59 minutes, 7 seconds

Vomito Negro
Dare

Why Belgium? What was it about the Flemish people or culture that led to such a huge explosion of EBM bands in the '80s? Maybe it's all Front 242's fault. (Did I say "fault"? I meant "thanks to Front 242.")

In any case, Vomito Negro never really made it big like Front 242. Instead of being signed to American labels like Wax Trax!, they were stuck on Belgium's KK Records, along with Insekt, Klinik, Force Dimension, and others. But their sound was so cool--they knew how to use space and syncopation to create stiff yet undeniably funky music aided by some very fat-sounding analog synths.

They tried to make a comeback a few years ago with an album called Fireball, but it failed to capture the sound that made them so identifiable and unique in the '80s. If you're interested, try to find Dare and the one they recorded for Antler Subway in 1991 called The New Drug. Both remarkable.

Also today:

59:05 Prager Handgriff, Täterschaft und Teilnahme
59:04 Unter Null, The Failure Epiphany (CD 1 of 2)
59:03 Aïboforcen, Face (of) Death
59:03 Am'Ganesha'n, Beyond the Soul
59:02 Laibach, Opus Dei
59:02 Liholesie, Primeval Rotation