''4.4U 012.11' is a

split EP A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

by Aesthetische, Daniel B. Prothése,

Mentallo & The Fixer Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & The Fixer) is the project name used by American electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 t ...

and Metroland, released on November 6, 2012 by

Alfa Matrix Alfa Matrix is a Belgian record label. Founded in 2001, the label releases musical styles including aggrotech, industrial music, dark elektro, synthpop, and electronica. Based in Brussels, the label consists of label and artists manager Séba ...

. It is part of the compilation series that Alfa Matrix issues, with the theme of this particular release being 1990s EBM and

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

Reception

Brutal Resonance wrote a positive review for ''4.4U 012.11', recommending the EP to listeners of

Front 242 Front 242 is a Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. Pioneering the style they called electronic body music, they influenced the electronic and industrial music genres. History Formation Front 242 were for ...

and

Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb () are an English electronic body music, EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Bon Harris, Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums). The band were ...

and praising the tracks' ability to compliment each other and while remaining disparate from one another.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''4.4U 012.11' liner notes.

Release history

References

External links

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