In Between Moving Hands Music Magazine Run Level Zero, who were voted "best newcomer 2001" at the annual SAMA festival in Sweden are back with, not a follow up to the debut album "Symbol of Submission" but more of a complement to it. "In Between" consists of two new tracks and seven remixes done by Sanctum, Pouppée Fabrikk, Dupont, Psyche, Project-X, E-Craft and C.A.P. For once, a remix album where the participating acts are contributing with different songs, not just seven remixes of one or two. Let's start with the new tracks. The first one is "For Real", which sounds like Run Level Zero usually does; EBM in the vein of FLA and Front 242. I like this song a lot actually; it has great melody and beats and you can listen to it over and over without getting sick of it, and I guess that's what one is looking for in a song. Unfortunately this is not the case with "Storm". It's in no way as good as the first. It just sounds completely wrong to me. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but for one thing the music and the vocals don't match. Maybe they should have made it an instrumental piece instead. What about the remixes, then? Well, the Sanctum mix of "Fever Shriek" doesn't make me jumping up and down of excitement. It has some pretty cool noisy parts but that's it; it doesn't stick out at all I think. One that does stick out though is Pouppée Fabrikk's mix of "Feedback Birds". It has one of the weirdest synth leads I've heard. It sounds all wrong at first, like if someone has let their five year old son play with the keyboard or something. But after a while I find it really cool. I guess I should put it like this; it's not really good, but really cool. One of my favourites on this album is "Black Limbs". I mean for one thing, if you sample the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" from the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still", it's well worth my respect. Dupont has mixed this one and they have made a good work with it. As for the rest of the mixes nothing strikes me as excellent. Project-X has made almost a techno sounding version of "Eating the Misery" that is pretty decent. More than I would expect from that band. One act that you should look out for is C.A.P. They have gone to work on "Take Charge", and it's really well crafted. If I'm not misinformed they will soon release their debut album. Keep your eyes open. As for "In Between", it's well worth your money but don't expect any masterpieces. I'm still eagerly waiting for the next album though. Writer: Mattias Andersson Grade: 6 READ REVIEW>>