Women in industrial music are a bit like pedestrians in Los Angeles--yeah, you'll find them, but you have to look really hard. Happily, a woman (Yone Dudas) decodes half the feedback in this Italian-Canadian band, and not as a pretty voiced vocalist, either (that's handled by musical partner Marco Biagiotti, who sounds anything but pretty), but rather as a keyboardist, sequencer, and percussionist--traditionally male bastions. Fine, you say, but what about the music? More good news. Decoded Feedback follow up 1997's strong Technophoby with an even stronger disc loaded with clean, energetic beats and inventive keyboard sequences that contrast nicely with Biagiotti's "No, I haven't had a tracheotomy, that's just how I sing" voice. But perhaps the best thing about Bio-Vital is its demure quality; Dudas and Biagiotti clearly know how to use space and pacing to their advantage and never unnecessarily cram a song full of samples or pounding, sludgy beats. In an era when the objective in industrial dance music is to hammer you into submission, Decoded Feedback have made a true listening album. --Steve Landau