The second best album of 2014. Review below. #2 Artist: Perturbator Album: Dangerous Days Release: June 17, 2014 Genre: Synth, Retro-synth, New Wave, Electronic, Synthpop Link: (Bandcamp) https://perturbator.bandcamp/ Frances own Perturbator (musician James Kent) has set an incredibly high bar on the sights of synth and current retro wave electronic music. An underground titan of an album, “Dangerous Days” is the soundtrack to every Cyberpunks dream. Vibrancy set with a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future sound of an world gone awry to a heinous villain. Dangerous Days is without a single doubt the synth masterpiece of 2014. Although not too known from several fields of genres and scenes, Perturbators sound can described as high tension retro-wave with a futuristic synthpop undertone. Its a ride into the future blanketed over by some impressive synthesizer work that does not get nearly enough credit to the scenes who enjoy this type of structure in their music. A quick excerpt from Perturbators description of the concept of the record: “This is Nocturne City. The year is 2088 and you are about to embark on a journey into an urban nightmare.” Dangerous Days itself takes the listener into a darker environment riddled with cyberpunk themes sci-fi imagination. Its masterful work of capturing elements from sci-fi and even horror films has amassed an instrumentally complex staircase leading up to a retro-futuristic fusion of binary dreams. “Perturbators Theme” jumps you right into the hard hitting retro synth ride awaiting you. “Raw Power” is something straight out of the heyday of 1980s inspired science fiction, although sounding almost retro infused enough to sound like it would be penetrating through an arcade machine of the same era. Lets not forget that some of the actual few samples do come from old video games. Perturbator keeps in check his modestly influenced themes of 80s synth and progresses to his own beat, making each massively catchy tune something for you to rock out to while exploring 80s culture. The hard lines in “Future Club,” masterfully take that inspiration through persistent bass lines and steady structure. “War Against Machines” can almost be considered something as the long lost soundtrack to James Camerons “The Terminator.” Its so believable the title itself recommends the assumption. A nice break throughout the synth destruction theme, “Hard Wired”(with guest vocalist Isaballa Goloversic) sends off a more romantic synthpop tune, glowing with warmer vibes stretching Perturbators talent even further. Hard Wired shines as an appealing track for those looking in a softer sense. Almost an intermission from the battle that awaits you in your imagination going through this album. “Humans Are Such Easy Prey” and “Satanic Rites” both submerse you in sampling and crushing bass yielding a feeling of robotic destruction and gritty city lights. There are nearly no weak links throughout Dangerous Days; the showcasing of retro wave done right in a digital age in which acts and artists producing come dime a dozen. This album is articulate and precise - propelling a new high standard for Perturbator reveling in every shadow 80s retro wave casts along side. Pick this one up now via Bandcamp for the ultimate in retro wave experience or miss out on the future. https://youtube/watch?v=GwWGW8-x6OY
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:35:34 +0000