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webmadman

Peterborough ( ON ) - Canada

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Joined : March 01, 2008

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8 albums

5 albums

2 albums

11 albums

4 albums

2 albums

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Spiritual and political hiphop with production values that are off the charts!
Hooks that will keep you humming for days, beats that will make your body twitch and lyrics that will leave a smile on your face!

Stereo Then Video

Speak, Don't Spell

Too Short ;-)

27/02/09

A very quick, but multi layered listen here. Leaves me with a number of different impressions from Radiohead (vocals on the first track) to Skinny Puppy (the overall sound mash-up feel of it all). My only real critique is that it's over so quick, I look forward to hearing more!

Sapiens FX

CLEAR

Nice album to chill out to

02/12/08

At first, listening to this album didn't catch me, but then I started picking up on the subtleties and variations in texture.
"ante portas" was what caught my ear first- a very "live" sounding track.
"rest in space" is a nice chunk of sound.
"angeldust" and "angeldusted" felt a little flat for me though- they didn't seem to have the same range and tended to drag a bit for me.
"harmonik" is awesome- simple yet complex, very beautiful piece!

Overall, good album, not totally revolutionary, but certainly stretching some boundaries.

Misfilter

Magnetize

03/11/08

I have to say I have a real sweet tooth for this album- it has a strong pop sensibility- catchy soulful vocals, and musical hooks that will have you humming for days- but there's an edge here that lends more then a little substance to the project- both in terms of sound design and lyrics- that will keep you fed even after the sugar rush has worn off...
Too bad the project has disbanded- would like to hear more from them- oh well, nothing lasts forever.

Psychocean

Embryonal Confinement

Clean and well produced

03/11/08

Finding this was a nice surprise- a lot of effort here, from concept to execution, this album is pretty solid.
The comparison to Tool could work both for good and bad, some people might hear this as a "copy cat" band, but I think there is a lot of originality here, which becomes more apparent on further listenings- I look forward to further releases to see how they progress!

The InHuman Project

THE INHUMAN PROJECT - The InHuman Project EP [PTDM009, 2008]

Darkly intelligent with a good sense of humour

03/11/08

Nice and noizy from the start, but enough tunefulness to hold it together- very tasty album.

In the "sounds like" category, they put me in mind of NiN, Skinny Puppy and Aphex Twin- my only criticism would be the lack of vocals- there is use of sound clips from B movies, but I do like lyrics, which this doesn't have- not the end of the world, just sounds like that on occasion ;-)