60 minutes, 52 seconds

Calva y Nada
Monologue Eines Baumes

A Spanish band that sometimes sang in German, Calva y Nada appears to be sadly no more. I always thought they had a fairly unique sound, and not just because of the mixing of language. They had a sense of humor (check out "Calva Polka" at the end of this disc), and their juxtaposition of bouncy synths and bombastic rhythms with Laibach-esque vocals set them apart from the typical early-'90s Skinny Puppy clones.

Unfortunately, they never really grew as a band--each album pretty much sounded like the one that came before it. I guess you could say that about a lot of bands, especially in the electro/EBM genre, but because Calva y Nada's sound was so distinctive, it only magnified the sense of repetition. Ironic, if you think about it.

Also today:

60:52 Project-X, Forbidden Desires
60:49 Leæther Strip, Solitary Confinement
60:48 Arbre Noir, Beyond
60:47 Vinterriket, Der Letzte Winter: Der Ewigkeit Entgegen
60:46 Front 242, Official Version
60:42 Numina, The Haunting Silence
60:40 Ab Ovo, Mouvements
60:40 Dioxyde, Torschlüsspanik
60:40 Einstürzende Neubauten, Strategies Against Architecture III (CD 2 of 2)
60:36 Sleeping Dogs Wake, Sugar Kisses
60:34 Psyclon Nine, INRI