A rhythmic machine, ein zwei – Hypnoskull – the unbridled product of Patrick Stevens from Belgium. His method of expression is rhythmic industrial. Compulsory, regular plod, crushed by anarchic breaks. Harsh sounds, beat and its anti-regularity ideally reflect the artist’s character. The essence of Hypnoskull can be summarised in famous words electronic music means war to us. The creation of Hypnoskull is however weeded out of any ideological ballast, which was stressed by the artist himself in the memorable manifesto The Power of Noise in 1997. Hypnoskull is one of the cornerstones of Ant-Zen label, meritorious for this type of music. It is a flagship act of festivals, such as Electroanschlag, Machinenfest or late-lamented Schlagstrom. Hypnoskull is a sane cynicism plus a doze of black irony; it embraces techno, hardcore, breaking tempo, serial beat and another break. It introduces total rhythm just to break it the next moment, shock with an absurd sample and again attack mercilessly with a storm of synthetic beat.
HYPNOSKULL (B)
