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DarkSonus Vol. 1
Glitch Mode Recordings
Posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
By: Ilker Yucel
Editor
By: Ilker Yucel
Editor
A fine collection of some of the finest acts emerging in the modern electro and industrial underground.
DarkSonus seemed like a good idea when it first started out; intended as an online community where fans of underground industrial and electronic music could read about and participate in the scene, the web site seems to have fallen by the wayside as of late. Nevertheless, the DarkSonus Vol. 1 compilation, released on Cyanotic’s Glitch Mode Recordings, carries on the mission to provide people with the best of the modern underground. Equal parts darkwave, EBM, and industrial, the music on DarkSonus Vol. 1 presents a wide range of various acts and musical styles that are sure to please your fancy, whether you’re a noise-stomping rivethead or a melancholy club-goer.
From the first oscillating waves of v01d’s “Revolutions,” the compilation kicks into high gear with stabs of synths and guitars and Joseph Byer’s menacing vocals. Seventh Image’s “City of Light” keeps the pace flowing with more industrialized guitars and vocals reminiscent of Front Line Assembly, circa Hard-Wired, while PTI’s “iDentify” takes on a more darkwave approach with a slower tempo and a rather catchy synth bass line. GenCAB’s “DMT” once again picks up the pace, full of energetic beats and layers of synthesizers that at times seem somewhat discordant, but never fails to intrigue the listener’s ears. Some ghostly female vocals brings CEOXiME’s “Seems to Be” into a slightly trip-hop realm, while Cyanotic’s “Suspension of Disbelief” brings us into industrial rock mayhem with its sludgy guitars, scathing vocals, and ominous progression. Deadliner provides the first solely instrumental track on the CD as “Aurelander” marches its way through the speakers with orchestral pads and complex lines of synthesizer melodies before breaking into a drum n’ bass rhythm midway through; definitely one of the most dynamic tracks so far.
Some more drum n’ bass elements can be heard in Unease’s “Beyond the Trivial,” as well as in “youRN” by iammynewst, a track which also mixes in some twisted ambience and odd synth arrangements, not dissimilar to early Aphex Twin. SMP literally kick their way in with “Slag,” a straightforward dance track reminiscent of the early ‘90s techno and industrial scene with a rather minimal assembly of samples and a simplistic bass line. “Carrion Swarm” will kill your speakers if you’re not careful; a blistering array of power noise, courtesy of Endif and Leichenfeld. The version of Mindless Faith’s “So Much For Salvation” presented here, with some help from Deliccato, introduces some moments of glitch and abstract noise, making for a unique collage of electronic diversity, while VTG’s “Softly” ends the CD on a somber note of dark ambience and gothic piano tones, carried by a slow jazzy beat.
While DarkSonus Vol. 1 is not without its duds, as all compilations possess at least one, even the weaker tracks like The God Project’s “Intolerance” and Diverje’s “Your Pleasure” don’t bring the overall energy down. Indeed, even these tracks help to present a wider scope of just what’s going on in today’s electro and industrial underground, and this first DarkSonus compilation succeeds brilliantly in offering a good range of diverse artists and styles. Whether your fancy is danceable EBM, rocking industrial, or distorted noise, this CD covers it all. Whether the DarkSonus web site will pick up speed again is anybody’s guess, but at least with DarkSonus Vol. 1, you can be assured that the spirit of the underground is still very much alive and kicking.
From the first oscillating waves of v01d’s “Revolutions,” the compilation kicks into high gear with stabs of synths and guitars and Joseph Byer’s menacing vocals. Seventh Image’s “City of Light” keeps the pace flowing with more industrialized guitars and vocals reminiscent of Front Line Assembly, circa Hard-Wired, while PTI’s “iDentify” takes on a more darkwave approach with a slower tempo and a rather catchy synth bass line. GenCAB’s “DMT” once again picks up the pace, full of energetic beats and layers of synthesizers that at times seem somewhat discordant, but never fails to intrigue the listener’s ears. Some ghostly female vocals brings CEOXiME’s “Seems to Be” into a slightly trip-hop realm, while Cyanotic’s “Suspension of Disbelief” brings us into industrial rock mayhem with its sludgy guitars, scathing vocals, and ominous progression. Deadliner provides the first solely instrumental track on the CD as “Aurelander” marches its way through the speakers with orchestral pads and complex lines of synthesizer melodies before breaking into a drum n’ bass rhythm midway through; definitely one of the most dynamic tracks so far.
Some more drum n’ bass elements can be heard in Unease’s “Beyond the Trivial,” as well as in “youRN” by iammynewst, a track which also mixes in some twisted ambience and odd synth arrangements, not dissimilar to early Aphex Twin. SMP literally kick their way in with “Slag,” a straightforward dance track reminiscent of the early ‘90s techno and industrial scene with a rather minimal assembly of samples and a simplistic bass line. “Carrion Swarm” will kill your speakers if you’re not careful; a blistering array of power noise, courtesy of Endif and Leichenfeld. The version of Mindless Faith’s “So Much For Salvation” presented here, with some help from Deliccato, introduces some moments of glitch and abstract noise, making for a unique collage of electronic diversity, while VTG’s “Softly” ends the CD on a somber note of dark ambience and gothic piano tones, carried by a slow jazzy beat.
While DarkSonus Vol. 1 is not without its duds, as all compilations possess at least one, even the weaker tracks like The God Project’s “Intolerance” and Diverje’s “Your Pleasure” don’t bring the overall energy down. Indeed, even these tracks help to present a wider scope of just what’s going on in today’s electro and industrial underground, and this first DarkSonus compilation succeeds brilliantly in offering a good range of diverse artists and styles. Whether your fancy is danceable EBM, rocking industrial, or distorted noise, this CD covers it all. Whether the DarkSonus web site will pick up speed again is anybody’s guess, but at least with DarkSonus Vol. 1, you can be assured that the spirit of the underground is still very much alive and kicking.
