POUPPÉE FABRIKK ELITE ELECTRONICS EP PROTOTYP RELEASE: AUGUST, 2001 REVIEW: SEPTEMBER 7, 2001

This EP marks the return of Sweden's old EBM heroes Pouppée Fabrikk. After gradually shifting their sound towards guitar driven death metal, they are back again with completely electronic tunes. There are four tracks on this EP, including a remix of the title track that doesn't add much. All of the tracks seem destined for the dance floor, and retain the attributes that made the band famous ten years ago. That is, growling vocals, Nitzer Ebb bass lines and hard beats.
So far so good, but shouldn't something have happened in those ten years? These songs could easily have fitted on their first two albums, which probably is not a good thing. Even the drum sounds are the same, but the overall sound is perhaps a bit more modern. It seems the band got sick of the people who stopped listening when they went metal, and decided to return to their roots to fix this. But who am I to judge? Maybe they just found out this is the kind of music they want to make. I was one of those who still liked them when they added guitars, and I kind of like this too, but it is not what it should have been.
With that said, I'm guessing this will do pretty good in the harder clubs out there. Because it is competently done, albeit a bit boring.

JOHAN CARLSSON