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: Mana Erg -The Blind Watchmaker :
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: Genre......: Electronic · Rel. Date..: Sep-06-2004 :
| Type.......: Album | Year.......: 2004 |
│ Tracks.....: 10 │ Label......: Glyptique │
│ Size.......: 72,10 MB │ Catalog No.: GLY 04.04 │
│ Scans......: Yes │ Source.....: CDDA │
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│ Track Title Time │
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│ 01 Bother 04:53 │
│ 02 Wasps 05:06 │
│ 03 The Lynx 04:33 │
│ 04 Cunctis Diebus 05:25 │
│ 05 Angel of Chaos 05:51 │
│ 06 Target 05:25 │
│ 07 Novi Mir 05:36 │
│ 08 Burning Fields 04:30 │
│ 09 Children of the Rubble 05:06 │
│ 10 Ghost Track 03:41 │
| Total: 72,10 MB / 50:06 |
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│ A selection of Reviews │
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│ "...the music of Mana ERG is hard to describe and hard to file; it covers │
│ many grounds and finds its strenght in rare qualities such as dynamism and │
│ eclecticism. "The Blind Watchmaker"'s multifaceted production extends from │
│ electronic to dark, in a journey that encompasses so many genres and │
│ influences that it's hard to even keep track of your own mood and state of │
│ mind as you are violently pulled through its smooth soundscapes. The │
│ overall sort of "noir" approach brings that nice ill and sinister halo to │
│ the table, and you'll definitely recognize influences of early NIN (in │
│ particular think of Reznor doing his nasty and dirty slow pieces with │
│ piano or guitar loops, much rather than him screaming away over walls of │
│ distortion) when the atmospheres get cloudy and slow or when Bruno's │
│ collaborators Joe Erber (piano) and Tiberio (guitar) add their touch to │
│ the ill-lighten suites... │
│ The addition of d'n'b breaks and other sophisticated rhythmical figures │
│ might remind you of Apell, some older Eno productions and definitely some │
│ late Clock DVA. Young Gods-type sonorities are ready to take off on the │
│ wings of buttered IDM loops that wouldn't look out of place in some Boards │
│ of Canada/Autechre or other Warp artist's album. │
│ The album was mastered by Attrition's mastermind Martin Bowes, and this is │
│ no coincidence since Mana ERG definitely looks up to the sound of │
│ Attrition or of similar bands such as Die Form. Bastard, Legendary Pink │
│ Dots, Visions of Excess, Kapotte Muziek, Ivan Iusco/Nightmare Lodge are │
│ some of the other bands that populated my mind while going through these │
│ tracks... Ultimately the electronic texturing of the record really shows │
│ great attitude and consciousness and builds intense statements and ballsy │
│ presence on minimalist structures that convey great sense of musicianship. │
│ It's such a diverse recording you'll have to listen to it many many times │
│ to even get a grasp of its complexity, which is great considering how │
│ basic the instrumental approach is. I have been listening to this for a │
│ few days now and if I didn't have to move on to the next batch in the │
│ pile, I'd probably keep going to appreciate all of the shadows and shades │
│ of its wide palette and array of sonics. Great record." -Review by Marc │
│ Urselli-Schaerer (Chain DLK)- │
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│ "It's difficult to pigeonhole their sound. Firstly there's an urge to │
│ communicate within their songs - indeed it sometimes sounds like an │
│ accompanied spoken work album much in the way CLOCK DVA or ATTRITION │
│ sometimes delved almost into Film Noir narrative. Add to this some rounded │
│ chants and poker-hot vocal motifs, all fitting contentedly into the │
│ musical core. And as for the music, it seems to span many genres without │
│ taking more than a hint from any one. Mostly I guess, I'd say they were │
│ aiming for something akin to film soundtrack, assimilating various │
│ elements of Rock and perhaps the dramatically darker moments of Goth. │
│ ...and yet it is none too much like any of these comparisons. What they │
│ have here is a rich and somewhat unique sound which delves into dark │
│ corners with bright, warming illumination." Metamorphic Journeyman(U.K.) │
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