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REVL9N
Waiting for Desire + 9 Nuances of Skacid EP
(Torncrantz rock'n'roll)

Outta nowhere, these underrated and mysterious Swedish dance-punk rockers deliver another stiff dancefloor wallop just in time for the warmer weather ahead. But it's not like they haven't done it before. "Someone Like You" is a Williamsburg dancefloor anthem and "Walking Machine" predated the nu-rave of Justice and Simian Mobile Disco by almost two years. Now paired down to a duo, Revl9n's "Waiting for Desire" is built around a beat so stiff it's funky and vocalist Maria Eilerson's sexy, sing-songy yelps. The Maxxxxy-single includes nine(!) skacid (ska meets acid) remixes by artists such as In Flagranti and Sci-Fi SKANE. The elaborately packaged 12-inch contains the single and four remixes, while the CD has an additional five remixes not on the vinyl. This is a banger!!

REVL9N

Revl9n like it better when it hurts. They're a kiss from a machine, a scratch from your favourite feline. The sound is brittle and brutal, vulnerable and visceral, stark and sensual. While this season's guttersnipes are content to dabble in lazy nostalgia or some grubby art school affectation of sleaze, Revl9n stand wilfully apart, unflinchingly modern, but with a tension, energy and attitude that's pure punk rock.

Since their beginnings in Stockholm in the late nineties, Maria Eilersen and Nandor Hegedüs have always spurned the idea of staying still or taking the 'hip' option. Each record has shown a progression, a strive for perfection, a willful rejection of dwelling on past glories.

Live, they'll appear with "too many synthesisers" or use backing tracks to augment their sound. Either way, indifference is impossible. Apathy is a challenge to be welcomed, not something to fear. Theirs is a labour of love, hate and dogged determination in the face of occasional adversity. They know they have something to say and they're going to make damn sure you listen, whatever it takes.

The new Revl9n finds them moving on again, in search of thrilling new rhythms, while losing none of the drama and sense of subversive and enigmatic pop thrills. If they scare you, you probably deserve it. But pay attention and Revl9n will seduce you, darkly and delicously.

– DJ Tage, Manchester, March 2008



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