The Omega Syndicate - Baptism Of Wire -Limited Edition- (c) 2007 Sel
Artist....: The Omega Syndicate
Album.....: Baptism Of Wire
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 04
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Self Released
Catalogue#: n/a
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/1043764
Tracklist:
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01 Control Freak 21:43
02 Secrets In The Sand 12:39
03 Haunted 20:57
04 Fuse 10:31
Total:68,4 MB / 65:50 min
Release Notes:
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Limited Pressing of 100 Copies
From the cd:
This 100 copy Limited Edition was released at the fourth concert by The
Omega Syndicate on 26/5/07 at St John the Baptist Church, Leicester.
www.theomegasyndicate.co.uk
As with their other Limited Edition CDs this album of all new music is
bound to sell out fast. As I write half have gone already. Tron chords
provide a lush beginning to 'Control Freak'. As expected it doesn't
take long before a sequence makes an entrance, and quite a melodic one
it is too - high register but fairly rapid. Dark ominous fizzing drones
add to the build up. The sequence morphs beautifully, gaining power all
the time. Those drones also increase in intensity, coming and going in
waves, almost like a warning siren. A bass line gives proceedings even
greater oomph. It's like being in the middle of a storm, devastation
going on all around but somehow being protected from the external
forces. Unbelievably the track just keeps building and building
becoming more bass heavy as we go, the floor shaking in response. What
an awesome opener!
'Secrets in the Sand' has an appropriately mysterious Eastern sounding
melody over more soft mellotron. Exciting rapid pulsations come in
waves carrying the track forward, providing its backbone until more
strident leads arrive in the seventh minute. 'Haunted' starts, as
expected with rather eerie sounds but it is only a few seconds before
the sequence emerges. It is initially relatively sedate, quite melodic
and absolutely fantastic, weaving the most captivating of spells. Big
slabs of bass sound with loads of reverb add to the tension. Spectres
fly amongst the pulsations. There is subtlety here as well with every
sound beautifully placed. Take anything away and it would be to the
detriment and yet every time a new element is added it enhances the
whole wonderfully. A sedate melody floats in the middle of the mix.
Other aggressive stabbing melodies come and go. The pace really
quickens in the ninth minute, the spectres return and a purposeful
rhythm augments the sequence. In the twelfth minute the most awesome of
melodies is introduced which transcends an already fantastic track to
one of the bands very finest if not THE finest.
'Fuse' gets straight into a sequence and electric guitar combination. A
further bass sequence comes in as the guitar gives it some oomph. All
then seems to wind down a little as organ joins proceedings before
things take off again, the sequences leading the way. Don't hang around
on this one; it won't be available for long.