Leather Strip - Mental Slavery - CD - 3CD Box

release date: june 25th 2010 “Mental Slavery” is no doubt the most open and club-minded album written by LEAETHER STRIP since his return to the forefront of the electronic scene. Claus Larsen masterfully delivers a very angry and upbeat album dealing with mental distortions triggered by our world made of fear, pain and anger. A concept perfectly captured in the album art by the talented American artist Evi Numen. LEAETHER STRIP translated this emotional violence into a roller-coaster collection of EBM songs constructed around powerful electronic sequences, punishing beats and brutal harsh vocals (“Turmoil”, “Your God has left you tonight”, “No entry no exit”, “Battle Mind”, etc). And to avoid making this dark album sounding too claustrophobic and intricate, Claus Larsen added that little touch of experimentation through a couple of more intimate songs (“Invade my body” or “The bear’s aren’t sleeping tonight”) and other slower moody tracks (“We Built the walls”, the poignant “Slow”, the carrying “Dead Soil” or yet the grandiose dreamy “Abscido”...)  which all together reinforce the richness of this chef d’oeuvre. Also noticeable is the evident inspiration of the classics in the likes of Beethoven’s “Moonlight sonata”, Chopin’s “Funeral march” or songs like the pearl “My Shadow is your home” or yet “My Funeral”.  There is also the splendid collaborations with Andi Sex Gang who offers the perfect vocal duet to “What have I done” or yet the acoustic version of “Songs for Pia” by I:SCINTILLA’s Jim Cookas... “Mental Slavery” is bound to become a milestone in LEAETHER STRIP’s prolific career, gathering in a way, the best elements which made the band's successful career to date, but also opening new directions and exploring new grounds reminding us of how unpredictable our favorite Danish multi-talented artist can be. Tracks CD1 ‘Mental Slavery’: 01 Introvert 02 Turmoil (fuel for fascism) 03 My shadow is your home 04 I feel human 05 State of mind control 06 Invade my body 07 Out there 08 Abusive 09 Your god has left you tonight 10 Closer to the pulse beat 11 It's the end 12 No entry no exit 13 Thirty-seven point one 14 Strobe lights 15 Frankfurt noir 16 Invade my body (Bær Body Music mix) Tracks CD2 ‘Mental Slavery’: 01 Grab it now 02 We build the walls 03 Slow 04 Battle mind 05 Dead soil 06 Song for Pia 07 What have I done? (feat. Andi Se\* Gang) 08 H. C. Ørsted 09 Out there (Tunguska version) 10 My funeral 11 I watch you fall 12 Abscido 13 Song for Pia (acoustic, feat. Jim Cookas) 14 The Bears aren't sleeping tonight (Dance mix) Tracks CD3 ‘Mental Disturbance’ (bonus album only available with the limited box edition of “Mental Slavery”): 01 Grab it now (Sebastian Komor remix) 02 Battle mind (Kant Kino remix) 03 It’s the End (Pink Industrial Who\*es remix) 04 Introvert (Portion Control remix) 05 Turmoil (Halo in reverse remix) 06 Invade My Body (Kant Kino remix) 07 State of Mind Control (Project-X remix) 08 Invade My Body (Titans remix) 09 Turmoil (Autodafeh remix) 10 Slow (Psy’Aviah remix) 11 Introvert (Erektor remix) 12 It`s who I am (E-Craft remix) 13 Invade My Body (Exzakt & Rubberdoll remix) 14 Battle mind (Spark! remix) 15 Your God has left you tonight (Suessenborn Sinessence remix) 16 The Bears aren't sleeping tonight (Notch Se\*uality remix) 17 Slow (Advent Resilience remix) Tracks Bonus download card – ’Mental Recovery’ (only with the box edition!): 01 Slow (CERVELLO ELETTRONICO remix) 02 No entry no exit (CONTROLLED FUSION remix) 03 Strap me down (P.N.E remix) 04 Your God has left you tonight (amGod remix) 05 State of mind control (ESSENCE OF MIND remix) 06 The Bears aren't sleeping tonight (QUEER CUM remix) 07 Body Machine Body (FREAKANGEL remix) 08 No entry no exit (STERIL remix) 09 Invade my body (DIE-6 remix) 10 The Bears aren't sleeping tonight(ACYLUM feat. HausHetaere remix) 11 Your God has left you tonight (DUNKELWERK remix) 12 Battlemind (PETER SEQUENCE remix) 13 Body Machine Body (RED INDUSTRIE remix) 14 The Bears aren't sleeping tonight (GAYTRON remix) 15 Turmoil (NEIKKA RPM remix) 16 State of mind control (SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS remix) 17 Introvert (PROJECT-X remix) 18 Strap me down (RAZORFADE remix) 19 Invade my body (PETER SEQUENCE remix)