Featuring obliterated vocals screamed through a storm of distortion that would make even a young Al Jourgensen blush, and backed by mega-ton break beats that would make a young Alec Empire proud, Futuristic Wagdug Unity is nothing if not a force to be reckoned with.
It's a little hard to believe that the blistering juggernaut that is Wagdug Futuristic Unity is the work of a single man. Then again, this is Hiroshi Kyono of The Mad Capsule Markets we're talking about. He does like to include a wide range of friends in on the fun as well. Greatly inspired by both hip-hop and nu-metal, WFU collaborators include Maximum the Hormone's Ryo and Slipknot's DJ Starscream as well as the likes of Chino Moreno of the Deftones and Funky Gong of the psychedelic Joujouka.
Star-studded name-dropping aside, it's really the music that's the star here. Featuring some truly massive wall-of-noise distorted industrial beats and incomprehensible vocals, saying it's confrontational would be an understatement. Embracing the same sort of "riot sounds produce riots" of Digital Hardcore Recordings, WFU is a call to arms. The various high contrast videos serve to drive the point home, full of gas-masks and other military gear, they paint a bleak, war-blasted landscape. Still, along the way Kyono does find a little room to expand his sound and let the songs breathe a bit. It doesn't happen often, but there are the occasional hints at deeper, washed-out electro hell-scapes burning under the chaotic overworld.
It's a little unclear whether or not Wagdug Futuristic Unity will become a full-time project or just remain an outlet for Kyono's fury while the Mad Capsule Markets remain on hiatus. Whatever the case, one album from WFU just might be enough, lest future releases start battling it out for supremacy, taking the entire universe down with them.
Systematic People
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Releases:
Hakari 2008
Nu Riot 2007
Ill Machine (x Ultra Brain)
Hakai (Deathtroy)
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