With _Satan's Circus_, Death in Vegas moves away from their rock-electronic hybrid and embrace a more pure electronic front -- or maybe simply replace the rock element with droning krautrock. Either way, the results astound: the brittle delicacy of "Zugaga" sounds unlike most of the oeuvre so far, while "Sons of Rother" takes a simple loop and adds the layers until it has expanded in all directions. And while the dubby of "Heil Xanax" doesn't seem like a far step for them, the more abstract space-dub of "Candy Mackenzie" reaches further out into the vacuum. And although Death in Vegas has never really aimed for the dancefloor, tracks such as "Reigen" and "Head" seem to go for the rock/electronics/dance hybrid most recently embodied by the DFA label. And the final track, "Come On Over to the Other Side, Softly Softly" goes totally abstract with its looped tones. The _Live at Brixton_ cd, serves as a benchmark to show how much this album differs from their others (but that's not to say that it's not rocking fun in its own way).

Really Curious these Death In Vegas Album. When everybody can expected they follow the succesfully psychedelic electronic-rock line of "The Contino Sessions" and "Scorpio Risinsg", they turn to a really experimental album. In the line of the first krautrockers they made a really atmosferic dark and emotional album. Probably consciouss of the fact that some people can object their decission they give us a fantastic second cd with a Live act. If in the first cd we can listen the most experimental Death In Vegas songs, in the second one we can enjoy the energy of a live show full of rock and dance rythms. Fantastic.

A release inspired by Krautrock, sweeping analogue synthlines and staccato drumming permeates the album. "Sons of Rother" is a hommage to Neu!, and "Kontroll" emulates the bassline of Kraftwerk's "Kometenmelodie" to great effect. Recommended listening indeed!