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Elemental

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Cesium_137's new album Elemental delivers a healthy dose of energetic electronic music. It's all generally high-bpm, and the vocal styles range from distorted to clear. The real beauty of this album is it's bravery to explore all kinds of styles...all of which are typical of the ebm genre, but the way they are implemented keeps things entertaining from beginning to end. Even though every track is original, I think the most played hits here are going to be Atrophy and Frayed. The videogamy music may turn off fans of the darker side of industrial/ebm, but Elemental is a great choice for those looking for a light-hearted guilty pleasure to throw into the mix now and then.

buy this album...buy it now....

if you like synthpop, technopop, future pop...or just plain old pop....get it.
it is even accessible to you harder folks out there...strong elemevts of EBM, and hard trance run all over this disc

but i've also heard worse. i'd say this is better then your average EBM release these days.. but alot of the songs just arent that memorable. Stand outs for me include Echoes and Hymn.

Not bad at all, but just run of the mill EBM/FuturePop. You can hear the difference between the self-produced and produced tracks. The produced tracks are alot more dazzle without the heart, whereas they shine through more with their self-produced tracks. The vocals are very much in the tone of Assemblage 23, which isn't a bad thing if you like Assemblage 23. But unlike A23, the lyrics lack the emotional connection between the artist and listener. Alot of flash, not alot of spirit on this one.

Technoish industrial synthpopishness with vocals that could be from Skinny Puppy. "Elemental" is a pleasant enough listen but save for a few tracks, one that merits some shelf time before reuse.

"Veil" is my favorite track, definitely a dance floor filler. Unfortunately the other songs just seem good enough for a listen or two; "Atrophy", "The Storm" and "Frayed" being the strongest of the lot.

I suggest adding "Veil" to your compilation CDs or IPod and handling the rest with minor interest.