Songs Of Love And Decay, by Broken English Club

Songs Of Love And Decay

by Broken English Club

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DAS VILLAIN Oliver Ho aka Broken English Club is incapable of doing any wrong! His music of ruthless industrial music, experimental soundscapes, and pounding techno techno is "dark dance perfection".

On Oliver's latest release only proves that point where music futurism isn't a suggestion, but a command! Favorite track: Vessel Of Skin.

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a1. A Shallow Lake
a2. Crawling
a3. England Heretic
b1. Death Cult
b2. Love And Decay
c1. Night Fall
c2. Vessel Of Skin
c3. Pacific Island Kill
d1. Prisoner
d2. Ghost
d3. The Occult Body

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1.	A Shallow Lake 02:59	buy track
2.	Crawling 04:55	buy track
3.	England Heretic 03:23	buy track
4.	Love And Decay 05:22	buy track
5.	Death Cult 04:55	buy track
6.	Vessel Of Skin 04:24	buy track
7.	Night Fall 05:57	buy track
8.	Pacific Island Kill 04:02	buy track
9.	Lost Gods 04:58	buy track
10.	Prisoner 06:23	buy track
11.	Sacred Sacrifice 03:08	buy track
12.	Ghost 05:20	buy track
13.	Non Place 04:21	buy track
14.	The Occult Body 04:25	buy track

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Dekmantel UFO Series continues its resurgent form with a new album of bruising, industrial wave and techno from Broken English Club. UK techno mainstay Oliver Ho debuted his dark and brooding alias more than 10 years ago with a release on Jealous God under the guidance of the late, great Juan Mendez (Silent Servant) — Songs Of Love And Decay is explicitly dedicated to Mendez, whose influence runs deep in this seductively sinister corner of underground, independent electronic music.

Within the overarching aesthetic of the Broken English Club sound, Ho finds the freedom to deliver a full spectrum album as diverse as it is consistent. You can sense the shadow of his roots in 90s tribal techno punching through on 'Crawling' and 'Death Cult', while 'England Heretic' leans on thick swathes of analogue synthesis indebted to Giallo soundtracks and the ever-compelling lure of 80s synthwave. In its grinding layers of distortion and dubbed out vocals 'Vessel Of Skin' speaks more to the post-punk influences which have set Broken English Club apart since the outset. This isn't a purely retro-fetishist expedition, though — 'Pacific Island Kill' and 'Lost Gods' exude stark modernism in their sharply-angled sequences and dramatic sound design, moving beyond the functional demands of 4/4 dance music to reach to more cinematic zones.

These are but some of the approaches Ho burrows into as he shapes out the depth and breadth of his muse on Songs Of Love And Decay. It's marked by the undeniable impact of his production, perfected over a decades-deep career at the bleeding edge of machine music. At times the album celebrates the addictive thrust of the dancefloor, while elsewhere it relishes the tension of suspended animation. Throughout, the gritty veneer binds together this accomplished, uncompromising body of work as both a fierce artistic statement and a loving tribute to Mendez — an artist who equally embodied the darker side of the dance.

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released March 21, 2025

dedicated to Juan
mixed and produced by Oliver Ho
mastered by Alain Paul
cover photo by Archie Finch
artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos
distributed by Rush Hour Amsterdam

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