Fellow Prisoners

Amish Rake Fight | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Original Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Positron!
• ASIN: B00009R5ZM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,351 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Earpollution, May 9, 2003

"The more I listen to Fellow Prisoners, the more I want to recommend it."

Product Description

The highly anticipated debut from Machines of Loving Grace programmer/keyboardist Mike Fisher, Fellow Prisoners is fervid cinematic electronica. An otherworldly concoction of driving beats and ambient soundscapes, the album oscillates between edgy and melodic, never quite fitting neatly into traditional definitions of electronica.

Fellow Prisoners was written & recorded by Mike Fisher, and mixed by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down) and Rich Veltrop (Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers). The CD includes remixes by Statik (Collide), Chris Randall (Sister Machine Gun) and Trigger10d.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing elecronic soundscapes, November 14, 2003

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This review is from: Fellow Prisoners (Audio CD)

With Machines of Loving Grace, it was most consistantly the textural synth treatments and the tasty keyboard hooks that helped certain tracks stand out in their catalog... It's been a while since Machines went AWOL, but I was happy to learn that Mike Fisher, the band's keyboard player/programmer was working on new material...

His new realease, Fellow Prisoners, does not disappoint! The six original tracks on the CD (not counting the four remixes) are cohesive in overall tone, but each track brings something new to the mix... The description "fervid cinematic electronica... driving beats and ambient soundscapes" is very accurate... It's the juxtoposition of organic and ambient sounds (tablas, vocal samples, strings etc.) and the crisp drum programming that make it such a unique mix... It's worth mentioning as a positive that while the CD is very accessible it is not easily compared to other electronic acts...

It's the attention to the little details that make the CD so enjoyable... And certain textures and noises stand out, like the bubbling electronic undercurrents in Sir Wellington Du Beuf; or the mixture of ghostly chanting and keyboard washes layed over crisp drum programming in Sonda; or the operatic voices underlayed throughout I, Croupier...

I can take or leave the four remixes included at the end of the CD - though they do bring a few of the tracks closer to standard electronica/dance territory...

It's a very effective mix, and one that stands up to repeated listenings... It seems like a heck of a lot of time, care, and meticulous programming was put into each of the tracks... Great stuff!

I'm looking forward to ARF's future releases!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful album, January 12, 2004

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This review is from: Fellow Prisoners (Audio CD)

one of the top 5 electronic albums i own, and one of the few music purchases lately that didnt disappoint.