Released April 2, 2007
Manasyt’s (Bulgaria-born Petar Tassev, who moved to Detroit and is now back in Europe, “somewhere” according to the Terminal Dusk site) brain-addling mini-album Filthdonor is definitely one hardcore electro ravers will want to gnaw on. Kommando 6 and Touchin’ Bass vet Tassev gets his claws dirty with nine hardcore samplings of filthy industrial electro created during 2005-06.
Tassev sets the mood with limb-severing beats, buzz-saw bass, and synth swarms in “Everyone Missing” and then weighs in with goosestepping acid-electro (“First Mission to Oberon”) and maggot-infested madness (“Dentist Artillery”). Side A simmers to a close with the dark “Information Retrieval” before again chopping heads on side two: hammering beats slap the listener awake in “Sick Logic,” a subterranean bass line growls throughout “Year of the Devil,” and a whiplash pulse gooses the gurgling robotics of “1984.” New pals Snakes & Duck spray artillery fire over fiery acid-stomp in “Izon VIP,” a volcanic remix of Manasyt’s “Izon Industries.” Admirably intent on wasting no one’s time, Tassev wrestles nine cuts into a mere half-hour total. (www.textura.org)