At the back end of last year, I had the good fortune of catching Zombie Zombie play a set at 93 Feet East and, bar a couple of technical problems, they were both fantastic and fascinating to watch. The duo of Etienne Jaumet (on theremin and a host of keyboards and mechanical objects) and Herman Dune’s Neman (on drums, and providing occasional screaming and whooping) intertwined their electro repetitive grooves in such a seamless way, using their sound and rhythm to explore the feeling of fear. It left me entranced. The music brings together an almost sinister blend of synth-disco with live, militaristic beats, reminiscent of the sounds of Raymond Scott, John Carpenter, Can, Suicide and Apparat Organ Quartet. So when the opportunity to review this album came about, I snatched at the chance in an instant.The records opener ‘Driving This Road Until Death Set’ sets the tone and pretty much the blueprint pattern of what’s to follow. It sounds pure evil with the driving beat and sinister synth constant beneath distant clambering chimes. If you close your eyes, you really could imagine yourself driving in the dark; headlights illuminating forward with the eerie tape noise warbling. It almost sounds as if a wolf was calling to the midnight moon with howling wind chillingly blowing. You’re in a George Romero horror movie being chased down an dark alley or feel like the car just won’t start in time...“We’re gonna fuck your brains out!” 'Texas Rangers' later proclaims. It’s not far off, with it’s dirge of sprawling noise which seems to grow and grow. ‘What's Happening In The City’ drips gorgeous electro melancholy which fellow Parisians Berg Sans Nipple would be proud of, as the eerie vocals say: “I saw all the people leaving the city, Can you tell me what goes in town? Can you tell what’s happening in the city? The reason you get hurt, the reasons you get bruises on your flesh won’t be explained easily! You’ll feel the pain on your body!” while they're sped up and slowed right down which could make you feel nauseous. ‘Before Night Falls’ could almost have been written by M83, if they were sectioned. The 10 minute title track sounds tight and concise, whereas a simple but effective cover of Iggy Pop’s ‘Nightclubbing’ feels almost Donna Summer-esque with it’s throbbing ‘I Feel Love’ undercurrent grooves.Although there is a definite charm to the music, it does all seems to stick to the same trend throughout and eventually left me feeling rather frosty. I mean, this music would make a great horror soundtrack no question, but it all gets too similar in parts and I found they can’t really escape the indulgences on record which they’re not allowed to get away with when performing live. Ultimately you're left with the feeling that you’ve heard it all somewhere before. But, for any music-lovers who devote themselves to experimental electronica fused with some psychedelic panic, A Land For Renegades will be an enjoyable cosmic journey to trepidation. 65%Links Zombie Zombie [myspace]