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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More technical brilliance from Leeb., 30 Oct 2001
It's been two and a half years since FLA last assaulted our senses, during which time FLA founding member and noise mongerer Bill Leeb has been making it big with his hugely successful Delerium project. Well, now he's back to what he does best with a new, and possibly final FLA album. Well, thankfully not much has changed and it's business as usual. He and his various counterparts been churning out these albums now for over 10 years and the recipe still has not soured, even though it has become very familiar.Lots has been said since Rhys Fulber's departure and Chris Peterson's arrival into the line-up. I have never had a problem with the change, I like all the stuff pre and post Rhys. Sure the music has become more formulaic, and there are times where Leeb seems to be running on auto-pilot, but the FLA sound is more accessible and more melodic than it used to be - I even sing along to this stuff. To those of you new to FLA this is as good an album as any to get started with. It's got trippy drum rhythms and loops, multiple note bass lines, layer upon layer of hypnotic electronics and the trademark digitised Leeb vocals. The guitars that have featured on some of his previous albums have been dropped, and this is good, Leeb is afterall a synthesizer wizard. Also, it's no longer a case of 'spot the sample' as these have been dropped completely, well at least I couldn't find any. So if you're into loud electronic music and want to try something a bit different, give this a go, no-one making this type of music does it better. It beats Prodigy anyday. Good work fellas and please don't quit yet.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Recommended, 26 Mar 2003
This music is electronic but not really like dance music. It's definitely different from what I've ever heard before.They're atmospheric, consistently dynamic and as far as I know, do not contain any cheesy samples which is a rare gift for electronic music. It's dark, screetchy, rhymthic, rough and haunting beats here, similar to the stuff FLA wrote for Quake 3, but without the guitars. I've heard a few of FLA's old songs and they are pretty different to this; all artists' music evolves in both good and bad ways and I believe Leeb has pulled off an album which is very well rounded and feels 'finished'. One of my favourites here is Epitaph; well structured and atmospheric as ever, it's got a good message, some good beat pumpin' breakdowns and a terrific video. Probably an acquired taste, not everybody's cup of tea but chances are if you're reading this review then you're already into this kinda music. Definitely a very high quality album, without any poor or average tracks on it, which I find is very rare for any album.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
very average, 5 Nov 2002
I picked this up in Germany while i was deep into a skinny puppy phase. Not the best reason to buy a FLA album really, but i already owned "Monument" (truly exellent album, highly recommended), and so i thought i was in for a similar ride - jackhammer beats alongside stripped down brutal yet funky EBM. Instead, FLA have produced a samey, repetitive and dull attempt at ambient industrial. There are some good tracks on here,like backlash. If you're a FLA fan, this will be a fine purchase, but to the uninitiated this could be quite offputting. Go for "Monument" or "tactial neural implant" instead.
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