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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
This is a diverse collection of intense and dreamy instrumental tracks by Cevin Key and Dwayne Goettel, the gifted musician-programmers of Skinny Puppy. Fully exploiting their vast reserves of sound-creation methods and material, Key and Goettel make every piece an intriguing experience for the ears and emotions alike. Moods range from eerie and haunting ("Whitewax," "Clocks") to darkly upbeat ("Saved," "Come in Piece"). Tracks such as "Pressurehead" and "The Moodswing" are more atmospheric in nature, while "Hiding" and "I.D.L." reveal non-Western musical influences. The most consistent technical feature from one track to another is the extensive use of arcane spoken-word fragments. --Mark McCleerey

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5 out of 5 stars

Masterful instrumentalism with true heart May 30, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

You can't help but feel diverse emotions throughout this cd. This is only odd because most industrial-esque music is drilled down to being mainly anger-fueled noise and such. This is far from the case with this album. Tracks range from menacing and brooding (The Moodswing)to energeticly dancey (Father Don't Cry) to the ethnic swan-cry I.D.I. I must say that every track on this cd is genuinely good with a completeness on it's own as well as making the entire album a more complete work. My personal favorite off this album is without a doubt F862. I get chills every time I listen to this song, it just contains this otherworldly beauty that makes you feel as if you are anything and everything; it is truly a spiritual experience. Listen to this song and try to tell me you don't get chills all over. The whole cd is good but I would pay $50 for F862 alone. Probablly more :)

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent Tangent May 26, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I wanted to give this album five stars. It contains perhaps the most effective use of voice samples in existence; they _are_ the lyrics, telling a kind of disjointed, surreal story in the context of the dark, rhythmic music crafted by Key and Goettel. Unfortunately, it would have been wiser of them to leave a few of the tracks out of this album, particularly, a few towards the middle of the disc that are truly and utterly forgettable, with equally forgettable voice samples, which, as just mentioned, are the true stars of the pieces. The music itself is fairly conventional, dancey industrial, not without the unique spin that Key and Goettel have always put on their music, but nothing spectacular. And it really should be that way; we wouldn't want our attention diverted from the sampled speakers, would we? I'd advise a buy for any Puppy fan, and certainly for any lover of Key's larger body of work. At any rate, I see it as an excellent jumping off point for anyone wishing to look farther than Skinny Puppy for the fruit of cEvin and Dwayne's talent, as it's fairly easy to listen to and yet a far cry from the Puppy work.

5 out of 5 stars

Almost as perfect as it gets... August 28, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

As I type this I am listening to this album for probably the thousandth time. It is expertly crafted, and so incredibly intricate and well-executed, that I still crave it, 10 years or so after I first heard it. I can only say that about a few other albums, and they are the Greats, such as The Dark Side of the Moon and the Orb's U.F.Orb. Most of the songs here are completely timeless, and all are fantastic examples of what electronic music can and should be.

As for the Skinny Puppy references, I am still a bit of an SP fan (though not nearly as rabid about it, no pun intended) and never drew comparisons between SP and DT. This was a fantastic and refreshing tangent, genuinely crystalline in its precision, and soul, oddly.

You absolutely must listen to this with decent headphones at least once before you die.

5 out of 5 stars

The Nightmarish Subconcious of the Puppy Twins June 2, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Cevin Key and Duane Goettel were keeping busy, while in Skinny Puppy, and while Ogre was working with Al Jourgensen from Ministry during the creating process of Rabies. From 1987 to 1990 the two made some of the most infectiously addictive electronic music ever. First off if you like Skinny Puppy then you must get this. The sampling on this album is stellar. There really isnt any singing but there are lots of voices throughout. This album has a very haunting, mellow charm to it and really is a classic Wax Trax release, especially now that Duane Goettel has died. If you like dark electronic with awesome sampling then get this...one of the genre's best

5 out of 5 stars

Dark, moody, and melodic. March 29, 1999
This is one of my all-time favorite mood albums. Perfect for listening to in the dark. The persistent melodies, dark lyrics/samples, and overall excellent production quality have created an album about as ethereal and surreal as you can get. A "must have" if you're into the Skinny Puppy style of music.

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