Lights Out

Antimatter

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 2003)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The End Records
• ASIN: B00009RXJK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,974 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

2003 project by Duncan Patterson (ex. Anathema) & Mick Moss. 8 tracks. The End Records.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Foreboding, yet peaceful, August 14, 2004

By	Dale Lammers (Grand Prairie, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The light from a small fire pierces the fog-shrouded night to reveal the ghostly image of a beautiful woman in a white gown sitting on a stump by a lake. The ghost is crying because she mourns the loss of a loved one and she is doomed to sing dirges bemoaning her sense of sorrow and comfortable isolation. Her songs carry across the calm lake and soothe the damp night air.

Sounds kinda cool, doesn't it? Mind you, there are no songs on Antimatter's latest CD about this scenario, but that's the overall feel of it. Musically speaking, there is nothing even remotely heavy about this one, but dammit if "The Art of a Soft Landing," "Expire" and "In Stone" don't make you yearn for the sunrise of a cool, damp fall morning. Strangely peaceful and soothing stuff here.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's very dark when the lights go out., August 18, 2003

By	Lord Chimp (Monkey World) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

The first Antimatter album, _Saviour_, kind of came out of nowhere and turned out to be a really great disc. Not something to listen to if you were contemplating suicide, mind you, but excellent. It has not even been a year later, and Mick Moss and Duncan Patterson have completed another album that is even better than the first.

Sonically, this album is pretty much identical to the first one: mostly electronic dark pop songs with very unsettling passages of samples, treated guitar effects, eerie synths, and toned-down beats. However, this one is less sad, a lot darker, and much more minimal. Songs are mostly very simple and slow to change, but the texture and production and unadorned beauty of it all makes it very good. The moods evoked through repetition are all very compelling here -- especially the final instrumental "Terminal", which is scarier than anything on the first release. Another difference is that Mick Moss performs many of the vocals, taking up lead on half of them. The three others are dominated by either the fey Hayley Windsor or the breathy, sexy-voiced Michelle Richfield. The only downside to this album is that there are a few instances of tacky "washing" synths but they are uncommon enough that they don't really make too big of a problem. Personally, I would have preferred less symph-pop emphasis on "Dream", although I still like that song. Also, "In Stone" and "Reality Clash" both use the "computer voice" effect and putting them back to back seems to me a poor choice of sequencing.

_Lights Out_ is a really dark, beautiful piece of work. It is sad that this is an unknown group because I think they are extremely good at what they do. They seem to get coverage exclusively on METAL websites which is weird but oh well. Check it out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lights out as you hit the ground.........., November 23, 2004

By	Gavin Moore "Gav" (Gateshead. England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A product of ex Anathema's Duncan Patterson, he and Mick Moss have together made some of the deepest darkest most intriguing music I've ever heard, it's not metal or anything, more like their brand of darkwave.
Technical yet minimalist it's a mix of some nice string work (acoustic, violin), with clever use of synth, programming, keyboards and excellent vocal work from Mick Moss and guests such as Michelle Richfield (Ex-Dominion). Here you will find some excellent sound-scapes and some haunting melodies heaped with atmosphere and nice vocal arrangements.
Highlights in my opinion would be the title track `Lights Out', this starts with the sound of an eerie air raid siren and the vocals sound is equally as eerie with male and female vocals together as if they are one voice, there is also a heart monitor style `beep' throughout the track that sounds very ominous.
Other strong tracks are `The Art of a soft landing' and the instrumental piece `terminal' (but then again the whole album is very good!), other works worth checking out would be the album `Saviour'. There is also a virtual album `Unreleased 1998 - 2003' available for download from their site if you wanted to check them out as I did, then you can buy the albums!! Highly recommended :)