Tag Archives: Joost Van Krimpen

:Music Review: Celldweller – Live Upon a Black Star

  By William | May 7, 2012 - 10:30 am | CD, Review
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Celldweller – Live Upon a Black Star (MP3 album)
Label: FiXT
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Website: celldweller.com

Review By: Joost Van Krimpen

Some time ago I ran into a funny picture on the internet… I think I found it on Facebook, I know I post-ed it on my profile there. On the picture was a lot of the archetypical ‘industrial music fans’ pictured. Try-ing not to be (too) elitist, I could not suppress a smile when I saw it. For one reason or the other, this pic-ture kept popping up in front of my mind’s eye when I was listening to this album. (more…)

:CD Review: Saltillo – Monocyte

  By William | April 16, 2012 - 11:00 am | CD, Review
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Saltillo – Monocyte
Label: Artoffact Records
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Website: menton3.com

Review By: Joost Van Krimpen

One of the bigger luxuries of reviewing is that (at times) one gets to hear stuff that has yet to be released. An even bigger an advantage is that–while reviewing—one has to spend a lot of attention to something that has managed to escape earlier attention. The reasons for that are numerous (everyone can think of several good and even more bad reasons, I will not add my excuses to your lists), and sometimes the reward turns into a lovely little gem. Before receiving this album I had never heard of Saltillo, menton3 or Saturday Munich. (more…)