The Crystalline Effect - Anechoic Lock
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The first impression after listening: why one song is played over and over again? Later, after looking at the song list, it turned out that it's just one original song and its two remixes. This matter clarified, another observation popped up: the music falls into the ear because it is repeatable, and not because of tracks’ qualities. The conclusion quick and a bit brutal, but it made me to listen more consciously to the album, and not, as before, as a background to work. For which, I admit, fitted well.
Ada Makes The Machines Sing, the aforementioned song, opens the album very forcefully and energetically. Dominating beat and repetitive electronics cut up vocals, which are, most of the time, rather neutral in reception. From time to time they take on the intensity and the color gets sharp and sour. The song effectively livens up the beginning, but then it gets a little boring.
Following tracks, No Longer Evolving and As Long as You Need, bring a little more variety to the music. Strong beat is no longer so dominant and the vocals seem to be smoother then before. Although, they’re still rather flat. Electronics are also more diverse.
Core Reaction changes the mood a little. Beat here is not so strong and dominant, more combined with other sounds, forming a cohesive whole. Vocal is also quieter, dreamy, far less aggressive. Broken is a continuation of the previous track, both in style and in the mood.
The title track, Anechoic Lock, brings a little more energy. Pure electronics without vocals, clear and pulsating beat, varied with almost-melody in the background. Firm and purely rhythmic passages dividing the composition. Very neat closure of the original tracks on the album. And now, time for remixes.
The first three can be safely treated as just another songs on the album. Kept in a similar style to the songs from the beginning of Anechoic Lock, they offer an alternately rising and falling dose of electronic energy, diversified with sweet and sour vocals.
The next three songs are just a repeat of what we have heard before. Slightly different arrangements, different set of sound effects bonded by the same uncharacteristic vocals. The album ends with an instrumental version of Ada Makes The Machines Sing, which, deprived of vocals, sounds better.
Summing up, the Anechoic Lock album is a rather energetic, but at the same time, sometimes monotonous set of electronics. It's made to be the background for work, which I personally recommend. Firm beat present in the whole album will make the music also suitable for dance parties, but I'm not the one to judge that.
Tracklist:
01 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing
02 - No Longer Evolving
03 - As Long As You Need
04 - Core Reaction
05 - Broken
06 - Anechoic Lock
07 - How I Get Out (Cellmod Remix)
08 - Blue Sea (Dave Foreman Remix)
09 - Do Not Open (The Synthetic Dream Foundation Remix)
10 - How I Get Out (Fractured Remix)
11 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing (Ada In The House Remix By Jan Moser)
12 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing (Extended Instrumental)
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Ada Makes The Machines Sing, the aforementioned song, opens the album very forcefully and energetically. Dominating beat and repetitive electronics cut up vocals, which are, most of the time, rather neutral in reception. From time to time they take on the intensity and the color gets sharp and sour. The song effectively livens up the beginning, but then it gets a little boring.
Following tracks, No Longer Evolving and As Long as You Need, bring a little more variety to the music. Strong beat is no longer so dominant and the vocals seem to be smoother then before. Although, they’re still rather flat. Electronics are also more diverse.
Core Reaction changes the mood a little. Beat here is not so strong and dominant, more combined with other sounds, forming a cohesive whole. Vocal is also quieter, dreamy, far less aggressive. Broken is a continuation of the previous track, both in style and in the mood.
The title track, Anechoic Lock, brings a little more energy. Pure electronics without vocals, clear and pulsating beat, varied with almost-melody in the background. Firm and purely rhythmic passages dividing the composition. Very neat closure of the original tracks on the album. And now, time for remixes.
The first three can be safely treated as just another songs on the album. Kept in a similar style to the songs from the beginning of Anechoic Lock, they offer an alternately rising and falling dose of electronic energy, diversified with sweet and sour vocals.
The next three songs are just a repeat of what we have heard before. Slightly different arrangements, different set of sound effects bonded by the same uncharacteristic vocals. The album ends with an instrumental version of Ada Makes The Machines Sing, which, deprived of vocals, sounds better.
Summing up, the Anechoic Lock album is a rather energetic, but at the same time, sometimes monotonous set of electronics. It's made to be the background for work, which I personally recommend. Firm beat present in the whole album will make the music also suitable for dance parties, but I'm not the one to judge that.
Tracklist:
01 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing
02 - No Longer Evolving
03 - As Long As You Need
04 - Core Reaction
05 - Broken
06 - Anechoic Lock
07 - How I Get Out (Cellmod Remix)
08 - Blue Sea (Dave Foreman Remix)
09 - Do Not Open (The Synthetic Dream Foundation Remix)
10 - How I Get Out (Fractured Remix)
11 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing (Ada In The House Remix By Jan Moser)
12 - Ada Makes The Machines Sing (Extended Instrumental)
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