Tune #103: Effective Force ‎– Diamond Bullet

There are many electronic music labels that gained fame through their active years, but only a few can be considered landmarks in the history of electronic dance sound, paving the way for new boundaries in music culture. One is of them is undoubtedly MFS, an independent EDM label set up in 1990 by Mark Reeder, a legendary figure shaping the trance sound.

The label is mostly known for hosting artists such as Cosmic Baby (Harald Blüchel), Paul Van Dyk and Humate (Gerret Frerichs & Hans-Georg Schmidt). However, it is worth tracking down the first releases, in which the today's gem is found.

EFFECTIVE FORCE - DIAMOND BULLET (BEYOND JUDGEMENT)



Effective Force was the collaboration effort between Johnny Klimek and Paul Browse, two foreigners in Berlin city.

Johnny Klimek is an music composer and producer of Australian decent, born in 1962 in Melboure. At 21 year old age, he moved to Berlin, where he founded the pop rock band The Other Ones with his siblings Jayney and Alf. In 1987, he set up his own studio for his solo productions and remixes. During the first half of the 90's he was active in the Berlin underground electronic scene through his productions with Paul Browse. From 1997 until today he focused on film scoring and he is a frequent collaborator to composer Reinhold Heil and director Tom Tykwer (on films such as Run Lola Run and Cloud Atlas).

Paul Browse is also a music composer and producer, of different descent though. Born in 1959 in Sheffield, he was influenced at an early age by frequency modulation and the penetrating power of sound through the struggle of his deaf aunt and her hearing aid device. In 1980 he became a member of Clock DVA, an industrial, post-punk and EBM group, founded by Adolphus "Adi" Newton and Steven "Judd" Turner. In 1989 he left England and the Sheffield-based band to start a new life in Berlin, in search of the city's underground. He extensively worked with Johnny Klimek under various aliases (System 01, 03, Effective Force as a duo and Holy Language along with Dr. Motte) until 1997, when Klimek followed a different direction in film scoring. His last traces in music production are found in 2004 (according to Discogs), questioning whether he is active or not.

The well-known production of the duo was Illuminate The Planet (1993) as Effective Force, not in its original version, but by the World Order Remixes of Paul Van Dyk and Dr. Motte. This post however pays homage to their second release under this alias; Diamond Bullet is a 4th tracker that indicates the dark and hypnotic feel of the early trance records. Heavily based on sampling, it blends perfectly with the Horror Monologue of Marlon Brando in film Apocalypse Now.

EFFECTIVE FORCE - DIAMOND BULLET (WILL IN POWER)


EFFECTIVE FORCE - DIAMOND BULLET (RITUAL)


EFFECTIVE FORCE - DIAMOND BULLET (NIGHTHAWK)


Electronic music needs guys like Johnny Klimek and Paul Browse back (unfortunately, a not likely scenario...)