I too can change, and my outright rejection of 1980's electronica may have been vaguely mellowed with time; but if you throw some robot voices in that mix, you are still going to lose me. As such, while "Pictures of Machine Men" and "The Tube" sound like this could be a more interestingly dystopian take on Kraftwerk's computer dreams (which may be explained by Richard Pinhas' acerbic presence here), the rest just seems to announce that the future will not only be soulless, but cheesy as hell (which may explain why Pinhas hid behind an alias here) - and also powered by some strange implements (you might want to watch your back there). Of course, speaking from the future, I could nonetheless give Video Liszt high marks for prescience (and a fun name); but then again, and against the mainstream critical rationale of giving props to anyone for being a precursor to anything, I fail to see any merit in the aesthetic anticipation of worst case scenarios.
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