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The music sometime reaches truely amazing dimensions
when the guitars gets angry
and creates an inferno of guitar sound, it's
a shocking contrast to the very slow walking
music that most of the album consists of.
On the slow bits it reminds me very much of a
norwegian rising star called "St.Thomas".
They have a captivating sound, just listen to
track 3 "Forlorn", it builds itself up to a true climax
of "insanity".
email:gardin@gardinmusic.com
http://www.gardinmusic.com
The Gas Tank Orchestra:
Olestra vs. Viagra vol.1 and vol.2-cd
A highly orginal orchestra using a variety of
musical instruments.
This is pure enjoyable improvisation from a group
that probably could
manage to make good sound of almost all items
they find, it's probably
just the imagination that sets the boundary.
A very recommendable piece of improvisation.
http://home.earthlink.net/~gjwildes
Richard Gladstone: Ugly
Neverecords
Lovely atmospheric pop tunes. Richard Gladstone
has a unpolished and rough voice.
His voice set you in a very laidback mood eventhough
the music sometimes is spiced
up with some occasional power rock chords. The
words is being stretched out, chewed on
and shared.
The album has to be listened to as a whole. Some
might think that each song is very similar
but it really doesn't matter when it's done is
such a conceptual way.
Each track has a story and something to tell
as part of a whole album.
http://www.richardgladstone.com
Glass Eden: An organic industrial experience
This is a highly original approach to the industrial
genre, is not pure machines and angry
voices, but also some soft and heart "warming"
bits that give you a rest for a couple of
seconds. Just listen to the beginning of the
second song before it gets hard and intense,
than a soft break. The intro to song three is
a very funky one, the rest of the song also
keep this funky guitar sounds alive.
Song five is a Jim Steinman listen alike song.
Some have compared this cd to Nine Inch Nails,
but it's actually miles away.
For my taste the guitar sound sometimes get to
funky to really enjoy.
This is the beauty and the beast mixed together
in a twisted harmony.
A couple of songs gave a good "stomach" feeling,
but the rest gave a taste of not being
what it could have been. The cd gave me a hollow
feeling, a feeling of not being satisfied.
Artist direct:
Email:info@glasseden.com
Http://www.glasseden.com
Label:
Reality Records
Http://www.RealityRecords.com
Hanitra: Omeko anao
Arc Music
A truely captivating voice performs a album partly
with traditional and partly modern music.
She is one of Madagaskar's most loved artists,
and it's not hard to understand why. Her voice has
integrity, authority and and the same time
a clear emotional flavour.
The music is not innovative and new, but fresh.
I must say that the traditional part of the album is
the most succesful, the more modern bits is just
bitter sweet songs with wrong background setting.
The taste of africa and Madagaskar has to shine
through, otherwise it's just love songs that could have
been made by a lot of people, and then the language
being the only difference.
A part from this it's a very nice album.
email: patricia.bontemps@wanadoo.fr
http://www.arcmusic.co.uk
Horchata: Integral
This is truely wonderful material. Strange voice
collages, tape loops, twisted beats and some
very delightful noise pieces.
Play it loud and get prepared for a solid introspection.
This gets you higher and higher, never reaching
a anti-climax. Dark ambient like it should be played.
You feel you are on the run....
.....Do yourself a favour and check out this
cd!
