Hello Mannequin

Joy Electric | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tooth & Nail Records
• ASIN: B00024I2OU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Joy Electric's Latest Masterwork!!, June 1, 2004

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Louie Bourland (Garden Grove CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello Mannequin (Audio CD)

Joy Electric has been the driving vehicle for California-based musician Ronnie Martin since 1994. In today's world of guitar-oriented, larynx-shredding alternative rock and monotonous gangster rap, Joy Electric brings in fresh synthesized pop music that draws heavily on the likes of Erasure, Kraftwerk and early Depeche Mode (ala 'Speak and Spell').
"Hello Mannequin" is Joy Electric's 17th release overall and its third in a series of conceptual albums subtitled "Legacy". The musical approach to "Mannequin" is the same as previous Joy-E releases in that it was performed with analog synthesizers and vocals only. The overall sound is dryer than the band's more recent efforts but still is loaded with Ronnie Martin's ear-catching melodies, inventive lyrics and trademark English-accented vocals.
Standout tracks include the aggressive danceable "Disloyalist Party", "The Works of Unknowns", "Song for All Time" and a tribute to early electronic music pioneers entitled "I Am A Pioneer" (what else?). Indeed, every track on "Hello Mannequin" is something special and are among the best Martin has written yet.
Joy Electric continues to grow with each album they release while retaining their trademark sound. "Hello Mannequin" is no exception. It is simply Joy Electric's best album to date (until the next one comes around).
Highly recommended for fans of Melodic Synth-Pop.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hello, Mannequin, July 21, 2008

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L. Roy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello Mannequin (Audio CD)

I'm sorry this review took so long, but Amazon wouldn't let me post! Very fast shipping and the CD was in excellent condition. I'm very pleased.

5.0 out of 5 stars Legacy, April 20, 2008

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Zachary R. Mcgovern "Zach Attack" (BR, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello Mannequin (MP3 Download)

All music is mathematical, but with Joy Electric, Ronnie Martin's calculations seem more methodical, more precise than many if not most of the modern musical groups. The music on this record is a journey, at times whimsical ("The Singing Arc") and at other times ominous ("Who Are Friends"), but at no time does Ronnie Martin stop calculating every sound, every beat, every noise, creating within his reflective lyrical framework his own universe. It's a place where a good handful of music fans have gone, but not enough. It is time for the world to know Ronnie Martin's music - the mathematical genius found in this universe is limitless and open to exploration.

Joy Electric, in all of its variations, is electronic music for the soul.