AMBASSADOR21 "CUT&GO (a collection of remixes by Ambassador21)" (INV040)

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ORKUS MAGAZINE

Jubilaeum, Teil drei. Anfang des Jahres gab's mit Drunken, Crazy, With A Gun bereits die erste Remixorgie zu vernehmen, als hochrangige Acts der Electro/Industrial-Szene Songs von Ambassador21 neu verarbeiteten. Nach der Caution!-DVD ("Invasion & friends 2K7") folgt nun das zweite Remixabenteuer, und diesmal hat das weissrussische Duo selbst Hand angelegt. Stuecke wie zum Beispiel Wings (Synapscape), Alien Overdrive (Sonar), Time Marches On (Foetus), You Are A Goth (:Wumpscut:) oder Insektenmenschen (Rasputeen) wurden durch die Zirbeldruese geschunden, was aus Cut & Go ein Electro-Massaker der haertesten werden laesst. Die meisten der Titel waren bisher allenfalls auf Compilations oder Singles beziehungsweise als Bonustracks in der Oeffentlichkeit aufgetaucht, aber auch drei ganz spezielle, bis dato unveroeffentlichte Werke haben hier ihren Platz gefunden: This Is Capitalism von Snog, Mister 29 von KiEw und Gas The Humans!!! von Proyecto Mirage sind in kuenstlerisch freier Kraft und enormer Haudrauflaune zu geniessen. Glueckwunsch also noch mal nachtraeglich zum Fuenfjaehrigen, und fast fertig ist ja auch das fuenfte Full Length-Album Fuck All $y$tem$, das 2007 fuer Ambassador21 hoechstwahrscheinlich den wuerdigen Abschluss bedeutet. (9)

by Thomas Sonder for Orkus Magazine

SIDE-LINE

To celebrate their 5th anniversary, the A21-duo released a collection of 15 remixes they've made for other bands in between 2003-2007. We here find different interesting names from the industrial and dark electronic scene, which proves that A21 became a quite respected and recognized project. The concept isn't the most original, but there's an interesting variety in influences and styles. One of my favourite remixes is the one they've made for :W:. The remix of "You are a goth" is a real cool symbiosis between dark electro elements and ambient atmospheres. Other fascinating remixes are the ones realized for Bak XIII (like industrial meeting grunge), Ctrler (hard industrial), Altera Forma (d'n'b influences), Sonar (techno-industrial) and Snog (rather minimal). Among the other remixes they've made I would mention Synapscape, Foetus, Proyecto Mirage, Kiew and Rasputeen. It's now high time for A21 to surprise us with a new and very own album!

by DP for Side-Line

GOTHTRONIC

Ambassador 21 from Belarus has first come to my notice at their 2003 European tour, where I have seen them on 3 occassions. In those days they where more a Digital Hardcore act with strong roots to such acts as Atari Teenage Riot and Ec8or. They quickly gained a lot of success with there music in 2004/2005 including gigs on such festivals as Maschinenfest in Krefeld. Now they return with a remix album including remixes that they did for several acts troughout the years.
Normally I’m not a big fan of remix-albums, most totally miss the message of the orginal recording, but this is something different.
Cut&Go is a compilation including a lot of big names, groups like Snog, Foetus or Wumpscut are ofcourse wellknown in the scene and the remixes that Ambassador 21 did for these groups are of a very high quality.
One of my favorite tracks is Anti Culture of The Shizit, a group that I already knew of before A21. They captured the brutal sound of these digital hardcore guys perfectly, most remixes of groups give you a different perspective of the original, but this one is great.
Other tracks worth checking out are Alien Overdrive by Sonar, Getaway by Ctrler and Mister 29 by Kiew.
The 15 tracks on this album are worth checking out and maybe buying it.

Gothtronic

ELEGY MAGAZINE

Apres nous avoir enchante avec le DVD Caution! Invasion & Friends 2k7 ou l’album de remixes Drunken, Crazy, With A Gun, Ambassador 21 nous offre cette fois-ci une collection de remixes de ses artistes amis preferes. Le duo s’est en effet attele ces quatre dernieres annees а decouper pour mieux reconstruire fason breakcore diverses oeuvres d’artistes de la scene industrielle internationale. F.Y.D., le "Wings" de Synapscape, Sonar, "Time marches on" de Foetus, :Wumpscut :, Rasputeen, Proyecto Mirage, Bak XIII et autres Snog ("This is Capitalism", meconnaissable) se voient donc torpilles par les beats concasses et fracasseurs d’Alexey et Natasha. Efficace, violemment dansant et dangereusement epileptique, Cut & Go est а l’image des albums d’Ambassador21: ultra fucking destroy!

by Yannick Blay for Elegy Magazine

SCHLENDRIAN MAGAZINE

Weissrusslands Finest in Sachen Digital Hardcore Riot veroeffentlichen, was das Zeug haelt. Hier groesstenteils unveroeffentlichte und exklusive Remixe aus den Jahren 2003-2007, die die beiden Cyber-Punks fuer andere Kuenstler angefertigt haben, darunter so illustre Namen wie Jim "Foetus" Thirlwell, :wumpscut: und KiEw. Dass es verhaeltnismaessig hart zur Sache geht, aber zumeist tanzbar bleibt, versteht sich natuerlich von selbst.

by Andre Pluskwa for Schlendrian Magazine

AD NOISEAM

After having been remixed on "Drunken, crazy, with a gun", Ambassador21 get the reverse treatment on "Cut & Go", gathering here 15 remixes they have executed of other people's track. From the harsh noise of Sonar or Synapscape to the more syncopated beatsof Ctrler, Snog or Wumpscut, the 15 original artists get the cold belarussian treatment, and end up drenched in harsh distortion, punk energy and lo-fi grittiness. But hey, that's Ambassador21 as we have learned to like them.

by Nicolas Chevreux for Ad Noiseam