Signs ov Chaos - Frankenscience
Track list:
1. Thee Devil's Tongue (5:56)
2. Kode of thee Phuture (3:25)
3. Honey (4:53)
4. Believe (4:28)
5. Phunky Dogg (6:15)
6. Body Suction (5:06)
7. Pheel the Pulse (6:07)
8. Praise (5:20)
9. Comin t' Get Ya' (4:28)
10. Discipline through Fear (2:57)
11. Phunky Punctuation (3:34)
12. Science ov Love (8:35)
13. Rhythm ov Life (4:26)
14. P-Phaze (6:09)
The first time I slipped this in, pressed play, and was immediately bombarded by shrill, dissonant
volume swells and a simple (yet effective) I-V-I orchestral bass line, I admit I thought
it was a horror-movie score. Soon, however, the beat-oriented aspect of the album kicked
in, and I figured (disappointedly) that the style of the opening was just a fluke. But I was ecstatic
to discover that all was not lost - as it turns out, the chillbumps and the bass-thumps are
kept in excellent balance. There was not a song on here that did not have at least some redeeming
quality, even the trancier ones, which are well compensated-for by the textural and rhythmic variation
of songs like Phunky Dogg and P-Phaze. The sparse (yay!) vocal samples range from the inane (a really goofy-sounding guy yelling
"Praise the Lord!") to bad-ass (a James Earl Jones-y "Religion seeks discipline through fear"). The only song that
sounded vaguely familiar was Science ov Love, which sounded a bit like Pop Will Eat Itself's "Intense", only a little
darker and more subdued. There are some smoothly flanged drum tracks - Pheel the Pulse
sticks out in my mind, as it's primarily wide-open flanged cymbal sounds. Overall, this is supposed to be some sort
of concept album, but it really just boils down to good, dark ambience.
music best fit for: a damn cool Halloween party.
rating: seven out of ten (translates as "cool as hell").
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