The front man of noisy machine rock band
Chemlab turns to re-creation. The wizard conjures up a new version of one
Chemlab tune ("Suicide Jag") and others by
Bryan Ferry ("Into Every Dream Must Come Some Heartache"),
Iggy Pop ("Sister Midnight," "Search and Destroy"),
Love ("7 and 7 Is..."), and others. This is
Louche's first release after
Chemlab. Joining him here are such industrial music luminaries as JG Coleman (
Cop Shoot Cop,
Phylr),
Martin Atkins (
Pigface),
Martin King (
Test Dept,
Subgenius), and others.
Louche does not play an instrument but instead "orchestrated" each track. A different lineup of rock musicians each time makes reality the version of the song that
Louche imagined. The most successful reworking is the sci-fi lounge-jazz of "Suicide Jag."
Louche gives similar treatment to
Sinatra's "Summer Wind." Who knows? Maybe
Jared Louche is the first post-industrial song stylist ready for a robot-ready room in Vegas.