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The Entrance
表演者: The Invisible Kid
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2009-01-06
唱片数: 1
出版者: Bikiniwax Records
条形码: 0186095000337
专辑简介
The Entrance is one mans foray into the trenches of Electronic Rock Warfare.
A full length LP has been borne of late night weekend excursions into
basement soul-explorations, spiritual subtext and a hit-and-run attack of
beats and guitars.
For newcomers, this one man, Astoria-based Daniel Lee, aka The Invisible Kid,
first came on the map back in 2002 doing a remix for UK trip-hop artists
Sneaker Pimps for their hit single Sick. The Kid has spent much time since
splitting his efforts both as a solo live DJ/Production Unit and reproducing
his own material in live settings with supporting musicians. Since 2002 he
has released a slew of remixes (most notably one for Laurence Colbert,
ex-Ride) and his own debut self-titled EP released in late 2005. Now he
delivers the payload, 14 original tracks via The Entrance.
To penetrate The Entrance one has only to synchronize their body and mind,
parlaying their primal dance instincts to the grooves of opener The Last
Night in order to realize the journey that lay ahead.
With its ominous premonition of Armageddon and hyper-crush chanting, you soon
realize that you better be ready to dance your way into salvation or fall
prey to the trappings of greed. The songs commentary on the nations foreign
affairs refrains from being accusatory, but is a warning to those who remain
blinded in the dark. Sliding in effortlessly is ITC (Keep the Light On), a
slinky little surf guitar melody that creeps up your spine against a
foreboding tale of what mysteries lie above the clouds. The number opens your
chest up a little as the cut-up drum track drops in, only to delay into
Amber and then further dissolve into New Rays. Basking in its solar glory
is short lived as you are quickly launched into the chord assault that is
Test Pattern Dreams. Its here that the album reaches its fighting weight;
piano chords ringing out against the backdrop chimes of bell towers
thundering deep over the valley. Drum fills align into a pattern, hard-biting
visions start to overtake, the levels redlining. As the song reaches midpoint
it strips down to just the beat and those driving open chords. Is it ambience
or ambivalence? You can hear the robots commanding the human vocals, but what
is human and what is programmed? Following, The Shadow Academy vents its
frustrations out into absolute oblivion, whether it be through the lead
guitar in the front, the bass in the middle or the door in the back of your
mind.
Obvious single Whered You Go rebels against the greater powers that be,
still driven by human concerns, relentlessly asking for answers to creation.
It hits with a hard beat followed by an almost cynical, cyclical bass line.
The questions remain. At a full 14 songs that is The Entrance, theres no
filler here. The shorter sonic-scapes that glide in on Fountain and
Greyfields are welcome departures that add depth, not minutes.
Concerning depth with The Invisible Kids first full length, consider this:
his Oxford influences and Manchester sensibilities have forged a bond on the
floor of his basement studio, somewhere between the production sized talents
of his electronic mind and his subterranean love for white-noise theatrics.
Dont forget to support the artists! We did.
曲目
We're At The Entrance
