Mixtape
February 19, 2010
Industrial Mix
So I went and dug up some old industrial tracks and have provided them to your here in classic (if pretty rough) dance-mix format. Most of this stuff is actually what I’d technically call “post-industrial” but I think it does a pretty good job of covering the genre. I hope you’ll forgive some of the inexpert mixes and cuts. It’s been years since I’ve listened to most of this stuff, let alone tried to mix it, and while Djay is a great piece of software, I’m used to physical knobs and sliders (that’s what she said) and made a few ham-fisted transitions in there.
Mp3 Player after the lists.
- 1000 Homo DJs – Supernaut. A classic post-industrial rock song. And, ok, it’s really just Ministry doing Black Sabbath, but “Buck Satan” doing his best Trent Reznor? Come on! Awesome.
- Bigod 20 – The Bog. These guys were poster boys for late 80’s German industrial.
- Front 242 – Quite Unusual. Front 242 is probably one of the most popular and well known industrial acts of the 80’s. This is probably my favorite song of theirs. Love how they mixed in gothic elements without going all the way goth.
- Microchip League – New York. This song was a huge club hit. No surprise given the driving baselines. I’m not sure these guys did anything else of note.
- Tribantura – Lack of Sense. Another one-hit-wonder. Man, I loved this song though.
- D.A.F. – The Gun. Classic industrialists, these guys have been around since the late 70’s and I think they’re still out there somewhere. They were kind of all over the place, but had some pretty good minimalist-pop stuff, like “The Gun” here.
- Meat Beat Manifesto – Psyche-Out. I wan’t a huge fan of these guys, but always appreciated their versatile style. “Psyche-Out” was pretty indicative of some of the more “techno” stuff coming out in the early 90’s.
- Psychic TV – Tune In (Turn On The Acid House). An industrial super-group of sorts, they were a huge influence on 90’s techno, house and acid music.
- My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult – Kooler Than Jesus. One of the bigger names in the Chicago industrial scene and a big part of the whole Wax Trax! era. I actually saw these guys at Lollapalooza. That was funny.
- Ministry- So What. One of my favorite songs of all time. The industrial-rock anthem.
- Big Black – The Model. Songs About Fucking is one of the greatest albums ever and their cover of Kraftwerk’s “The Model” is genius.
- Ministry/Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope. One of my personal favorite Skinny Puppy songs gets the Ministry treatment.
- Skinny Puppy – Assimilate. I saw these guys a few times over the years and was always inspired by their creativity. They had a message and went to great creative lengths to express it. Sure, most of that message got lost in noise and faux-gore, but it’s about the art. Right? Anyway “Assimilate” was probably their first real hit and I still see it as one of their best songs.
- Killing Joke – The Wait. Probably one of the better known early industrial bands, Killing Joke wasn’t so much one you’d hear at the clubs, but they covered a lot of ground and embraced a ton of different styles.
- Revolting Cocks – Beers, Steers and Queers. A mainstream industrial classic.
- Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria. Around since the mid-70’s, Cabaret Voltaire were pioneers, not only of industrial, but of New Wave and 80’s pop as well.
Bonus Tracks! I tacked a few great cuts on to the end of this to round it all out. Enjoy.
- Moev – Sea Missile Motel. Moev, from Vancouver and on Nettwerk records, exemplifies the late 80’s/early 90’s pop-industrial stuff. I still listen to Dusk and Desire quite often. “Sea Missile Motel” is the b-side to the very non-insutrial sounding “Took Out The Lace”.
- Nitzer Ebb – Murderous. These guys owned the industrial dance scene with their driving beats and anthemic lyrics.
- Front 242 – Headhunter. This is the Razormaid version. You know, just in case you wanted to dance you ass off.