Portion Control - Filthy White Guy

[mac the bastard]

Filthy White Guy, new cd from Portion Control.

"portion control are one of the most influential and copied harder
edged electronic bands in the world. They have been honored and name
checked by the likes of Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Front Line
Assembly, NiN & Orbital. Formed in London in 1979 they have produced a
stream of critically acclaimed releases. 2006 saw the release of
archive a boxed collection of 5 CD's that included all the portion
vinyl now they forge on unfettered by typical genre thinking,
continuing to deliver a unique, innovative, updated and relevant sound
that is theirs alone - this is best summed up by the newest release
filthy white guy"

http://www.portion-control.net
http://www.myspace.com/porcon

A review at Release Magazine (9/10):
http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orportioncontrolfwg.html

Cheers,
Mac the bastard...
http://www.319-online.net

[mimus]

Post by mac the bastard
Filthy White Guy, new cd from Portion Control.
"portion control are one of the most influential and copied harder
edged electronic bands in the world. They have been honored and name
checked by the likes of Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Front Line
Assembly, NiN & Orbital. Formed in London in 1979 they have produced a
stream of critically acclaimed releases. 2006 saw the release of
archive a boxed collection of 5 CD's that included all the portion
vinyl now they forge on unfettered by typical genre thinking,
continuing to deliver a unique, innovative, updated and relevant sound
that is theirs alone - this is best summed up by the newest release
filthy white guy"
http://www.portion-control.net
http://www.myspace.com/porcon
http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orportioncontrolfwg.html
Cheers,
Mac the bastard...
http://www.319-online.net

Finally, I found some info on the Portion Control/ Solar Enemy/ Electro
Assassin hookup, which has nagged at me for years:

http://www.side-line.com/forum/threads.php?id=7792_0_20_0_C

I truly love and cherish _Bioculture_ and most of all _The Divine Invasion_:

Electro Assassin/ Bioculture (1994) (Pendragon/Metropolis)/ "Haywire",
"Heavy Unit", "Ultrafear", "F-Zero" and "Terminal Choice" (29:53).

"Haywire", "Heavy Unit" and "Terminal Choice" are excellent (in spite of
the silly intro to the first). Raw. Good voice and throb, both
reminiscent of _Front by Front_, but more rocklike overall (eg, power
chording). Excellent noise on "Haywire" and "Terminal Choice", too.
Lyrics the all-too-usual gothic/sci-fi mix.

Electro Assassin/ The Divine Invasion (1995) (Cyber-Tec/SPV/Synthetic
Symphony)/ "Bodyhammer", "Voyager", "Dreamweb" and "Beyond Salvation"
(26:35)

Magnificent. Polished, dense, powerful, beautiful. A huge leap from
_Bioculture_. In order, funky; spacy (lyrically and musically); funky and
spacy; and hang on to yer hat. Lots of rhythms *here*. And the album
positively crawls with spacey instrumentals.