Disco Rigido Explained

Disco Rigido
Type:	studio
Artist:	Die Warzau
Cover:	Die Warzau - Disco Rigido.jpg
Released:	^[1] ^[2]
Length:	40:25
Label:	Fiction/PolyGram
Next Title:	Big Electric Metal Bass Face
Next Year:	1991

Disco Rigido is the debut studio album of Die Warzau, released on October 3, 1989 by Fiction and PolyGram.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} Van Christie claimed that the band wanted to integrate music that breaks racial barriers into compositions their audience could listen to us as much as dance.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Reception

AllMusic gave Disco Rigido a negative mark of two out of five possible stars. More positive in their critique of the album was Trouser Press, who identified Die Warzau's strength for combining rhythm and samples and claimed that "the group's political agenda never gets in the way of the fun."^[11] The album made CMJ's "Jackpot" picks in October 1989, claiming that "Die Warzau could be poised to fill the void on dancefloors" left behind after fellow Chicagoan Al Jourgenson "turned in his industrial-strength samplers and synth grooves for a sadomasochistic metal guitar crunch."^[12]

Personnel

Adapted from the Disco Rigido liner notes.^[13]

Die Warzau

• Van Christie – guitar, synthesizer, sampler, computer, production, editing
• Jim Marcus – lead vocals, percussion, noises, production

Additional performers

• Stevo George – additional percussion (B5)
• Crystal Meth – vocals (B4)
• Mel Hammond – turntables
• The Hellfire Anti-Christian Choir – vocals (A2)
• Jesse Jackson – voice (B2)
• Jennifer Wilcox – additional vocals (A1, B1)

Production and design

• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Cy Price – additional engineering
• Dave Sears – additional engineering
• Steve Spapperi – production, engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	PolyGram	CD, CS, LP	841 251
		Fiction
Europe			CD, LP	FIX 15, 839 673
		Fiction/Polydor	CS

Notes and References

1. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1995 . 7 . 1 . 39 . August 4, 2020.
2. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1996 . Winter 1996–1997 . 65 . 9781575980386 . August 4, 2020.
3. Web site: Steve . Huey . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000222857/biography|pure_url=yes}} Die Warzau > Biography ]. AllMusic . August 4, 2020.
4. Other Current Releases . . SPIN Media LLC . July 1990 . 6 . 4 . 79 . August 4, 2020.
5. Chris . Christian . Interview With Die Warzau at Club Soda in Kalamazoo, MI . Sonic Boom . July 15, 1995 . 3 . 5 . August 4, 2020.
6. Katarzyna NINa . Górnisiewicz . Die Warzau – Interview . Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia . Fabryka Music Magazine . December 24, 2005 . August 2, 2020.
7. Ilker . Yücel . Jim Marcus InterView: Go, Going, Gone, Go Fight! . ReGen . May 1, 2012 . August 4, 2020.
8. Die Warzau . . . July 6, 1990 . August 4, 2020.
9. Staci . Bonner . Music of Distinction... Driving You to Distraction . . SPIN Media LLC . February 1990 . 5 . 11 . 72 . August 4, 2020.
10. Nestor . Aparicio . Industrial Music Building an Audience in Baltimore . . Trif Alatzas . January 17, 1991 . August 4, 2020.
11. Tony . Fletcher . Ira . Robbins . Tony Fletcher . Die Warzau . . . 1991 . 191 . August 4, 2020.
12. Byron . Scott L. . Jackpot . CMJ New Music Report . 6 October 1989 . 180 . 6 . 5 November 2021 . College Media, Inc. . Albertson, NY . 0890-0795.
13. Disco Rigido . Disco Rigido . . 1989 . sleeve . . Willesden, London/Amsterdam, Netherlands.