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Ett systeralbum till kritikerrosade "Leitbild".

Digipack.<br/><br/>För att fira 35-årsjubileum, belgiska elektroniska musik pionjärerna FRONT 242 åter-släpper flera av deras album i remastrade versioner. No Comment Politics Of Pressure släpptes 1984 och 1985, vid en tidpunkt då FRONT 242 nått sin fulla kraft och de hade blivit ledarna inom "Electronic Body Music" med deras högteknologiska och hårt kantade elektroniska punk-dansmusik.

Kraftwerk: At The Cirkus (Broadcast 2004) [2 CD]

Kraftwerk: Fairfield Tour (Broadcast 1975) [CD]

Covenant har numera en helt svensk lineup som består av: Eskil Simonsson (vocals, composition), Daniel Jonasson (keys samplers), Andreas Catjar (keys, gitarr) och Joakim Montelius (lyrics, patterns) som nu är tillbaka i bandet.<br/><br/>Snygg specialutgåva. Fet digi med bonus-cd matad med över 73 minuter musik.

Dubbel-CD med show från Fukuoka Dome, Japan, den 8 december 1993, som också direktsändes på radio. På CD för första gången.

"The Blinding Dark" is definitely not Covenant's most easily accessible album. It does not contain as many hits as classics like "Northern Light" or "United States Of Mind", and it is surely less pleasant than Covenant's most striking earworms "Dead Stars" and "Happy Man". Still, "The Blinding Dark" is exciting not only because of its telling title, but also since it shows a remarkable development in style, something that Covenant decidedly wanted with this record - and not least thanks to the subject matter they address. Of course, dancefloors will still shake during "Sound Mirrors", "Immortal" or "I Close My Eyes", yet the albums focuses rather suppressed tracks of subtle darkness such as the Kraftwerk- and Jarré-inspired "Dies Irae" and the Lee Hazelwood(!) cover "Rider On A Wild Horse", a 1977 country anthem that has been turned into a sombre, sluggish electro requiem with heavy acoustic drums.<br/> <br/>Eventually "The Blinding Dark" offers a lot to discover, not least probably because long-standing Covenant member Joakim Montelius has once again taken more responsibility in the studio than on their previous works and due to the fact that Daniel Myer (haujobb, Architect) has returned as a permanent fixture in the group's live line-up.<br/> <br/>Thus, "The Blinding Dark" may hark back to one of Covenant's less "hit-heavy" records that turned out to have more depth and longevity just because of its raw character. It is their second full-length "Sequencer" that could have been the blueprint for the mood on "The Blinding Dark" with slower numbers such as "Tabula Rasa" or "Flux". And there could be worse references, right?