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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | CyberPunk Fiction

Electronica outfits twist the soundtrack tunes into sinister metal machine music.

This came out in 1998 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


It was bound to happen — the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, recreated in full by industrial, electronica and synth-core bands.

But this is no cheap cash-in; it’s a truly inspired and loving homage. The bands don’t clone the tunes so much as reinterpret them, twisting the surf guitars, soul grooves and jungle boogie into sinister, metal machine music. And the cyberized dialogue — “User-friendliness goes a long way!” — is a megahoot. You’ll dig it the most, baby. This might be the coolest tribute album of the year.