Mechanical
Organic is one of the cases that
leave you with a question mark hanging
over your head, when you first listen
to them. I admit that the first impression
was negative and got almost hostile,
but after a couple of attempts the
whole project was found to be at
least intriguing. Most of my willingness
to revisit the album with much better
intensions was the kind and humble
description of the artist's
vision, which I found in the press
release. In this way, I appreciated
the attitude of Eddie Katz, who is
also known for participating in one
of the best underground progressive
metal albums ever, the legendary
"To Dimension Logic" by Vauxdvihl.
It is a true fact that you can not
classify easily this project. Surely
it is not metal, but it can be addressed
to metalheads too. A second definite
fact is that the album is not progressive
in the stylistic essence, but it
can also address to progsters. "Disrepair
Part One-Permafrost Dreams" is
a thematic album, with many references
to conspiratorial concepts about
the New World Order and recent developments
in security, terrorism, freedom and
truth. Tracks and short intermissions
with narrations are interwoven leading
to a unified treatment of the album
which has a strong expressive nature,
based on rock, industrial metal and
electronic music. I wouldn't
be surprised if someone would introduce
me to this album by claiming to be
a soundtrack. It sounds suitable
to cover a movie of an analogous
topic. The lack of guitars makes
the album hard to follow in many
cases, as the main channel of the
music's dynamics passes through
distorted bass lines. Samples, keyboards,
electronics and the numerous other
elements used by Eddie Katz make
this a multi-layered album, that
surely needs extensive listening
(and that's not to be taken
lightly). I can't say I wasn't
bothered by the drum machine, which
is the weakest link in the production,
or the lack of guitars (well this
is "tolerable"), and
if I could wish something about this
album would be to get re-recorded
with natural instruments and a whole
band. But that's an idea. The
artistic freedom of Eddie Katz is
respectable and understandable; therefore
Mechanical Organic should be received
as is. "Disrepair Part One-Permafrost
Dreams" will not get a rate
by Metal Perspective, not because
it does not deserve one, but because
it will not represent anything. It's
up to you to discover and to decide
if Mechanical Organic can be part
of your musical tastes. |
