Artefakto's latest, Interruptor, is quite a change in style from their previous two full lengths.  Time breeds ingenuity and ingenuity spawns novel ideas.  Concentrating more on overall song structures and less on danceability, Artefakto have created a release that is both intelligent in sound and creative in style.  Interruptor begins with Overcome, a trance / electro hybrid that fuses together drifting sequences, subtle guitars, strong beats, and gruff vocals.  This piece is not hard -n- heavy industrial madness, but rather a lighter approach to electro with enough variation in sounds to please both the laid back listener and the frenzied dancefloor monster.  Sumisión takes over where Overcome leaves off and continues to carry the same style onward.  Again, the backing guitars are restrained to a minimum and the thick sequences, rigid rhythm, and cloppy beat remain as the joint driving forces.  With a stronger / faster beat, heavier rhythmic elements, and more aggressive vocals, Codes may initially seem like an aggro-industrial track, but if you play close attention to the smooth backing sequences you will realize how they hamper the aggressiveness and downplay the harder elements.  This is executed so superbly that it may take several listens before you realize it.  Switcher is a laid back piece with some synth-poppy sequences added in with trippy beats and effected vocals.  With its spacey syrth samples and liquid-like sequences, Poder is the highlight of this CD.  The beat slowly grows into the track and continues to branch out into different areas with different sounds.  A hearty rhythm sprouts up amidst the electro symphony and soon becomes the central backbone of the track.  Laslty, Narcolepsia is a noise tinged instrumental that, according to the liner notes, was mixed live by Modula 3.  This track differs from the remainder of the CD in that it seems to have less structure and cohesiveness and tends to wander through a wide range of sounds and styles, including mad break-beats and harsh noise.  If I were asked to place Artefakto in a category with similar musicians I would have to say that they'd fit nicely between Freeze Frame Reality era Haujobb and more recent Evils Toy.  Not that Artefakto is a carbon copy of either of the aforementioned bands, but there is definitely something about their style that is similar.  Interruptor is highly recommended!
     
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622-3 Col. del Valle
03100 Mexico D.F.
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