And One - Bodypop

2007-02-01 / apeiron / Reads: 10027

"Bodypop" by And One is kind of like "Music for the Masses" by Depeche Mode. Atmosphere-changing, musically diverse, melodic. And very good. Although orthodox fans may feel a bit dissapointed. "Bodypop" contains many Depeche-like sounds, the ones from the classic period of the Basildon band. One of a...

Seabound - Double-Crosser

2007-01-27 / Ultima / Reads: 5990

I've listened to the sounds of the recent album of Seabound "Double-Crosser" with a real pleasure. First of all because its quality isn't lower than the previous publishings of the German band, secondly because it has a great emotional load. Too delicate for syth-pop and too subtle for electro-indu, the...

Delerium - Nuages du monde

2007-01-25 / apeiron / Reads: 5622

Almost a decade after the great "Karma" Rhys Fulber & Bill Leeb release another album similar to "Chimera" (2003). We're getting less and less of the old Delerium. "Nuages du monde" is a pleasant listening, being charmingly trance-ambient. But it does not carry you. It lacks the atmosphere...

Pride And Fall - Violence

2007-01-24 / apeiron / Reads: 6488

I am not sure whether I get the idea of the Norwegian band right (or maybe it's more their label's idea?). It seems (to me) that "Violence In Me" was chosen to be the herald of Pride and Fall's second achievement - the album entitled "Elements of Silence"....

Harvest Rain - Night's Glow

2007-01-21 / apeiron / Reads: 4795

The newest album of Harvest Rain in spite of its name neither heats the atmosphere nor the listener. The Thompkins brothers show their own vision of new wave cold music on the album. Yes, the associations with Joy Division and The Cure ( the beginnings) are highly probable...

Delerium - Karma

2007-01-20 / apeiron / Reads: 6022

MS Word automatically corrects the band's name to "Delirium". This procedure is a hint at the atmosphere of this album. A compository trance dosing the listener merges with delicate female singing or vocalization, entwined with Gregorian and Indian children (?) choirs. As usual, Delerium's music is enriched with sounds of...