Black Rain: Nanarchy
- Xerfem
- Night Island 2
- Speed and Ice
- Trainstop
- Alternities
- Das Dusenflugzeug
- Corpocyte
- Return To Night Island
- Nextification
- Letter Racers
- Nanarchy
At first glance this new Black Rain album is much like it's predecessor in that
it was written primarily as a soundtrack style album. However upon further
examination one notices a number of departures from their debut album. Most
notably is the increased number of straight forward pop tracks with an over
abundance of guitar and cheesy lyrics. The other difference is the increased
used of abnormal and otherwise experimental sounds. Approximately half of the
album is identical to their first album and the remainder is dedicated to
musical exploration an growth. Each of the pop tracks seem to act more as
filler rather than anything to be taken seriously, and as such can be ignored
for the most part. However the experimental sections warrant closer scrutiny.
Most of them are a collection of vocal samples arranged over a bizarre array of
percussion and found sound, with the occasional vocal popping in and out. These
tracks are the hilight of the release because they are so far from the rest of
their material. With any luck, these types of tracks will become more
commonplace on the next Black Rain album and the pop tracks will hopefully
disappear.
Black Rain is: Stuart Argabright & Shinichi Shimokawa
Contact:
Fifth Column Records
P.O. Box 787
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 783-0044
E-mail: fifthcolvmn@tunanet.com
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