music in general should definitely pick this up."