Search - Various Artists :: You've Got the Fucking Power (Sampler)

Your stereo isn't broken, the music is: formed in the mid 1990s in Germany, techno label Digital Hardcore Recordings unleashed the extreme activist noise terror of Atari Teenage Riot, Shizuo, EC8OR, and others. While it may take a few listens upon first exposure to adjust to the wildly distorted samples, beats, and voices on these harsh tracks, the greatest secret of DHR--and the reason it may yet become wildly successful--is the melody hidden within. Tracks included here (all previously released) by ATR, Shizuo, the Curse of the Golden Vampire, and Patric C. demonstrate a weirdly accessible sonic core, the musical equivalent of a creamy marshmallow center. This sampler is both a declaration of independence from other sources of U.S. distribution and a manifesto for kids the world over to listen to loud electronica instead of loud metal. --Mike McGonigal