Not so long ago I got to know the American Tympanik Audio label with the overview album Emerging Organisms. To me it was a rediscovery of a kind of music I thought I had heard all of before. The dark ambient and rather experimental and industrial electronics on Emerging Organisms made me realize that there is still a whole new range of creative and inspiring acts to discover.

One of these outstanding bands on the Tympanik Audio label is the Slovakian duo Ryby and Sauron, a.k.a. Disharmony. It's an electronics-act which exists since 2001, and now they have already released five albums. Their newest record is called Cloned and, like the name already suggests, it's a remix-album. There are 13 reworked tracks on it from other musicians and 2 new pieces of Disharmony music. This in the first release for me to get acquainted with these electronic wizards and in the meantime I feel a bit disappointed that I cannot compare this CD with the older work of these guys. Some musical parts make me think of other bands like Aphex Twin or Autechre, but with a much darker background. Experimental noises cross swords with knife sharp broken-beats, spooky synths, and 'Big Brother is watching you'-vocals. Rarely the songs are up-tempo, but the vicious sound collages are a feast for your soul and ears. Listen to songs like 'Idealism', 'Mutant-X', 'Zeit Zerstoert', or 'Earth' to be convinced. I can't describe it any better as in a title I saw lately: Cloned is a lovely piece of beautiful industrial wasteland.