I never got into Skinny Puppy in their heyday, even though I had
\nmany friends who all but worshipped that band. So why, I asked
\nmyself, should I get excited about
\nWelt<\/i>, the debut disc from ohGr – the new project from former
\nSkinny Puppy member Nivek Ogre?<\/p>\n
Then I listened to the disc – and, suddenly, it all became
\nclear. Teaming up with Mark Walk, Ogre is daring to reinvent the
\nconcept of electronic\/industrial music. This is Nine Inch Nails
\nwithout the hoarsely-screamed angst – and it’s nothing short of
\nincredible.<\/p>\n
Granted, it takes a minute or two to adjust yourself to this new
\napproach to electronica. And, granted, you cold argue that bands
\nlike KMFDM (with whom Ogre also logged some time) might be the true
\npioneers of this style. But ohGr takes the musical intensity into a
\nwhole new sphere; they turn down the volume of the music a notch
\nwithout depleting any of its power. That in itself is a neat
\ntrick.<\/p>\n
What is also a neat trick is that Ogre and Walk make the music
\non
\nWelt<\/i> a lot of fun to listen to – another thing one can’t
\noften say about industrial\/electronica. The backbeat created on
\n“Solow” is infectious, and is built on by a solid vocal performance
\nfrom Ogre. Likewise, “Water,” “Earthworm” and “Chaos” all capture
\nthe listener’s attention and keep them enthralled throughout the
\ncourse of the songs.<\/p>\n
Normally, I might complain about a CD clocking in at just under
\n45 minutes, never mind the fact that the length of an album in
\npre-CD days was about the same. But ohGr seems to know the right
\ntime to make their exit, leaving the listener wanting more without
\noverstaying their welcome. This is what “Minus” serves to do as the
\ndisc’s closer, and it does its job well.<\/p>\n
What is amazing is not merely that Ogre and Walk have done
\nsomething exhilirating with such a well-known form of music, but
\nthat this disc ever saw the light of day, the first version of the
\nalbum locked away in the vaults of a record company who won’t be
\nnamed here. If anything, I’d like to think that the time spent
\nbetween the different versions of these songs gave Ogre a chance to
\ngrow as a songwriter and as a musician. Having never heard the
\noriginal version of the album, I’m taking a guess here, but I think
\nit’s safe to say that he succeeded in ways even he could not have
\nimagined.<\/p>\n
\nWelt<\/i> is the disc that Ogre has had in his blood all along;
\nwe should be thankful that we can now share in that creation. This
\nis a disc that seems to promise even bigger and greater things from
\nohGr – if that is indeed possible, I can’t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7622],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39480","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-ohgr","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39480"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39480"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}