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Infotainment
by Pitch Shifter
Product Group: Music
Studio: Phantom Sound & Vision
ISBN: B000024LQO
EAN: 5018615113720
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 1996-05-07
Release Date: 2007-09-04
SKU: 0711300041
Condition: New
Comments: Shrink Wrapped!
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
Pitch Shifter, who once drew inspiration from Godflesh, reach beyond the constrictions of industrial metal to explore the vast possibilities of electronic sound. The band's Infotainment? is a visceral noise feast that combines crushing rhythms and cutting edge riffs with metallic techno and jungle beats. The result is the violent, chaotic sound of a society whose technological advances rapidly and unknowingly lead it to oblivion. Revel in the apocalypse. --Jon Wiederhorn
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Album Description
2007 digitally remastered reissue of the hard-edged Industrial/Drum 'N' Bass act's 1996 album. One of their most popular releases, this also remains one of their most cohesive albums to date. 12 tracks. Earache.
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Customer Reviews
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another take frlom this band..
Rating  (4)
Date: 2003-05-13
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
pitchshifter has somehow endured a number of style changes without losing their fanbase, something decidedly rare in music now. this cd, sadly hard to find now, provides their earlier playings with adding electornica into their more metal/industrial music, and they did a superb job with it. a band all about politics, and even being british as they are, the american's will identify ( especially with the bands unusual focus on american politics! ) this cd is decidedly worth owning, with such noteworthy tracks as phoenixology to the strange clip shot journey that is Hanger 84.
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pitchshifter at the height of their sound
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-06-19
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
i must say this album is quite impressive and unique, it is much unlike any other of the whole industrial scene. the music is very brutal and technical, combining hard edge metal riffs with fast-paced techno style beats and the vocalist j.s. clayden sings and screams with distorted (?) aggressive vocals. altogether a chaotic, abrasive, brutal and very unique album. i rank this one up with my favourite industrial masterpieces like godflesh's "streetcleaner" and ministry's "psalm 69".
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My Favorite CD Of The Hardcore Techno Revolution
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-09-23
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Ptichshifter were and are the leaders and the best band in this whole industrial/nu-metal scene. Infotainment? is their best CD by far, featuring hardcore beats, fast guitars, and an array of programming tricks to make it worth the while. I love cranking this one up, because it sounds so good loud, and live as well. The gruff vocals mixed with techno are ingenious, and instead of being another brainless punk band, Pitchshifter are a smart band that knows what they're talking about politically. This quirkily abrasive band from Nottingham, England is one of the best forces on the metal circuit now, and should be checked out. The best songs are (We're Behaving Like) Insects, Whiteout, and Bloodsweatsaliva, but they're all good. Also check out Society 1, 20 Dead Flower Children, and Apartment 26.
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THE DEFINATE CHAOS LANDSCAPE
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-12-15
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
with the driving force of classic punk and hardcore metal fused with the caustic atmosphere of industrial and the fat chest beating beats of hip hop and elctronica,infotainment really is a innovative gem.pitchshifter have progressed and developed in leaps and bounds since their mighty days in the deathcore buisness.infotainment slams and attacks not letting the aural acrobatics stop until the very absolute end of the cd.driving frothy,fuzzy,intoxicating guitars combine with animalistic roars fusing with beat box distorto neo techno flourishes,this is non stop:the lyrics delve deep into social highs and lows difusing the exact moral decay of societys unjust profanities.hip hop beats kicking and punching while every sample and synth line zooms in and out of the chaos landscape that is infotainment post modern punk industrial grind for the mixed frases of the cosmopolitin sledgehammer speech of todays normals.amazing crushing obliterating.so you think you've heard heavy?,you think last nights rave was bouncy?,you think you know the street sass of hip hop?,even the angst that rips at your skull?:INFOTAINMENT is the latter and even more it is a masterpiece so huge,monumental,powerful.this pummels the brain assualts the senses blasts the speackers.the statue of liberty?,the tower of london?, NO JUST INFOTAINMENT. REVIEW BY ASHER LOCKETZ
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Shock treatment mosh fodder
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-02-06
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Pitch Shifter, Brit punkers turned industrial gurus, break new ground with Infotainment. They infuse massive doses of technology in their sound, but be warned: this is punk/metal, friends. Don't expect dance beats on this one, although the boys dabble in snare-intensive English techno sound in "Hangar 84." The real focus in this album is on the open roar of tracks like "Whiteout." Play the album at any chess club meeting and watch the moshpit break out by the guacamole.
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