Tag Archives: Japanese industrial

Despair Rewires its Riot with Remix Release

Location: Tokyo, Japan – Genre: Heavy Industrial, Electro
On October 3 Despair released its new remix CD, Rewired Riot Technology offering nine tracks from the band. Despair is best described as post-industrial carnage, discarding the traditional instruments for reworked noise and samples backed with a digital keytar. My recent review of the band’s 2006 release [...]

Despair :: Deserted Technology Riot :: Review

Location: Tokyo, Japan – Genre: Heavy Industrial, Electro
Nothing compares to Despair live – check my first reaction to Despair at one Tokyo Dark Castle in 2005. All traditional instruments have been thrown on the junk pile with heavy industrial noise tracks and a digital ax-style keyboard being the only thing between you and the [...]