A Day at the People Factory

A music album "A day at people factory", Released as of late 2005. The author himself refers to it, as 'reverse engineered PinkFloyd stuff' -- and indeed, the opening song, entitled just like the album, sounds almost as a prelude to "The dark side of the Moon", with bouncing echoed bass and cascades of VCS-like synth solos. As the other album, (Songs for the Wild-At-Heart), this one also is not only the tunes, but also a concept. Some of the concepts eludes me, as I didn't read some books or didn't play certain games, or (as in case of the closing composition "The Quest of Sacred Jaguar") I do not know some legends, but at least trying to understand, I searched the net to find the context -- and comparing how lazy I am, this is really something. Any flaws? I don't like the excerpt from "Per Gynt", maybe because I don't like the original tune, but it seemed to me that it doesn't match all the other content of the record (though indeed, laboriously and beautifully crafted). Final rate? Tough task: I gave seven to "Songs for Wild at Hart", and giving "..People Factory" a six would be unfair, so weak, but deserved seven.
Go, go, JPM!

Lyrics are pretty wacky, except to "Got the Death?" (that is one good song. I'm definitely keeping that); the voices aren't half-bad, and the techno-grooves are very lovely, some of them quite-catchy.

This is kind of fun-loving, but at the same-time regal, organized, and well-executed techno. Sounds mostly synthesized, except for the voice samples, but that doesn't stop it from being very nice. At times, though, it does sound a bit like video game background music, but that's probably instrument choice more than anything else. On a piano backed up with percussion, these melodies would probably do fantastically.

Not to say they don't work here. Although once again, the central instrument choice could be a more subdued one, then the current, sometimes-headache-inducing synth, I like these songs, and most of them are worth a few more listens at least.