The Electric Church

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Welcome To The Global Casino 06:27

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The Electric Church was WMTID’s debut album previously available on CD/LP. It was released via Concrete Productions.
The Electric Church was an unholy cacophony of sound awash with samples (as well as tunes), a respectful nod to Martin Luther King, the ultraviolence of Robocop, US glam rockers Kiss, Jackie Onassis, the Berlin Wall (which had still to fall) and a homage to Euro cultural capital Barcelona (a million miles removed from the Freddie Mercury tune of the same name).
The Electric Church was named after the nickname given to the US evangelistic television network, received much acclaim at home and abroad. It received four stars in Sounds, mass Euro airplay and established WMTID as a punk/disco/EBM act to be reckoned with. The only hiccup occurred when it was banned in Germany for featuring a swastika (in an anti-nazi context) in reference to Amerika, home of the free.
WMTID at this time were Sean Albiez and Richard Rouska. many of the tracks were produced by Dave Goodman of The Sex Pistols infamy. Welcome... was produced by the great Tony Bonner and the brainchild of Martin Kelly. Catalogue - CPRODCD/LP 007 released September 9, 1989.

“…samplers and sequences coming together in unholy union over a constant pulse of hard-as-nails mechanical beats. “Go Big Red” sees a great chant that sounds like an army of KGB men shouting for beer across a crowded house, its rhythm urgent, relentless, brutal. “Beso De La Muerte” is a fabulous sexy shudder of techno-beats and erotic voices…”Barcelona”, a spooked vocal creating a decadent Euroscape of a sinister violence.”
Dave Simpson – Melody Maker, 23/06/90

“WMTID’s SOUND captures a myriad of influences, characterised by resounding keyboard rhythms….they twist anthems of contemporary society and damn near reinvent the term “sample”. On “Kill Me – I Ain’t Ever Died Before”, the highlight of an impressive LP, the requisite moments of Robocop balance precariously above vigorous electro-beats. The result, a daunting behemoth of violence, works brilliantly. This is the product of adventurous minds. Played loud, the magnetism of its violence and beauty is too strong to ignore.”
Ian Chamberlain – Sounds 17/03/90
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released January 9, 1989

4:56 Go Big Red
6:27 Welcome to the Global Casino
4:06 Beso de la Muerte
4:06 Black Jesus
5:12 Transfascist
6:42 Barcelona
4:52 Kill Me, I Ain't Ever Died Before
4:29 If
5:27 Kunst
4:16 Onassis

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WMTID Dundee, UK

Well Martin this Is Different aka WMTID is the plaything of Richard Rouska. To date WMTID has unleashed two albums, five singles and contributed to various compilations. A conflagulation of ten new high spec Goth/EMB/Darkwave/DeathDisco tracks will appear on the album, ‘Fuck Fear’, out September 1st. The pain eventually became too much to bear and Richard's subconscious decided it was time... ... more

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