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Ardeur Au Travail
Splendeur Mécanique
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GEINS'T NAÏT A Consommer Sans Modération

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Geins't Naït was founded in Nancy, France, in 1986 by Thierry Merigout and Vincent Hachet, both students at the Architecture School of Nancy. A year later Laurent Petitgrand joined the band. Their sound is often described as an equivalent of bands like Einstürzende Neubauten, Coil or Test Dept., but Geins't Naït is not pure classic Industrial. While Geins't Naït offers rough pieces of music as an extension of its punk attitude, Petitgand refines them to create some musicality within the post-industrial collages, adding guitars, piano, and classical instruments. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand sharpen sounds, giving them a kind of balance and density and ensuring that the musical language evokes a deep experience. Their music is raw and fascinating, and largely influenced by Surrealists and Situationists. Their early albums were released by French label Permis De Construire. A Consommer Sans Moderation was originally released on cassette on American label Subterranean Subliminal Subversion Music and was remastered for CD by Martin Bowes of Attrition. Full tracklist: 1. Plus De Légumes 2. Ardeur Au Travail 3. Super Marchor 4. Par Téléphone 5. Interlude 6. Splendeur Mécanique 7. Fin De Week-End 8. Désormais 9. Quand Nous Serons Petits À Nouveau 10. Les Dix Petits Nains 11. Eat Tropic 12. Ardeur Au Travail 13. G. N. 14. N'est Ce Pas?. Price: € 19,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.

We find Geinst Naït playing around with crude loops of smashed glass, vocal bits and elemental percussion banging, and like before, it has the idea of sketches and ideas rather than fully formed compositions. The studio is the groups playground to experiment with various instruments and electronics, with the blank tape as the canvas for the collage to emerge. Sometimes a bit too sketchy and unformed, but another nuanced insight into how this group worked, with room for the groups banging and trashing of metal percussion – that Neubauten and SPK influence is running through all their work.
(Vital Weekly, January 2025)