Month: December 2004
Local Review: Beyond This Flesh – Self-Titled
Beyond This Flesh Self-Titled Beyond This Flesh = At The Gates + The Black Dahlia Murder + Kreator + Total Chaos Scream as high-pitched, loud and hard as you can—really hard!—for half an hour straight. You now have a feel for the vocals of Beyond This Flesh. Imagine the intense, technical yet thrashing riffs
Local Review: Aaron Cole – Aorotica
Aaron Cole Aarotica Aaron Cole = The Prodigy + Clover With Aarotica, Aaron Cole, who has been involved in local projects for over a decade, blends repetitive electronic beats with dub and drum and bass with soft alt-rock and world music, resulting in an infectious dance mix for a party of monstrous proportions, or
Review: DJ Ebar – In The Springtime
DJ EBAR “IN THE SPRINGTIME” Look At You Records We’re blessed to have one of New York’s finest DJs on board, this month. DJ Ebar (a.k.a. Eric Reithler-Barros) has been spinning cutting-edge house music since 1991, and more recently, he launched his own label, Sifted Recordings, in association with his studio partner Ramie Burns. Now
Review: Demonoid – Riders Of The Apocalypse
Demonoid Riders Of The Apocalypse Nuclear Blast If I had to guess what a side-band made up of members of the band Therion would sound like, the last thing I would guess is Demonoid’s Riders Of The Apocalypse—especially after Therion’s latest, the double album Lemuria/Sirius B. Demonoid is Kristian Niemann (guitar), Johan Niemann (bass) and
Review: Depeche Mode – Remixes 81-04
Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04 Reprise There are a thousand official and unofficial Depeche Mode remixes floating around in the stratosphere and to try and make a single disc compilation of highlights is a rather daunting task. I know because I’ve made a few of my own over the years. This official compilation of highlights isn’t
Review: David Harness/Charles Spencer – The Taboo Jazz EP
DAVID HARNESS/CHARLES SPENCER “THE TABOO JAZZ EP” Loveslap! Recordings Conceived and created by labelhead Charles Spencer and the legendary David Harness, this diverse three-tracker is worth your time! Love-side features “Breezy’s Groove,” laden with organic jazz-riffed guitar over a synthetic bass-line; it’s a melodic complex mixed with syncopated rhythms. “Tribal Stomp” is possibly the peak-timer
Review: Character – We Also Create False Promises
CHARACTER WE ALSO CREATE FALSE PROMISES Fictitious Records If you were to take a bowl of jazz and pour it over a slice of analog keyboards, add some guitars, perhaps a Ride album rewritten by Tortoise and shake it up like a snow globe, you might come up with Character. Unlike many instrumental bands, Character
Review: Bobby & Steve Feat. Bryan Chamber/Barbara Tucker – Deeper...
BOBBY & STEVE FEAT. BRYAN CHAMBER/BARBARA TUCKER “DEEPER IN LOVE” Zoo Groove Stereo Featuring the outstanding vocals of diva Barbara Tucker (who has worked with DJs like Vega, Morillo and Tenaglia), one of the industry’s most celebrated singers and Bryan Chambers (heard with Pet Shop Boys, Lionel Richie, and Cleptomaniacs), who has a numerous
Review: Bella Morte – Songs For The Dead
BELLA MORTE SONGS FOR THE DEAD Metropolis I’ve never bought into the idea that Bella Morte were a traditional goth band; they always seemed a bit more based in punk rock and Songs for the Dead emphasizes that by turning down the keyboards and upping the guitars for a sound that is more representative of
Review: 2% – VA
2% VA Reduced Phat 5/5 The first album off Florida’s Reduced Phat label has marked the music world with the brilliant 2% non-compilation. For starts, the trigger-release CD case lets you know you have something different and good in your hands. Drum’n’Bass, break core and electronica fuse three musicians into one cohesive and addictive sect