Freitag, 6. Dezember 2013

the setup - minister of death

this is their second full length, following 'the pretense of normality'. i made an attempt in the past to get hold of these two records. i asked at reality records for the coloured versions, the label which released them, but with the reply that they had sold out on the two. a little time after that, i got outbid on ebay for a white copy of the debut full length 'the pretense of normality'. it went for more than i anticipated and i was quite surprised about that. sometimes ebay is beyond my limited grasp. anyway, two months ago i got one of these discogs mails.
a seller from italy wanted reasonable 15 euros for this coloured version of 'minister of death'. i did him the favour of opening my wallet and a week or so later i was able to remove another item from my wantlist. the sound of the setup on this recording isn't that far away from 'this thing of ours'. a little slower maybe. it's a damn solid hardcore record that isn't that much of a cracker as 'ttoo' but i really enjoy it.
don't really think that clear blue was a good choice for the vinyl. looks a bit misplaced looking at the colour pattern of the cover art. something inbetween the range of yellow and red would have been more appropriate, but who am i to tell. the cd version was released by gsr music. reality records handled the vinyl version. 100 on clear blue and 400 on black vinyl. 2006.