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Berlins resident audio experimentalists Terranova return with another stunning album that refuses to be easily classified. Fresh off last years Hitchhiking Nonstop With No Particular Destination, the crew of Fetisch, Meister and Shapemod wasted no time in creating a powerful companion piece to that album. Together with Hitchhiking , Peace Is Tough forms a sort of double album by fuzing together five new tracks with six new versions of previously released tracks (which have so far only been available on vinyl or in limited editions). Never the kind to create nondescript dance tracks, Terranova take their loves for hip-hop, electro, rock and dub and throw them all into their bombastic music bouillabaisse. Fuzzed-out guitars collide with rough beats to form dark, yet danceable tracks. Vocals come courtesy of dreadlocked punk princess Ari-Up, the stepdaughter of the Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and singer for seminal punk/new wave misfits The Slits. Aris one-of-a-kind voice brings an urgent energy to Terranovas thumping rhythmic backbone. By creating a sonic world where dirty beats and basslines are in constant battle with flowing melodies and multi-layered vocals, Terranova prove that Peace Is Tough.