Implant - The Productive Citizen
Building on a live reputation with concerts all over Europe and a short visit to the USA, Implant is ready to engage in another musical adventure called: ‘Implantology’, an attraction sonic pole where all the various musical orientations Implant went through in his lustrous career converge and unite. Keeping the innovation flourishing, Implant forge the frontiers of eclecticism and sound diversity more than ever before and even manages this time injecting some acoustic guitar sounds into their impressive mélange of modern electronics, eighties melodic less-is-more flavours, industrial dance beats and beautifully contrasting male/female vocals. Len is here once again surrounded by prestigious guest vocalists like his partner in crime Front 242's Jean-Luc De Meyer, but also Neon Judgement, Psy'aviah, Plastic Noise Experience or yet Angelspit!
Did you have your Implant today?
Lord Knows I Tried (album version)
Clanking and a sampled voice – which is uninterrupted by mutated rhythms and a slow deliberate vocal with hazy beautiful synth sounds. This is intensely superb! Although it possesses a slow beat your body still moves to the interlocking layers of rhythms that pump through your veins, wave after wave of sheer brilliance just constantly knocks at the aural cavities and your body responds by moving in time to the wonderful deluge that surrounds it.
C.C.C.P.C.C.T.V.
This bombards the ears with a bubbling of powerful catchy rhythms, constant and heavy with a fluctuating synth that hypnotically gives this track a nice ferocious bite. The great samples surround a clean but interesting vocal that you can not get enough of. The melody is a definite turn on factor here and no doubt will have your foot tapping if you are too shy to get up and dance, but the intensity of the track alone will have you mesmerized into moving your body – one of the side effects of listening to Implant.
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Popping sounds with more sampled voices offer intriguing bubbling pulsating rhythm that again makes you - body responsive!! This is highly addictive listening and makes leaders followers as the beats command you to move, rather like a sound to light unit... unable to resist the swelling, compulsive waves – I do not want this to stop!
The City
With an urgent screech and then a pumping hypnotic rhythm emerges. A soft vocal can be heard over a busy synth that tunnels its way through a combination of star wars effects. Again it commands movement from the body as it furiously busies and carries on its way into your head. Jagged synth sounds emerge and again that powerful beat just sweeps you into the magnetic flow like a gigantic tsunami – it will drown you alive!
Jour Nucléaire
A French title with German sampled words. The quickening pace carries a female voice and lots of beautiful busy synth rhythms – this is harsh, aggressive and will scar the mind with a dance floor grooves and punchier infectious beats.
I'm In Control
A nice industrial sampling of incidental sounds that protrude edgily through the speakers and then a crisp melodic wave of rhythm begins with a throbbing intensity that will immediately have you hooked into its sway and literally bring you to a climax as it demonstrates perfect balance, pitch and damn sexy beats all wrapped in a delicious swathe of melody with clean but powerful vocal.
Joe Is Dead
A mechanical voice sample says ‘Joe is Dead’ to what sounds like a theme tune for child’s television show and then a flurry of pulsating tones usher forth and a voice chanting Joe! Joe! Joe! But who the hell is Joe??? Well, apparently Joe is dead! But the track is very much alive and kicking!
The Game
Sounds like someone is playing a computer game and a female voice says ‘Shouldn't we be doing something more productive?’ But indeed Implant is by bringing to life this intense track and sorry for the pun in advance – but Implant just upped their game and got themselves up to the next level as the stunted synth notes pummel angrily yet melodically like a hammer to the brain!
Biodigital Nightmare
Ticking like a time bomb to a sampled voice. The vocal is harsher than previous but not so harsh it turns into an incoherent scream it keeps its composure amid a constant rhythm of icicle like notes that reign down to a spasmodic drum beat and sequences that embellishes the track superbly.
The Product
A sophisticated shrill sound of keys and harsh pummelling beats converge together to form a magnitude of rhythmic sound waves and I would not mind betting will fill a dance floor within seconds when played live. Compulsive foundation on which to base uncompromising emotive and dark melodic grooves!
Johnny
Strong dark ambient low end synth with a fuzzy array of sharp rhythms and incidental sounds with thought provoking lyrics sung by both male and female. Combining edgy and dramatic with a slightly tongue in cheek feel lyrically but musically no nonsense intense passion with plenty of feeling. The female vocal really adds a great touch to this track!
I Am The Teacher
Stunted synth notes blend with a thick wave of ambient rhythm until a sharper synth flavour is injected. The vocals are strong without being too over-zealous. ‘Can you teach me how to lose my innocence’ ‘Can you teach me how to kill?’ asks a female sampled voice – this is where things move into the disturbing and deranged territory with a repetitive rhythm that is like a mind controlling drug.
A really interesting listen that houses serious potential for a best-selling album, with its musical boundaries being blown out of the water. Each track holding outstanding diversity and forceful flavours, amid melodic wash and groove and if that was not enough it’s addictive and will take hold as soon as you press play as it really stands out from the crowd – this has to be a winner and if not there is definitely no justice in this world.
Did you have your Implant today?
Lord Knows I Tried (album version)
Clanking and a sampled voice – which is uninterrupted by mutated rhythms and a slow deliberate vocal with hazy beautiful synth sounds. This is intensely superb! Although it possesses a slow beat your body still moves to the interlocking layers of rhythms that pump through your veins, wave after wave of sheer brilliance just constantly knocks at the aural cavities and your body responds by moving in time to the wonderful deluge that surrounds it.
C.C.C.P.C.C.T.V.
This bombards the ears with a bubbling of powerful catchy rhythms, constant and heavy with a fluctuating synth that hypnotically gives this track a nice ferocious bite. The great samples surround a clean but interesting vocal that you can not get enough of. The melody is a definite turn on factor here and no doubt will have your foot tapping if you are too shy to get up and dance, but the intensity of the track alone will have you mesmerized into moving your body – one of the side effects of listening to Implant.
Scanned
Popping sounds with more sampled voices offer intriguing bubbling pulsating rhythm that again makes you - body responsive!! This is highly addictive listening and makes leaders followers as the beats command you to move, rather like a sound to light unit... unable to resist the swelling, compulsive waves – I do not want this to stop!
The City
With an urgent screech and then a pumping hypnotic rhythm emerges. A soft vocal can be heard over a busy synth that tunnels its way through a combination of star wars effects. Again it commands movement from the body as it furiously busies and carries on its way into your head. Jagged synth sounds emerge and again that powerful beat just sweeps you into the magnetic flow like a gigantic tsunami – it will drown you alive!
Jour Nucléaire
A French title with German sampled words. The quickening pace carries a female voice and lots of beautiful busy synth rhythms – this is harsh, aggressive and will scar the mind with a dance floor grooves and punchier infectious beats.
I'm In Control
A nice industrial sampling of incidental sounds that protrude edgily through the speakers and then a crisp melodic wave of rhythm begins with a throbbing intensity that will immediately have you hooked into its sway and literally bring you to a climax as it demonstrates perfect balance, pitch and damn sexy beats all wrapped in a delicious swathe of melody with clean but powerful vocal.
Joe Is Dead
A mechanical voice sample says ‘Joe is Dead’ to what sounds like a theme tune for child’s television show and then a flurry of pulsating tones usher forth and a voice chanting Joe! Joe! Joe! But who the hell is Joe??? Well, apparently Joe is dead! But the track is very much alive and kicking!
The Game
Sounds like someone is playing a computer game and a female voice says ‘Shouldn't we be doing something more productive?’ But indeed Implant is by bringing to life this intense track and sorry for the pun in advance – but Implant just upped their game and got themselves up to the next level as the stunted synth notes pummel angrily yet melodically like a hammer to the brain!
Biodigital Nightmare
Ticking like a time bomb to a sampled voice. The vocal is harsher than previous but not so harsh it turns into an incoherent scream it keeps its composure amid a constant rhythm of icicle like notes that reign down to a spasmodic drum beat and sequences that embellishes the track superbly.
The Product
A sophisticated shrill sound of keys and harsh pummelling beats converge together to form a magnitude of rhythmic sound waves and I would not mind betting will fill a dance floor within seconds when played live. Compulsive foundation on which to base uncompromising emotive and dark melodic grooves!
Johnny
Strong dark ambient low end synth with a fuzzy array of sharp rhythms and incidental sounds with thought provoking lyrics sung by both male and female. Combining edgy and dramatic with a slightly tongue in cheek feel lyrically but musically no nonsense intense passion with plenty of feeling. The female vocal really adds a great touch to this track!
I Am The Teacher
Stunted synth notes blend with a thick wave of ambient rhythm until a sharper synth flavour is injected. The vocals are strong without being too over-zealous. ‘Can you teach me how to lose my innocence’ ‘Can you teach me how to kill?’ asks a female sampled voice – this is where things move into the disturbing and deranged territory with a repetitive rhythm that is like a mind controlling drug.
A really interesting listen that houses serious potential for a best-selling album, with its musical boundaries being blown out of the water. Each track holding outstanding diversity and forceful flavours, amid melodic wash and groove and if that was not enough it’s addictive and will take hold as soon as you press play as it really stands out from the crowd – this has to be a winner and if not there is definitely no justice in this world.
- Lord Knows I Tried (album version)
- C.C.C.P.C.C.T.V.
- Scanned
- The City
- Jour Nucléaire
- I'm In Control
- Joe Is Dead
- The Game
- Biodigital Nightmare
- The Product
- Johnny
- I Am The Teacher
Label: http://www.alfa-matrix.com
Reviewer: Pagan Hel
May 18, 2013
May 18, 2013
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