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Gesaffelstein “Digital Slaves”

Gesafflestein’s new record Gamma is 100% sexy goth villain music, a stylish mish-mash of Depeche Mode, Suicide, Iggy Pop, Nine Inch Nails, Matthew Dear, The Cramps, and a dash of David Bowie. It’s camp, but only so much, and mostly just in the deadpan vocals. The textures and programming is sleek and seductive, a sound that perfectly suits the producer’s glossy black metallic mask. “Digital Slaves” is the most fun song the record, an old time rock and roll number with a spooky electronic makeover and gleefully nihilist lyrics. Like a lot of the best goth music, it’s winking and a little silly, but also fully committed to the darkness.

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