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webmadman

Peterborough ( ON ) - Canada

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Joined : March 01, 2008

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Latest reviews

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 ;-)

Personal data

You tell yourself you've a taste for it That it's something that you like Find yourself you're wrapped in it There really is no way to fight Paper chained to a lead weight Keeps you from ever surfacing Property of the invisible state We never know what is we're facing Tug tight hold what you have Comfort comes better by half Give me the strife, tear me apart the shattered dreams of the living art connecting dots collide moebuis strip of the mind's eye Now I lay my bones to sleep hope my soul to ever keep within the bounds of conscious sight beyond the jaw's of void's sweet bite I am what I am because I know no other way I own what I am because mine own hand holds sway the baroque filigrees of symbolic multisyllabic alliteration, tracing the golden meaning arcs to frame these notions that lie on the surface tension dividing line between the impulsive action of emotion and the rationing out of thought. a rhythmic phonetic dance that soothes the knotted anxieties, mesmerizes the world weary eye and opens the pores to permeate the membrane with the salve of dream stuff. rooting out intentionality and dancing with the darker stuff. deliberately destroying the blinders of conclusions, turning tales to hold the binding of inclusion. what stuff is this but goo, a primordial quicksand glue? just a personally universal attempt to degenerately reconstruct some semblance of meaning? or some sidestep delusion, a deliberate confusion in order avoid something unspeakable? The half glass of water waits to be interpreted. Melancholy's sweet surface and pungent depth is mine to suckle while these lungs still breath. Finite is the the span of their breathing, especially in relation to the time left after they've done. Whose to say what my "I am" experienced before or after this span, so while I am is bound to this rhythmic inspiration, it is determined to draw the most it can, for some where, at some point, a choice was made (even if that choice was simply to let it begin) to ride this ride, eyes as open as the I can muster, swallowing all they fall upon... So, happiness and sadness are just different tastes of the substance of life, and my soul devours both as manna to grow from... but maybe that's just me. :-()