FUNKER VOGT - Killing Time Again
Songs: 7  Time: 37:58
The year of the Vogt continues with the release of Killing Time Again, a 7 track MCD from Funker Vogt.  In the past year we've been treated not only to a Funker Vogt full length (We Came To Kill) and MCD (Take Care), but also a few side-project releases (Ravenous' No Retreat, No Surrender & Fusspils 11's Gib Ihr Einen Namen.)  Before 1998 is over we should also see a new Funker Vogt CD entitled Execution Tracks and an accompanying MCD entitled Tragic Hero.  For the mean time, let's concentrate on Killing Time Again.  Along with the pair of remixes of Killing Fields we also get 3 new / unreleased tracks, one other remix, and one live track.  Of the two mixes of Killing Fields, my personal favorite is the 8 ½ minute Killed Mix.  A gradual build-up in the beginning of this mix paves the way for what is to follow; hard beats, angry vocals, and dense synth patterns.  Even though this track is rather lengthy, it fires on all cylinders and is over before you know it.  The other mix, Guitar Fixer Mix II, isn't as powerful, but it is still effective.  Evil's Birth contains a similar rhythm as Killing Fields, but it seems to be pitched up a tad and played at a higher octave.  In all honesty, this piece does sound as if it were cut from the same pattern as Killing Fields, but topped with alternate lyrics.  I can't say that the Mezzo Mix of Evil's Birth is much different than the original, but it is a bit shorter.  Vision is a slower piece that trades in the frustration found in most Funker Vogt tracks for a more mellow approach.  The synths are a bit lighter and the beats aren't as 'in your face.'  The Race is On is an instrumental track with a rolling rhythm and near gothic styled sequences.  As far as instrumentals go, this one is quite interesting.  Lastly we have a live version of Black Hole.  The vocals on this piece over power the music making it hard to determine exactly how the instruments sound in a club environment, but I'm sure that if I were in that audience I'd be having one hell of a good time.  I have to hand it to Gerrit Thomas (aka Rote X)….for as much music as he has created in the past 12 months it is consistently good and never fails to stand apart from what most everyone else is doing.

ZOTH OMMOG                       Funker Vogt is:
Norsk-Data-Str. 3                      Kai Schmidt / Rote X / Jens Kaestel w/ Tim Fockenbrock
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
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