The Assassin - Murder? Crime of passion? Rome's new 'Chanson Noir' speaks of man's enslavement in a world of constant transformation. The traditions of (French) Chanson and (American) Folk are becoming more influential in their current work. Chansonniers like Léo Ferré, Jacques Brel and singer / songwriter heroes like Cave, Cash and Cohen are obvious influences. This is the darker side of singer / songwriter tradition: post-industrial-folk with elements of Electro-Pop, complex arrangements of breathtaking melodies, mesmerising ballads of lyrical beauty, underlining Rome's ethos of never faltering or remaining uninvolved. Features four songs, among which the exclusive and intimate track "One Flesh", along with reinvented, "stringed" versions of two classic tracks "Der Erscheinungen Flucht' and 'Der Brandtaucher' (from "Masse Mensch Material"). Rome: unmasked, honest and authentic! Digipak.
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ROME - 'Masse Mensch Material' CD (Trisol)
Re-issue of Rome's 3rd album, originally released on Cold Meat Industry in 2008. Rome's particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neoclassical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist. But these outstanding songs have way too much depth to be dismissed as mere pop music. This third album is of a more subtle darkness and probably Rome's best work to date. A work of art of extreme sincerity, "Masse Mensch Material" revolves around the themes of love, faith and endurance. Rome has created a fascinating world of contradictions which each song lays out with clarity and with all the cruelty and kindness intact. Presented in an embossed digipak.
