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I finally got a chance to review this vinyl release that came out the same time full-length "shock front" did. "coma" is a more club-floor oriented version of "shock front" - each composition maintains structure and constant pulverizing beat throughout the length of the track, making it quite suitable for club play.

after some recent appearances by converter ("cold" by pain station, exoskeleton2) that were not as impressive as the first release, it is nice to go back and listen to the tracks that determined the success of "shock front". the best club hit on the disk is obviously "denoggenizer (kill the brain)" - instense and club-friendly, a perfect dancefloor-slaughtering composition with constant punishing beats and dense underlying noise pattern.

the fun continues with "dream convertor" that shows all that converter is famous for - unexpected sound manipulations and unique song structure. it starts out as dense, inhuman atmospheric track filled with multiple layers of subtle mechanized noises, caustic sounds, random frequences, distant echoes; in the middle of the track the machine wakes up, and the track develops a steady dancefloor beat disturbed by sudden noise eruptions with the atmospheric setting still present but pushed to the background.

track "material" is saturated with feedback and creates a disorganized and overloaded atmosphere that is a great setting for a collage of bass, killing breakbeats and white noise. unexpected turns and sudden noise attacks will catch you off-guard.

album version of "deadman (perdition)" presents trademark converter sound - cold dissonant frequences, tweaked analog sounds and slow, insanely heavy percussion exploding in your ears.

"nix" is based on dislocated techno-beat contrasted with pulsing noise waves and controlled feedback - an interesting exploration of other genres. "reflex" is yet another heavy track filled with heavy saturated noise and pulsating metallic percussion ripping through its layers; slowly twisting and truning the mechanized beast is advancing surrounded by the clouds of subtle electric charges and pulsing explosions. it is gradualy pushed to the background to be replaced by amazing variety of percussion experiments. the atmospheric noises are slowly replaced with heavy beat.

this is a great companion for "shock front"; on this vinyl converter played with sound structures that did not necessarily fit on the debut cd which makes it even more appealing to any fan.