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All songs written, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by [[tracey exenola|Dan X]]. | All songs written, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by [[tracey exenola|Dan X]]. | ||
| − | ''Battletech'' | + | Real Groove magazine gave the album four stars, saing: "There’s plenty of easy comparisons to be made, overall Gary Numan and Depeche Mode are often thought of from the older regime and Pretty Hate Machine-era Nine Inch Nails for the more caustic stuff…. ''Battletech'' is the best underground album I’ve heard in some time." |
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| + | Einstein Music Journal gave it 7/10, saying: "Sprouting multiple seeds of futuristic punk, alien grunge, contorted new-wave and geographically nondescript Brit-pop, ''Battletech'' provides a moderately eclectic genre fix… For a solo debut, Battletech is well guided and ambitious." | ||
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| + | Rip It Up: “A low budget mix of Nirvana and New Order? Big words to throw out, one would agree, bit I’ll be damned if I can’t say that the comparison, while not overtly true, is certainly not hyperbolic." | ||
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| + | ''Battletech'' was recorded May 2008-July 2009 in Kingsland/Avondale, Auckland. Some of the songs were fleshed out in early, practise-room incarnations of Radio Over Moscow (Call Me Wrong, Images Of Bliss) or earlier bands of Dan X's such as [[Vetox]] (Pakistan, Images Of Bliss). ''Anti-Human Nous'' was originally written for [[Kittyhawk]]. ''The Purpose Of Man'' dates back as far as 1996. | ||
No-budget videos were released for ''Images Of Bliss'' and ''Anti-Human Nous'' on YouTube. | No-budget videos were released for ''Images Of Bliss'' and ''Anti-Human Nous'' on YouTube. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://radioovermoscow.com/?page_id=3 Download the album here] | ||
*[http://radioovermoscow.com Radio Over Moscow official website] | *[http://radioovermoscow.com Radio Over Moscow official website] | ||
*[http://myspace.com/radioovermoscow Radio Over Moscow in outer myspace] | *[http://myspace.com/radioovermoscow Radio Over Moscow in outer myspace] | ||
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Radio+Over+Moscow Radio Over Moscow on last fm] | *[http://www.last.fm/music/Radio+Over+Moscow Radio Over Moscow on last fm] | ||
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/user/radioovermoscow Radio Over Moscow on | + | *[http://www.youtube.com/user/radioovermoscow Radio Over Moscow on youtube] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Releases by Hamilton Related Bands]] |
Latest revision as of 00:35, 31 May 2010
Battletech is an album released in July 2009 by indietronic/rock project Radio Over Moscow.
Tracklisting[edit]
- The Purpose Of Man
- Anti-Human Nous
- Images Of Bliss
- Pakistan
- Policies
- Fiction
- New Electra
- True
- Capture One
- Where Are You?
- Capture One
- This Now
- Twist It
- The Sum of Your Knowledge Is Nil
Bonus Tracks[edit]
Tracks restricted to the full album download.
- Policies (remix)
- Images of Bliss (remix)
About[edit]
All songs written, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Dan X.
Real Groove magazine gave the album four stars, saing: "There’s plenty of easy comparisons to be made, overall Gary Numan and Depeche Mode are often thought of from the older regime and Pretty Hate Machine-era Nine Inch Nails for the more caustic stuff…. Battletech is the best underground album I’ve heard in some time."
Einstein Music Journal gave it 7/10, saying: "Sprouting multiple seeds of futuristic punk, alien grunge, contorted new-wave and geographically nondescript Brit-pop, Battletech provides a moderately eclectic genre fix… For a solo debut, Battletech is well guided and ambitious."
Rip It Up: “A low budget mix of Nirvana and New Order? Big words to throw out, one would agree, bit I’ll be damned if I can’t say that the comparison, while not overtly true, is certainly not hyperbolic."
Battletech was recorded May 2008-July 2009 in Kingsland/Avondale, Auckland. Some of the songs were fleshed out in early, practise-room incarnations of Radio Over Moscow (Call Me Wrong, Images Of Bliss) or earlier bands of Dan X's such as Vetox (Pakistan, Images Of Bliss). Anti-Human Nous was originally written for Kittyhawk. The Purpose Of Man dates back as far as 1996.
No-budget videos were released for Images Of Bliss and Anti-Human Nous on YouTube.
