CD Review: Necrotek - Blacklight Magick

Written by Ray Dunkle Tuesday, 24 April 2012 07:50

Artist: Necrotek
Title: Blacklight Magick
Genre: Industrial / EBM / Dark Electro
Release Date: 27th March 2012
Label: Vendetta Music

Album Review

With his second full-length album, James Geist, delves into his major influences - you can call them SKINNY PUPPY - and the Electro-Industrial scene of 80’s and 90’s. And he knows very well to evoke a certain amount not only of charm but also of empathy towards his musical personae. Spooky sounds, Dark Electro, and a sense of fatalism create here a Giger-ish landscape painted retro - futuristically. ‘Blacklight Magick’ could easily be the soundtrack of ‘Prometheus’ movie if only it were directed by Roger Corman - as it has a Gothic element attached to it - and the focus weren’t the Aliens but a more personalised hell. 

As it is, the album playfully builds on the theatrical atmosphere and delivers an interesting albeit limited (due to the few original tracks included here) insight into the Electro tradition. From the ‘Cemetery Sound’ to the ‘Haunted’ we watch the fall of the hero in 5 tracks which could be seen as a unity in their gradual decomposing of the identity dressed of course with ironic undertones and low-beat rhythms. The remixes offer a more straightforward glimpse of dancing adrenaline. Among the best moments on that front are the upbeat remixes of ‘Blacklight Magick’ by PORTION CONTROL and ‘Satanas Ex Machina’ from PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF EUROPE which has a more ”dirty” Industrial feeling. Certainly the album distinguishes itself from the usual Dark Electro / Industrial albums not only in its peculiar sense of humour but also of its darkness.


Tracklist

01. Blacklight Magick I (Intro)
02. Cemetery Sound
03. Satanas Ex Machina
04. Blacklight Magick
05. Descent
06. Haunted
07. Terror Trip (Live 11.24.01)
08. Blood Through The Ceiling
09. Satanas Ex Machina (Machinamentum rmx)
10. Satanas Ex Machina ( Trimetrick Belgium Beat rmx)
11. Blacklight Magick (Portion Control rmx V.2)
12. Shadow Phase (Symbolic rmx by Terminal State)
13. Blacklight Magick (Revolution State’s Medical Magick rmx)
14. Satanas Ex Machina (The Peoples Republic of Europe rmx)
15. None More Black (Kontrolled Demolition rmx)
16. None More Black (Trimetrick rmx feat. Catherine Nitrojane Robertson)


Line-up

James Geist – Vocals / Music


Websites

https://www.facebook.com/Necrotek13 / http://www.necrotek.com


Cover Picture




Rating

Music: 8
Sound: 8
Total: 8 / 10


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