A Thousand Lights In a Darkened Room

By Robbie Martin (FSjakeJ@aol.com)

1.) unprepared piano : It took my a while to get use to this song . At first when I listened to it , it sounded like random buttons being pressed on a keyboard sequencer or more like a boss DR. The song just has a synth bass guitar piano ,and a quiet sweep synth. the song is basically a loop about 35 secs long. After I listened to it several times I noticed that it was a well composed song. The only problem is that it doesn't really change. I would have liked it better if it varied a bit more.

2.)red skeletons : the song opens up to what sounds like an industrial factory loop, like a turbine or something , but its syntheszied / and echoed. Then disstorted water droplet type sounds start to come in. then some weak synth bell riffs come in. And some scraping sound FX . Then comes in some random phone conversations. then the song turns a little more ambient with a stronger beat (kinduv like a heart beat and more water sounds). about 1/2 way into the song an echoed chorus synth line comes in. The end is hillarious ! a totally random random sound sample comes up of a homosexual male couple talking on the phone , and The guy says " Look , do you want to have a continuative relationship with me or not" and the other guy says "No" and thats the end. Its a good track compared to the rest of the albulm , I liked it.

3.)die wolf kommen zuruck : this track opens up with a looping knocking heavy echo effect. this song goes on for about 11 mins. It is basically a loop with a few wind sfx and a sound similiar to droning feedback. Even though this song is simple , it is one of my favorite tracks on the albulm. It is very hypnotic and sleep-inducing.

4.) refusal of leave : this song starts with a small water effect , as if some water was hitting a shore, then it sounds like the tide is rising , because the water sounds get heavier and sustain longer. It sounds like water with a slight phase /flange effect. Later in the song a quiet bass synth chord comes in followed by some reverse reversed string sounds . There are some soft vocals by john Balance that I cannot make out that fade in & out of the song. This also one of my favorite songs on the album. At first it songs much like an Aube song ( japanese noise/experimental artist , recommended ). This is a very beautiful and well -done song.