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This album is a return to Sebastian Gramond's progressive rock roots, generally ditching the synthesizer for an organ in most places. It sounds like early Emerson, Lake and Palmer, only more frantic and unpredictable.
This is the most pop sounding release from Sebastian Gramond yet, though the madcap experimental nature of his particular flavour of rock is still present. Unlike his previous albums, 84 has more songs than instrumentals which is a first for this eccentric performer. For me these changes result in my favourite album of his so far.
This is professional and diverse sounding electronica which is mostly very enjoyable listening. Some of the tracks lack a certain 'wow' factor, though.
Mix together guitar, organ, drums and the occasional synthesizer, not forgetting talent and the 1970s, and this is what you get: mind-destroying progressive rock. The mix seems a little muddy, but the performances are perfect.
More recent Sebastian Gramond albums see him exploring new musical pastures and from the first moment you can tell this one is no different. One of his trademarks is constant change in a progressive fashion and the tracks seem to regularly to leave everything behind to follow new styles. Does that ruin any hope of progression? Not entirely, somehow it all glues together. On a final note the recording and production quality is spotless.
'Don't forget it all' is a collection of jazzy, funky instrumentals. By combining natural and electronic instruments Dj H.Seres has created a sound that's fresh and captivating.
Interesting mixing of growl and singing. From the production it sounds like this song is both light and heavy at the same time.. probably not intentional.
I'll start the review by saying that I think fresh body shop has an inspiring musical talent and finding he'd released another album was music to my ears. So, does this album feel like his previous offerings that so many of us are fond of? Within seconds of hitting play I found the answer to be yes as I was struck by a fresh sounding song which left me in awe. Though the whole album could be lumped under 'alternative', there are more rock-y moments, more punk-y moments, more heavy moments and alternatively many breath-taking intimate moments, such that this album is more diverse in style than his last three combined. This isn't only the best 'demo' ever compiled, infact it's one of the best albums I've ever heard.
First of all, not even Devo could pull this off as being new wave. Track 1 is video game music style, track 2 is half way between drum and bass and techno, 3 is a little ambient with a techno beat. At this point I was quite impressed by the diversity I was hearing. The songs were certainly pleasant, but for me I prefer if music grabs me by the balls and the compositions weren't dynamic enough to do that.
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