DESPAIR produce the most extreme form of industrial music in existence in Japan today. New 5-track EP 'Deserted Technology Riot' redefines the brutal vision first laid out in 2004's debut 'Beautiful Japanese Sight', with track speeds reaching the 180-220bpm mark.
First vomited forth by a stagnant Japanese music scene in 2001, DESPAIR quickly rose to prominence thanks to an uncompromisingly aggressive sound and dynamic stage presence. In 2005, DESPAIR made their European debut with dates in the U.K. and at 'Wave Gotik Treffen', sharing the stage with such luminaries as Psyclon Nine and Haujobb.
Guitar, bass and drums - the traditional tools of a rock band - have been abandoned in favour of a totally technological approach.
All original and found sounds are mangled and re-processed into a brutal industrial sound-collage which recalls the structural approach of classic Skinny Puppy, punctuated by periods of ambient tranquility reminiscent of a melancholy film score.
This musical style is mirrored in the lyrics, where the intentionally-scrambled English forms new rhythmic patterns of meaning akin to the cut-up texts of William Burroughs, delivered in the twin primal screams of front-duo Rieu and Ana.

DESPAIR - the greatest hope of Japan's emerging industrial scene.
DESPAIR - the cyberpunk soundtrack of 21st-century Tokyo's disaffected underground.

Tracklisting:
1. JARRING GOD 3.44
2. MPD CONFLICT 4.08
3. FILTH PIG 5.19
4. JUNK WAR 4.47
5. MECHANICAL RABIES 2.13


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