The latest album of Front Line Assembly, Echogenetic, signifies another twist in their musical experimentation. The dubstep elements in their music were obvious in their previous soundtrack, "AirMech", and now the whole project finally took its shape.
I will not judge such a genre mixing, this is up to personal preference, but the outcome. I wouldn't expect anything less than a perfect blending of electro-industrial samples and dubstep flows from a band that is so many years around. Echogenetic will appear strange to FLA fans, especially after the more "hadcore" Improvised Electronic Device, but indeed, spend some time on it; you will not regret it
There are no tracks which really stand out in the first listening, except the 3rd track, "Blood", which is jaw dropping from its first few seconds. Listening better the album is were all its beauty start to appear, especially if you like good dubstep (aka, Burial). The blending of the two genres is immaculate, maintaining a perfect imbalance, in favour of course of the industrial character. Tracks like Exhale, Leveled, Exo and Heartquake are destined to be admired by both electro-industrial and dubstep listeners. Lyrics? Well it's FLA, what do you expect?10/10. This absence of lyrics in AirMech, due to its purpose of its release, was the main factor that the album was not that successful.
Nevertheless, the album is not perfect. It is obvious that FLA are still experimenting. Otherwise you would be able to feel that they have settled in a characteristic industrial/dubstep mix style throughout the whole album. Here the songs are rather different from each other in the atmosphere that they create. If Leeb and his friends decide the dubstep is worth working on it, I would bet that the next album will define the FLA sound in this category as well.
We'll have to see. For the time being, open your ears and your minds and listen to Echogenetic. Previous experience in dubstep will help you appreciate this album, to which I give 9/10, since I reserve the 10/10 for their next one.
We walk in silnce, we fade away
We're holding hands, we slip away
I will not judge such a genre mixing, this is up to personal preference, but the outcome. I wouldn't expect anything less than a perfect blending of electro-industrial samples and dubstep flows from a band that is so many years around. Echogenetic will appear strange to FLA fans, especially after the more "hadcore" Improvised Electronic Device, but indeed, spend some time on it; you will not regret it
There are no tracks which really stand out in the first listening, except the 3rd track, "Blood", which is jaw dropping from its first few seconds. Listening better the album is were all its beauty start to appear, especially if you like good dubstep (aka, Burial). The blending of the two genres is immaculate, maintaining a perfect imbalance, in favour of course of the industrial character. Tracks like Exhale, Leveled, Exo and Heartquake are destined to be admired by both electro-industrial and dubstep listeners. Lyrics? Well it's FLA, what do you expect?10/10. This absence of lyrics in AirMech, due to its purpose of its release, was the main factor that the album was not that successful.
Nevertheless, the album is not perfect. It is obvious that FLA are still experimenting. Otherwise you would be able to feel that they have settled in a characteristic industrial/dubstep mix style throughout the whole album. Here the songs are rather different from each other in the atmosphere that they create. If Leeb and his friends decide the dubstep is worth working on it, I would bet that the next album will define the FLA sound in this category as well.
We'll have to see. For the time being, open your ears and your minds and listen to Echogenetic. Previous experience in dubstep will help you appreciate this album, to which I give 9/10, since I reserve the 10/10 for their next one.
We walk in silnce, we fade away
We're holding hands, we slip away
