Title: ZeitGeist
Artist: Gothika
Genre: Electro / Industrial / New Wave
Release Date: 23rd October 2009
Label: Danse Macabre Records
Album Review
And here’s another band from Japan polarizing fans of electronic music all over Europe. Really? Well, this time, things are a little bit different. While singer Andro is writing and recording his songs in Osaka, Yoshiki lives in the heart of Europe - in Vienna - composing the tracks influenced by the local club scene and therefore playing “games without frontiers” as you can say. The new release is not only showing the qualities, fans of Visual Kei and J-Rock would like, there is in fact the influence of EBM, Electro and Future Pop which is more adapted to European listeners. Although I’m not into these Japanese vocals and probably will never get used to, they’re really well embedded in the great structured composing. Beside this, ‘ZeitGeist’ is offering a successful alliance between European sounds and eastern melodies. Well done!
Tracklist
01. Overture
02. Gusano (feat. Selia)
03. Abattoir
04. Precious Earth
05. Papilio
06. Master Sergeat
07. Army March Drawn Sword Police
08. Partisan
09. Echolalia
10. Titan
11. Adonis
12. Echolalia (Suicidal Romance)
13. Gusano (Ira-k Organisation)
14. Echolalia (Neon Synthesis)
15. Army March Drawn Sword Police (0075 Mix)
16. Adonis (Dj Ram Mix)
Line Up
Andro - vocal, lyrics
Yoshiki - synthesizer, programming
Website
http://antimass.cool.ne.jp/ / http://www.myspace.com/gothikatokyo
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 7
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 8 / 10
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