- Searing EBM from the Berlin duo's debut album.
- Amigdala's debut LP No Ritual Will Summon A Machine ripened on Berlin's DIY stages. When I first heard "Pleasureless" live, its pummeling industrial beat had me seeing stars. Zho Sauer's production is a relentless agitator: the vibe is blackened but not indulgent, metallic hisses add a menacing glow and the pace pushes you to move. ''The light looms and nothing / is true if I think about it,'' vocalist Franciscx Vera begins, encapsulating that emerging from the night feeling. Intimate and poetic, her lyrics observe the corporeal world from the vantage point of a murkier realm, fantasizing about what it would be like to turn away entirely.
Tracklist01. Pleasureless