Gimmie Sopor I have the magazine with me. There is a five-page article on shitgaze. If you are interested, I can upload it-obviously it is in Italian.
The Factums I loved them at the time. Along with Nothing People and Pink Noise, they were among my favorite bands in the weird punk scene. Their debut album, "Alien Native," was released in 2004 as a self-produced CD-R, only to be reissued on vinyl in 2007 by the Siltbreeze label.
Their sound is dirty, dark and hypnotic, like a fever dream. They mix krautrock, post-punk and noise, with repetitive rhythms, grainy synths and guitars that sound like distant echoes of something eerie.
At times they are reminiscent of Chrome, for their psychedelic and alienating approach; in other tracks they evoke the industrial minimalism of early Cabaret Voltaire. But there is also a freer and more experimental soul, such as on the album Gilding The Lilies, which brings them closer to the sound collages of Throbbing Gristle.
