Consolidated is a band the was formed in 1988 in San Francisco, California. The original line-up consisted of Adam Sherburne, Philip Steir and Mark Pistel. The group combined lyrics about left-wing politics over music that mixes elements of hip-hop, funk, dance, industrial and rock. In 1990 is released this industrial debut LP by Consolidated, group which chooses to deliver in rapping a political effort. Despite an hour of listening and twenty songs (seven skits), there aren't too many strong points here.
The production handled by Michael Ahearn relies heavily on rough and very heavy industrial sounds (but not as good as those of the competitors), the drum machine does a good job sounding skinny, pounding and hard in the background, while the delivery of the only rapper performer is simply decent and never exhilarating: the hardcore spit in "White American Male" elevates it among the best songs here.
When the rhythms aren't industrial, they remain on urgent, tight, simple, sometimes accessible and minimal sounds. Nothing to write down between delivery, lyrics and hooks, it's an album with a sound that's not too accessible for the average listener. Among the random annotations that I'd to place, we've an interlude with shootings ("Is This the Cheese Dip?"), an eccentric piano ("Weakness Part I"), a skit / interlude with female sample looped tight in the background together with bats ("There Is a Mountain Filled with a Bond") and a delivery close to trash metal in "Strike". The record obtains mixed reviews and build a niche of fans.
Rating: 6/10.
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