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Front 242 never allowed the commercial world to embrace them, pulling back from the brink in 1993 with a pair of radical, difficult albums just as the rest of middle America appeared ready to embrace the Deutsch darlings of 120 Minutes. Since they undoubtedly had little to fear from the mainstream circa 2003 -- ten years after their last discernible studio album -- the trio returned to their vision of detached but hooky industrial angst with Pulse. The record begins with "SEQ666," a five-track suite of gritty, hi-res EBM instrumentals -- slightly updated, with the help of Cubase, but clearly recognizable and pure joy to fans of mid-'80s classics like Official Version. Following are a few tracks of thematic pop ("Together," "Triple X Girlfriend") and an able evocation of the era when Front 242 were the kings of grim, catchy Teutonic angst ("Headhunter," "Tragedy [For You]"). The rest of the record is muddled, taken up by extended, multi-track suites that prove the trio's continued programming prowess but are also as inscrutable as much of the material on their most difficult record (1993's 05:22:09:12 Off). Similar to the return of industrial kingpins Ministry a few months earlier, though, Pulse sounds like the record Front 242 wanted to make, the type they could make only once the pressure was off. ~ John Bush
Their first album in a decade, close to 74 minutes of continuous music, this is what electronic music fans have been yearning for. Metropolis. 2003.
Audio Mixers: Daniel Bressanutti; Patrick Codenys.
Publishers: Amy Chandler; Richard Jonckheere; Daniel Bressanutti; Jean-Luc de Meyer; Patrick Codenys. Pulse Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Progenitors yes, but...
"This album is NOT "typical" Front 242 as most people know them."
Yes it IS typical Front 242 as most people know them. Experimental, challenging, sonically sublime. That is music as defined by our predecessors.
This CD culminates all musical thoughts I had during those bleak years, and includes major expansion upon some ideas I believed to be truly 242 as if it were DNA.
Not to be missed, I fully recommend this CD and do not mis-understand me, there may be a couple of tracks that don't meet the beat/floor equation, but they didn't consult me for writing priviledge and I don't claim to be an inspiration for their music.
I have many stories, but bias is not a helpful trait, IMHO.
Try it out; it's VERY 242.
Submitted by jdw242 (Paducah, KY, USA)
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 The Progenitors have Returned...Never Stop!
After a long, LONG ten-year absence, Front 242 have finally returned. Their collosal album "Pulse" and the similarly magnificent EP "Still & Raw" are true testimony to their status as innovators, now and always. With so many pale imitations, it's refreshing to hear new material from the group that really lays claim to a huge percentage of inspiration for a majority of today's electronic artists, The Prodigy and Orbital among those.
This album is NOT "typical" Front 242 as most people know them. It is experimental, challenging, and sonically subtle in some places while being raucously blunt in others. Songs like "Together" are Front 242 with a vengeance, returning to the fold and giving a stiff middle-finger to everybody that's brought electronic music to the dredges of despair in the last ten years. Other tracks like "Triple X Girlfriend" and "Beyond the Scale of Comprehension" are moody, atmospheric pieces, unique in every sense of the word and filled to capacity with different sounds to pick apart each new listen. "Matrix HegaHertz" is a true industrial anthem, with its synthesized strings and distorted Jean-Luc DeMeyer vocals. This is one of my favourite tracks from the album, overflowing with raw power and menace. "One - With the Fire" is sure to please fans of Front 242's older works, while keeping them up-to-date with the band's newest sonic philosophy. Having been a fan of this band, my true favourite, for many years now, all I can say is...Utterly brilliant! I know their next album will be just as different, and exciting, as any work we've come to expect, appreciate, and enjoy from the true masters of electronic music.
Submitted by JustinOwl77 (Las Cruces, NM)
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