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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow, April 8, 2004
Haujobb's melodies hang like a dark ambiance over layers of complex, futuristic beats to create a synthesis of sonic brilliance. Freeze Frame Reality, although sometimes deceptively emotionless and cold, is laden with anxiety and isolation. It is not grinding industrial, nor is it danceable, catchy synthpop. It is something far more subtle, akin to walking down cool gray corridors of sound. In a genre growing stale with repetitive dance-electronica acts, this album is anything but. At times minimalist, at times driving, but always laced with a haunting mix of machinery and melancholia, Freeze Frame Reality is captivating, intelligent, and, simply put, unforgettable.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
pure genius, November 21, 2002
I am being dead serious that this is the CD that got me into what people would call "Industrial" music. Up until I got into music I was into stuff like Tool and Metalica. The most I ever strayed into the electronic realm was stuff like Crystal Method and Prodigdy. Since I got this Freeze Frame Reality now listen to nothing else but industrial music (and some poppy stuff like Prodigy). I now have an entire radio show dedicated to industrial music all becaues I found the true essence of what it means to make music not money and that I found in Daniel Myer, Haujobb, and Freeze Frame Reality.
Freeze Frame is easily the best CD that Daniel Myer has made. Now, I am not saying that this easy CD to get into, because its not. None of Meyer's stuff is easy to pick up right away, but once you take the time to listen to one of his songs, you realize the genius he puts behind his music.
This music is very dark to say the least, and if you listen to synth pop stay away. I have tons of people call into my show when I play VNV Nation, but they hate dark stuff like this. If you are a fan a intelligent music like Autchre you might like this. Fans of Skinny Puppy or Black Lung defiantly need to look at this album. I said this album is dark, but I also think it is far from gothic, although a lot of people would disagree with. If you listen to a lot of "gothic" music then it sounds nothing like this.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderfully dark electronica, January 24, 2000
this album (originally released in 1995) builds toward a cleaner EBM style which was hinted at in the previous "Homes & Gardens" and more clearly defined in the "Eye Over You" remix single. the spooky samples and dark, dramatic rythms are still prominent but this album replaces the raw, experimental sound of their previous work with a much cleaner electronica format and proves to be just as enjoyable but much friendlier for casual listeners.
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