After the success of his 217 album Foren6, Martin Sane is on the verge of breaking out of his self-made scene cocoon with his electronic/industrial project F?x8:S?d8. Because F?x8:S?d8 has the potential to become the holistic industrial music project that could lead a long-awaited revival of the traditional electronic industrial sound that was previously supported by cult acts like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly or Mentallo & The Fixer in the nineties. As we write this info, Martin Sane is touring South America (!) with label mates 2nd Face while preparing his European tour activities for this year. It's this silence before the well-prepared storm that could help make Warning Signs one of the strongest oldschool electronic releases of the recent past. The signs are condensing at Warning Signs in more than one way: Martin Sane's evidence of the early warning signs of a dystopian downturn in our peaceful societies can be found on our news almost daily. The concept of insecurity and fear is beginning to grow in different places on Earth: from North America to Europe to Southeast Asia. His new album is the soundtrack to this modern dystopian downfall, which we would rather ignore than face. Musically, Warning Signs is so old-fashioned that you could almost call it a retro industrial album because it contains all the ingredients that made industrial music so exciting in the '8s: Vocal samples, complex drum programming and large string sounds mixed with structures reminiscent of old Skinny Puppy cult pieces like Inquisition or Addiction. Like their originals, however, the Fix8 songs need repeated listening to immerse themselves in the music and let their full potential unfold in our heads. And yet Sane finds his own style and version of electronic urgency among the great Canadian masters, which almost again captivates with a stoic self-confidence in his own abilities. But what is most surprising is the contradiction between the theme of the album and its sound: How can something that sounds so retro be tailored to a status quo that so aptly describes our present time? Can we still afford to ignore these warning signs? Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
