The Chicago-based duo Die Warzau constructs some of the funkiest, cutting edge tracks around! Despite their busy schedules (producing and mixing for acts like KMFDM and Machines of Loving Grace) Jim Marcus and Van Christie manage to assemble a complex, real work of art in Engine.
The layering of atmospherics, sample, odd sounds, and grinding beats produces track after track of pure sonic ecstasy. Jim Marcus adapts his haunting vocals to the varied tempos. From the slower funk of "Grounded" to the quasi-eerie lilt on "All Good Girls" (also found on the soundtrack to the film Hideaway), to the manic rap-style of "Material", Marcus serves up one winner after another.
Engine is a thorough listening experience, molded by talented song craftsmen. It is people like those that comprise Die Warzau that put the "art" back in the term recording artist.
