Oneiroid Psychosis: Assuage
- Asssuage (Deviation)
- Apostasy (Decree)
- Assuage (Album Version)
- Hallucinate
- Geobot
- Assuage (Fluid)
Since Oneiroid Psychosis has never released a single before "Assuage", I was
unsure as to how this release would sound. Normally, I would consider it
blasphemy to try and rework the already picture perfect compositions of the
Hansen brothers, but I decided to simply let the music speak for itself rather
than making any brash assumption with this release. As it turns out, that was
probably a good idea, because the three remixes on the "Assuage" single, while
not something that Lars and Leif would have ever done themselves, are an
intersting window into someone else's view of their music. The first Joseph
Bishara remix of 'Assuage' is a very upbeat, almost club friendly version of
the track while the second is much more true to the original track in mood and
execution. The Chris Peterson remix of 'Apoptasy' is what you would expect from
the musical genius behind Decree and Will. It is full of noisy beat patterns
and sweeping synthlines that radically restructure the track. What remains in
its original form on this release is 'Assuage' itself, and two non album
tracks; 'Hallucinate' and 'Geobot', both of which would have been right at home
on the last Oneiroid Psychosis album "Fantasies About Illness". Overall,
'Assuage' is definitely a step above many remix singles mostly because the
remixers wet out of their way to rework the original intent of the each track
into effectively a new body of work.
Oneiroid Psychosis is: Lars & Leif Hansen
Contact:
Decibel Records
615 N. Milwaukee St
Milwaukee WI, 53202
E-mail: decibel@execpc.com
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