Artist description Config.sys is a project of Krabbe (rhythmic noise and Samples), Kirk (Sequencer and rhythmic noise)and Stefan (Synthesizer). The first album " TRI SINgular " completed in own production, which connects monotonous rhytmische structures as in horror Movie with Samples from films and classical music as well as from radio plays, partially in addition, distorted, hammering, almost technoide rhythms as in the piece of title indicates. The influences of the music extend over the entire Industrial area to call particulars of tape would be unnecessarily and did not become fair the group also. Much fun when hearing! Have you still questions, then writes us nevertheless!

Music Style Rhythmic Noise Industrial

Musical Influences PAL, Pineal Gland, Winterkälte, Kiew etc.

Group Members Krabbe und Kirk

Instruments Computers, Mixers, Syntis etc

Albums TRI-SINgular, Basic

Press Reviews The webzine Recycle Your Ears writes at the 29.November 2000 over the debut CD " TRI SINgular the following................. CDR Self released 2000 Config.sys Tri-singular Tracklisting: 1. Intro+horror movie, 2. Seelen, 3. Tri-singular, 4. Milk and cookies, 5. Irriadation, 6. War, 7. Cryographie, 8. Maschinen tanz, 9. Milk and cookies (hard stuff), + 2 untitled tracks I don't know much about Config.sys, except that this is a duo coming from Wupperthal, Germany and that "Tri-singular" is their second release. This CDR, however, demonstrates a clear musical orientation: we're speaking here about violent, saturated and club friendly rhythmic noise. As most of the very young bands of the style seems to be coming from the US, it's interesting to compare the sound of Config.sys with the rising rhythmic noise american scene. First, this band sounds noisier, even though it features some rare clear synth lines. The beats are very saturated, and there's also a lot of distortion and feedbacks added to the tracks (remember Pineal Gland?). The rhythm patterns are not as complex as they can be in the genre, but the tracks are quite multi-layered, with a lot of different elements, from deep bass to loops of small clicks. The project seems to focus mostly on the catchiness of the tracks, most of them being quite danceable. Another major element of "Tri-singular" is the use of voice samples taken from movies or TV news. They appear in several tracks of this CDR, and give to the music a tongue-in-cheek / fun aspect, which reminds strongly of two other german bands, Kiew and Tumor. Even though you still can hear that this is a demo, the songs are well written and have a diversity. All the tracks, even the most club-oriented ones, are rather complex. This produces some very potential hits, as the furious "Seelen", "Milk and cookies" (most of all the "hardstuff" remix), the long and slightly Winterkälte-like "Irriadation" as well as the last untitled piece. "Tri-singular" is a very enjoyable album, full of good music and energy. I've been well impressed by this band, and I'm quite sure they should seduce anybody into the "other" german rhythmic scene (Kiew, Marita Schreck...) Nicolas, November 29, 2000......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... The webzine Recycle Your Ears writes at the September 4th, 2001 over the singel " Basic " the following. CDR Self released 2001 Config.sys: Basic Tracklisting: 1. Chaozkopf, 2. Schmerzen, 3. Pionere New CDR for this duo from western Germany, with three powerful rhythmic noise tracks that confirm the direction Config.Sys has taken on their previous "Tri-singular". Distortion, rhythm, noise, and dance-appeal, the recipe is known but let's see how it is arranged on these three tracks. I've been told that the "Chaozkopf" track has become a local club-hit, and I wouldn't doubt it, since this is a very catchy and appealing piece, with a strong and percussive beat, and enough changes to be quite efficient. Not too repetitive (read not too Sonary / Hypnoskullesque), this is really a track on which Config.Sys mix the harshness of their sounds (very grinding, in a Pineal Gland way) with a loud and low percussion and some more high pitched key line that works very well. "Schmerzen", which starts with one of these TV samples I don't like that much (abotu pain, sickness and so on) is a bit more repetitive, based on only a couple of patterns being intertwined and treated. This one reminds me really more of the early days of rhythmic noise, when acts like PAL or Noisex where experimentating with this kind of sounds, and when the level of complexity that is now to be heard in some tracks (think Synth-Etik or Tarmvred) was still to be reached. I don't know if one can already speak of "old school rhythmic noise", but I guess this could be applied to this track. "Pionere" is another nice track, which is also quite repetitive, but a bit calmer, with a less distorted beat. Driven by a nice low riff and a sample that works quite good this time, this is a nice relaxing piece, that would work well as transition between two harsher and more percussive tracks (mostly with its undistorted breaks filled with voice samples). Less scraping than "Chaozkopf" and "Schmerzen", this is a nice track to relax too, even though it stays quite dense. Compared to last year's "Tri-singular", "Basic" is a nice progression for Config.Sys. It's actually very interesting to see how this band seems to focus on the "german" or "european" part of this genre, and, at the end, sounds really different from the rhythmic noise bands coming from America. With their harsher, maybe slower but definitely typical sound, these two guys could end up with something really good. "Basic" still sounds a bit like a demo", but there is some potential here. Rather interesting. Nicolas, September 4th, 2001

Additional Info Singel "Basic" *NEW*

Location Wuppertal, NRW - Germany

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