Control

Limited to 300 copies, comes in a 4 panel digisleeve with a 16 page booklet.

Enzo Kreft (Mechelen, Belgium) released two obscure but widely acclaimed minimal synth Cassette albums in the early 80s, creating a dark and atmospheric sound, using lo-fi overdubbing techniques with synthesizers, rhythm boxes, tape loops and an electric guitar. His debut album "Me Is" (1983) has become a worldwide collector's item, containing his well-known tracks "Beauty Queen" and "Erotic Fantaseesz". In his second album "Cicatrice" (1984), Enzo evokes images of an apocalyptic society full of fear, paranoia and destruction. When "Beauty Queen" and "Erotic Fantaseesz" were included on the second installment of “Underground Belgian Wave”, Enzo decided to plug the machines back in. Fast forward to 2019:

With “Control”, his third album after Turning Point (2016) and Wasteland (2017), Enzo Kreft examines how people are being controlled and oppressed, the way it happened in a recent past, what dangers threaten us today, and how it might slip into a future nightmare. Science fiction tracks such as "Scanned" and "Cyborg Platoon" paint a frightening picture of a world in which humans are controlled by rulers like marionettes by means of brain implants. A future in which insurgents trying to maintain freedom of thought are being eradicated by cyborg armies. Hovering between EBM, dark electro and a darker Bladerunner soundtrack, Enzo Kreft planted his flag once again in the firm soil of the dark Belgian underground.