Mesmer: Mesmer
- Breathe of Fire
- Fire Reveals Itself 1
- Eternal Circuit
- Form (Mirror) Form
- Floating 1
- Floating 2
- Eternal Circuit (*)
- Bio-Reprogramming For Quantum Cells
- Lost ~-~ Loosing
- Fire Reveals Itself 2
- Syncretism
- Da Ga Doomb
- Fallen...Seeds
- Peak Crest A
- Into The **Sun**
Mesmer is a band of many extremes but of one common singularity. While the
music make take on extremes from tribal ferocity to lulling folk tunes, the
single constant is the use of ethnic and experimental instrumentation.
Historical and other natural instruments seem to encompass the bulk of the
music making devices used on this release. There are also a handful of more
modern devices used, but they seem to be used more as filler than as the
primary music composition devices. More of the upbeat tracks remain vocal-less,
instead choosing to pull upon the trance like nature of the music for
it's communication. The slow, more folk like tracks are those which lyrics
seems to be more common. Yet vocals still remain the least emphasized portion
of the material. Overall Mesmer is amongst the growing number of bands who use
many of the elements of traditional 'industrial' music alongside thousands of
years of more primitive musical techniques. Thereby creating a mixture of
musical styles that borders on techno-shamanism.
Mesmer is: Derek Ecklund
Contact:
Mesmer
P.O. Box 772
Portland, OR 97207
E-mail: None
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