65 minutes, 18 seconds

Klinik
Melting Close & Sabotage

Great, classic Klinik from their golden era. I was playing this in the car this morning, uncharacteristically subjecting the two women I carpool with on Thursdays to the music I listen to. I kept the volume low. Nevertheless, one of them picked up on it during a lull in the conversation and asked me what it was.

"It's from the '80s," I replied. "This old Belgian band called the Klinik."

"Are they kind of like Kraftwerk?" she asked. "Sounds like it."

"Uh, sort of, I guess," I demurred. "Maybe a little."

Later, I realized I was being defensive. I'm not really a Kraftwerk fan (yeah, I know, industrial music probably couldn't exist without them, blah blah blah), and my initial reaction was to reject the comparison. But, like it or not, most people's reference point to electronic music is Kraftwerk. And is that so bad?

Also today:

65:14 Mediæval Bæbes, The Rose
65:10 Obszön Geschöpf, Yell of Fright
65:10 Xorcist, Phantoms
65:08 Funker Vogt, Maschine Zeit
65:07 Agonoize, 999 (CD 1 of 2)
65:07 Musterion, The Black Lodge