Review: Industrial Terror Squad – Da Basdardz Are Back (Industrial Strength Records – IS043)

I never understood why this record did not get quite big...
Should have topped everyone's DJ charts, really.
Production is spiffy and well, and I don't mean mere "sound quality".
It's full of little ideas and cuts, there is structure and build-up to the tracks... it's not just some looped noise on a drum, if ya catch my drift.

There are 8 tracks on 4 sides of the 2 vinyls... and each "side" has a theme, which I think is a nice touch, makes it almost like a conceptual album.
We got the "gangsta, war, death, terror" sides, and like these titles suggest, each one is harder and more underground than the one before.
So it starts with oldschool gabber (of the speedy kind) and ends in early speedcore.

A fanzine once remarked that the "gabber" sides are the better one, as a terror teen I was mostly into the speedcore stuff, but nowadaysI think that each side has its qualities.

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Review: Minimum Syndicat - Magnetic Streets 01 (Self-Released)

I totally adore the concept of this release. The promo text promises us a return to the days of miami bass, pure fun and funk electro days.
And yeah, I could totally see an 80s TV show, or 80s revival show, playing these tracks, and the audience goes wild.

But hey, it's the syndicate. It's still very heady and intellectual techno. At the same time.
And that they pulled this merger is quite the feat.

Plus there is also a third layer here: an outer space, interstellar colony feel. As if aliens produced these tracks, instead of humans.

Love it!

Info:

Minimum Syndicat - Magnetic Streets 01

Released: November 28, 2025

Location: Paris

Styles: electronic, acid, electro, rave, techno

Tracklist:

1. Belleville Street 04:34
2. Bleach Street 04:04
3. Mercury Street 04:50

Bandcamp: https://minimumsyndicat.bandcamp.com/album/magnetic-streets-01

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1109941-Minimum-Syndicat