New Mind: Forge
- Providence
- LD 100
- Furnace
- Forge
- Spiritshield
- America K.I.A.
- Stone Hate Steel
- Surge
- Fusion
- Purify
- Falling in Love again (Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt)
- Providence (Xorcist Remix)
Johnathan Sharp puts out quite an impressive effort with the first new New Mind
release since 1995's "Splinter To The Bone" on Cyber-Tec Records. "Forge"
picks up pretty much right where the last album left off except for the fact
Mr. Sharp has learned a thing or two about composing music in the past few
years. My key complaint which New Mind's earlier work is that while it had a
lot of good musical ideas going for it, it never went anywhere with them. Yet
with "Forge", that is anything but the case, with every single track taking
advantage of Mr. Sharp's unique programming style. No matter whether the track
slowly builds up into an upbeat dance tune from very slow humble beginnings like
'Furnace', or it taunts you with almost enough BPM to groove but never quite
reaching the peak beat quotient like 'Stone Hate Steel', "Forge" is definitely
Johnathan's current masterpiece. Electro purists will even be satisfied by the
complementary use of guitars throughout the album in such a manner that you
barely even notice them. Definitely a shining effort from a prolific artist
responsible for such other projects as Hexedene, Hyperdex-1-Sect, and Bio-Tek,
with New Mind achieving the status of his best work to date.
New Mind is: Johnathan Sharp
Contact:
21st Circuitry Records
P.O. Box 170100
San Francisco, CA 94117
E-mail: circuit@sirius.com
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