Music Reviews
Oct 03 2006
Artist: IMPLANT (@)
Title: Audio Blender
Format: CD
Label: Alfa Matrix (@)
Distributor: Soulfood
Rated:



Title: Audio Blender
Format: CD
Label: Alfa Matrix (@)
Distributor: Soulfood
Rated:
Hard to believe that also Belgium’s most talented studio wizard Len Lemeire aka IMPLANT has to celebrate 10 years of being an active musician bringing out more or less constant a new studio album. This is already the 7th full length release for this act and like on almost all releases before, it can be heard something new and not discovered so far. Len produces his stuff with dedication and works hard to deliver always something special, no matter if some critical reviewers like me try hard to bind him into musically genres and sub-genres. Is there really a style out there which Len hasn’t touched or used before? The thing is, that his talent is so well and obviously present, that it doesn’t matter what kind of stuff he’s figuring out. Alfa Matrix tries to explain this musically phenomenon with descriptions like Electro-Clash, Industrial and Techno. This fits well, but here can be also found Trance, Trip-Hop, EBM and IDM/Powernoise efforts, so every track here has its special thing. Nevertheless Len decided to include some well known forces for the vocals, mostly provided by people he has produced or collaborated with. Jean-Luc de Meyer of FRONT 242 can be heard here on "The Creature", the charismatic voice of Anne Clark is featured nice on two tracks here, "Was It Always This Way" and "Your World". UNTER NULL aka Erica Dunham can be heard on "You Push Me", which is my favorite here, turning the music into a hardcoristic Powernoise monster, much harder than the latest UNTER NULL releases. We have also a decent work by Jennifer Parkin aka AYRIA on the track "Fuck Things Up". Although that Len always brings some special food for some dancefloor compatibility – and – the styles he works on and includes so well are mostly typical club-based themes – it is still fun to listen his stuff under a good pair of headphones. Be a bit open-minded – and storm your brain with this new IMPLANT!
Browse:
Electronics / EBM / Electronica
Industrial Music / Industrial Metal / Aggro Industrial / Electro Metal
Industrial Noise / Power Noise / Harsh Noise
Synth Pop / Electro Pop / Synth-Electronica
Techno / Trance / Goa / Drum'n'Bass / Jungle / Tribal / Trip-Hop
Ambient / Electronica / Ethereal / Dub / Soundscapes / Abstract
Experimental / Avantgarde / Weird & Wired / Odd / Field Recording
Dark / Gothic / Wave / New Wave / Dark Wave / Industrial Gothic


