Ambassador 21 / Buben – split (CD)

I got this as a trade item a long time ago. It was lying in my ever expanding to listen pile of stuff. This CD came out in 2002 on Invasion Wreck Chord (a digital hardcore / industrial / noise label from Minsk / Belarus founded by Ambassador 21). Ambassador 21 are a Belarusian duo of Natasha A Twentyone and Alexey Protasov. They do seven tracks of hard electronics + heavy guitars + various sampled goodies + sandpaper vocals. They sound like the angry, pissed-off bastard offspring of Nitzer Ebb / Skinny Puppy / Die Form. Good aggressive music.                         Buben (real name Vladislav Buben) is a Belarusian musician, artist, promoter, a creator of various radio and art projects. I heard a couple of years ago some of his albums released on Clinical Archives netlabel (info here http://clinicalarchives.blogspot.ca/). The music was intense experimental / harsh noise works  (definitely not an easy listen). I`m pleasantly surprised this time around. This is not noisy material. Buben does nine pieces of what sounds like a mix of electronic / EBM / industrial / experimental with some digital hardcore elements. Angry (not dance floor friendly material) electronic music. More information here: invasion@ambassador21.com