IN STRICT CONFIDENCE: (2006) Exile Paradise Lim. Edition

Is there anyone left in the vitriolic world of electronic music who can compete with In Strict Confidence? With this album, I'd have to say that currently, no, there is no one who even comes close. It's certainly a treat to bear witness to a band who are at their creative peak, as this lot certainly are. "Exile Paradise" punches it up with the next one, "Fading Light", a high-tempo number which Antje smolders on vocally. The musical backdrop is just stupefying in its complexity, deliriously screaming along without ever letting up. To cram so many kick ass sounds into one song should be fundamentally impossible. "Wintermoon" features more acoustic elements, along with some of those trademark basslines which few bands seem to bother trying to create nowadays. A sparkling piano is also incorporated, which lends a melancholic shading. Delicious.
The production, packaging (who else bothers with art cards anymore?) and fluid transitions of this album cannot be mentioned enough. ISC have never sounded so polished. They have never before been this refined. I don't know what new technology they have managed to acquire since "Holy" but they're bloody proficient with it. Be warned.
The first bonus disc contains three extra tracks, of which "A Single Touch" is certainly the most unusual and definitely the best. It lopes along on a "get this" trip hop beat. I have not heard them do this before but it works marvelously. Dennis and Antje duet once again during the chorus, (there's quite a bit of that on "Exile Paradise") while the album version of "Samael" just crushes. More Here!!!

Track Listing:
1. The Harder They Come...
2. Promised Land
3. Forbidden Fruit
4. Fading Light
5. Wintermoon
6. Manchmal Redest Du Im Schlaf
7. Regicide
8. Der Teufel
9. Away From Here
10. In Favilla
11. Something To Remember
12. ...The Harder They Fall
13. Samael
14. A Single Touch
15. Blind Spot

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