Isolationsgemeinschaft - Start. Stop. Zurück. LP

After two excellent LPs, Isolationsgemeinschaft from Berlin are hitting it big on their third album: 'Start. Stop. Zurück.' Deadpan observations of life under too-late capitalism are set to pulsating, bubbling analogue synth tracks - sometimes elegiac, often danceable, occasionally sliding into EBM ('Schwelle') or even Italo ('Zufall') territory, at other times intercut by sharp krautfunk guitars ('Funklöcher'). 'Start. Stop. Zurück.' is as sparse as it is varied, steeped in early continental electronic post punk but never falling into the retro trap. This is maximum minimal wave forged in the crucible of D.I.Y. punk and hardcore, and it shows. Guaranteed to haunt dancefloors from your grubby squat basements to your glam goth discos for years to come. (Tomi / Plague Pits)