Artist: Art et Technique

Title: Clima-X

Year: 1981

Label: Hi-Tech Records  

Personnel: ???

Tracklisting: Derive, Nouveau primitif, Acier, Noel tombe un jeudi, Intervention d’un element neuter dans un ensemble vide, Alerte chantee, Alerte instrumentale, Just, tube, Afrique, bali, Off-shore, Feedback-fillmore

Glass say…

Relatively little is known about the trio of Parisian musicians that were behind ‘Clima-X’, other than the fact that Art et Technique’s only album remains one France’s most notable industrial discs.

To quickly dismiss ‘Clima-X’ as being a derivative of the likes of Throbbing Gristle would be a mistake, although the metallic drones of tracks like ‘Acier’ and ‘Bali’ are broadly reminiscent of the much under-appreciated Dome. Like Dome, Art et Technique neatly avoid the clichéd notion of creating harsh and aggressive mechanical textures and instead offer up a dreamy and surprisingly warm album that, in places, leans in the direction of a gently distorted krautrock ambience. Defining the sound in particular, is the delicate use of white noise and rumbling low-pass filters, making the whole listening experience somewhat similar to being trapped in a semi-musical wind tunnel.

X-treme and X-ellent.