Anuru + Rising Storm
Interesting new act from Lithuania, describes themselves as cyberpunk, experimental, dark-electro, noise, dark ambient (Takes a deep breath) project. Out with a new album on Chilean based Cian Orbe Netlabel, and on their official Bandcamp site.
Interesting to use the imagery + sound inspired by the cyberpunk theme. A theme/genre in the literature which was kickstarted by Phillip K. Dick´s "Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep" (Bladerunner), which was then carried further with writers like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It also had a significant impact on the big screen, with of course Bladerunner, Escape From New York but also via Manga culture in Japan. We should mention Akira, Ghost In The Shell and of course Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Not a toon, a black and white cyberpunk nightmare version of Eraserhead if you please!). The whole idea of living in a society controlled by high-tech technology, information and giant cyber tech corporations (not governments). The scary thing about this is that we are almost living in it!. We just don´t have Robocop roaming the streets yet, or hackers plugging USB-cords into their heads to hack the system... But we´re getting there for sure.
Ok, then how about the music/noise? What kind of stuff is it?... I can describe it as being some sort of fusion industrial, balanced between high-tech sounds and grimy digital slaps of noise, spaced out virtual reality samples with occasional industrial-rhythmic parts to lift it all up. It´s a lovely achievement, a perfect high-tech cyberpunk nightmare. And if you are a cyberpunk fetishes, you would agree with me that they have achieved on getting right with the cyberpunk sound-aesthetics. Fans of Nordvagr, Controlled Bleeding, and Nocturnal Emissions should check it up. Quite unique!
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