Thrift Store Music: Neon Judgement (The)

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Neon Judgement (The) - Blood & Thunder

Name: The Neon Judgement
Album: Blood & Thunder
Year: 1989
Style: Cold Wave, Industrial, EDM/EBM
Similar Bands: Borghesia, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, KMFDM, Front 242, Cabaret Voltaire, Nitzer Ebb
"One-Word" Review: Electric Propeganda Cow Punk
Based Out Of: Brussles, Belgium
Label: Play It Again Sam Records, Waxtrax

Cover, Sleeve, Record

Back, Lyrics, Record

Blood & Thunder (1989)

Facing Pictures 5:27
1313 4:44 (single)
Damned I Love You 4:41
Games of Love 4:06 (single) /
Don't Wish Me Luck 3:58
This City 4:36
Ritual of Earth 5:43
Le Suicide Beau Serge 7:18

Album Rating (1-10): 5.5

Members & Other Bands:

Jean-Marie Aerts - Producer, Slide Guitar, Percussion, Bass (Lala, Louisette, Luk Vankessel & Spirit, Specimen & the Rizikoos, TC Matic, more)
Luc Van Acker - Producer, Guitar, Backing Vox (Arbeid Adelt!, Danceable Weird Shit, MLYTTKK, Noise Abroad, primitive Race, Revolting Cocks, Spinegrinder, Three Angry Poles, more)
Dirk Da Davo - Vox, Guitar, Samples, Synths, Korg DDD1, Bass, Percussion (Neon Electronics, Implant, Dave Inox, If It Moves, Vandal X )
TB Frank - Guitar, Vox, Korg DDD1, Bass, Synths (Aimless Device, Neon Electrics)
Beatrice - Backing Vox
Fats (Mark Devroy) - Harp
Stoy Stoffelen - Hi Hat, Drums (De Ritme Kings, Lenny & De Wespen, Luk Vankessel & Spirit, Machitun De Chile, Specimen & the Rizikoos, The Centimeters, The Millionaires, Raymond van het Groenewoud, Big Bill, Snaar, Urbanus Van Anus, JM Troisfontaine, Garden, Chirojeugd, Walter Verdin, Jan De Wilse, Jean Blaute, De Kreet, Pas De Deux, Roland, Kazzen, Anne Mie Gills, De Nieuwe Snaar, Dr Feestkapoentjes, Hugo Matthysen, Koen Crucke, Kamagurka, Won Ton Ton, De Kreuners, Tom Wolf, Bart Kaell, Johan Verminnen, The Choice, Suske En Wiske, Bart Van den Bossche, JMX, K's Choice, Yevgueni, Raf Coppens, Aroma Di Amore, Wreed & Plezant, De Grugblavers, Stef Gie & Chris)
Christian Ramon - Remastering
Michel Dierickx - Engineer
Ferre Baelen - Bass (Afro Erotica, Aimless Device, Air of Gloom, Edwards & Armani, inocube, Lala, Le Mystere, Little Little, Panthera, Partisan, Revenge 88, Rossi, Sleepwalker, Stagebeast, TC Matic, Trance Trax, Two Thumbs, Von Coburg & Armani, Zsa Zsa "La Boum", Tjens Couter, Sonia Dufour, Jo Lemaire, Ginger Morris, Niki Mono, Kamiel Kafka & Co, Arno)
JP Everaerts - Engineer
Jean Le Belge - Percussion, Bass, Vox
Daniel Muffat - Congas (Patrick Nuissier, Johan Verminnen, Vaya Con Dios)
Wim Wenders - Sleeve Pics
Hugues De Wurstemberger - Inner Sleeve Pics
Stephan Barbery - Sleeve Design

Unknown-ness: I've never heard of this band, but from the bleak photo and an americana mid-western landscape. I can only imagine this will be a sort of western sweeping soundscape record. The packaging reminds me of the band Lone Justice for some reason.

Album Review: The album does begin with a harmonica, but the synth drum beats added in give it a sterile western vibe. The vocals have an authoritarian Eastern European delivery to them, not unlike Ed Schrader. Some of the tracks are a little dancier, but still with that cold propaganda appeal. The band consists of two members, who have programmed mechanical cold dance tracks since the early 80's, and are somewhat considered to be pioneers in the EBM genre. The album before this one was their first break into the US market. Their last effort (as of 2020) was in 2012.

Stand Out Track: Facing Pictures

Links:
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