BROKEN ARROWS Vinyl & CDs

Review: Emergent duo Broken Arrows were previously spotted lurking around Giallo Disco back in 2015, so you should have some idea of the kind of lurid late night machine sleaze they like to get their hands dirty with. They've now slid over to the sympathetic but marginally more techno-minded Vivod imprint with a new clutch of deviant heaters for those adventurous dancefloor spaces where B-movie sounds reign supreme. "Female Predator" is a tough EBM-tinted workout with plenty of jack in its stack, while "Fear Eats The Soul" takes a more synth-wave approach with some speech samples thrown in for good measure. "Edge Of Darkness" is a more tense affair that pings arpeggios around a minor key refrain, and then "Basic Structure" whips out the hardest track on the record, a lithe industrial stomper laden with rhythmic noise and a mean synth bassline that will hit your solar plexus like a battering ram.

Review: Cyber Dance Records affiliates Spruxx and Bill Ambrose come together as Broken Arrows for some rippling EBM adventures on the Giallo Disco label. Whilst some releases on Giallo Disco tend to be a bit too esoteric for the dancefloor, this Broken Arrows material is the kind of thrilling sonics you want to slam in the mix and join everyone else on the dancefloor. Described quite accurately as the sound of a "slime coated pansexual Club D'Amore as populated by malfunctioning ED-209s getting real freaky" all three Broken Arrows cuts have us hoping Spruxx and Ambrose have further music together up their sleeves. It's all topped off by a superbly menacing remix of "So Few Truths" from Drvg Cvltvre.