ARTIST.... Genocide Organ
TITLE....... Obituary Of The Americas
STYLE..... Industrial, Power Electronics
LABEL...... Tesco Organisation – TESCO 100
QUALITY... 320 kbps/Joint-Stereo
COUNTRY.. Germany
1 Autodefensa 5:03
2 Formacion De Guerilla 5:37
3 I Don't Wanna Die 5:52
4 Escuela De Las Americas 4:13
5 Plastic Vests 5:22
6 Operacion Causa Justa 5:59
7 Kaibil 3:53
8 Todo Por La Patria 5:37
Genocide Organ have
earned their place as masters of the craft within industrial and power
electronics circles, and rightfully so for having been together 31 years
at this point. Not many other bands of their caliber come to mind when
considering their consistency of live performance and recorded output
with respect to their age. Since the release of ‘Under-Kontrakt’ in 2011, they have expanded upon their Archive line of releases, published ‘Absolute Truth’ with The Grey Wolves, and brought to light some versions of older works on ‘KwaZulu-NaTaL’. Though the tracks of ‘KwaZulu-NaTaL’ are stated to have been recorded in 1994, the production quality is of exceptionally high fidelity by contrast to 1995’s ‘Mind Control’ and most of their body of work, for that matter.
It was perhaps the delayed release of ‘KwaZulu-NaTaL’ in 2014 which set my expectations of what ‘Obituary of the Americas’
might sound like, but contrary to this its production is quite similar
in characteristics to most of G.O.’s other recordings. This is of small
consideration; more importantly, the release of Obituary holds a logical
and well-defined place in the chronology of Genocide Organ’s recorded
output. Whereas ‘Under-Kontrakt’ was concerned with military conflict of Sri Lanka, ‘Obituary of the Americas’
turns focus to the United States and more generally the relations
between regions of North & South America on the whole. From the
official press release:
“Genocide Organ have hidden in the
jungles, hills, deserts, slums and cities of the Americas for 4 years.
Being present on the shores of Panama, in the cardboard areas of El
Salvador, the jungles of Guatemala, the drug roots of Bolivia, the
human-drug trafficking (sic) in Mexico, the just in-justice in no-go
areas just across the iron border of the US.”
