Axiome - Rmx (By Aluviana)
Two projects on one CD. The first being Axiome, a veteran and a classic act from the golden days of power noise and IDM. The second act is Aluviana, based in Slovenia, and has been active since 2008. Been releasing stuff mostly on C-drik´s label, Syrphe. The Axiome tracks (which have been selected and remixed) were made between 1991 and 2022. And the tracks were then remixed in 2022 and in 2023 by Aluviana. The CD comes in a slipcase, sort of a digipack, in an edition of 100. The album contains 8 tracks, about 40 minutes total.
The first track is called Axiome 365 Météore (lost in a tunnel mix). A tunnel-like noise-drone in the distance, some lovely undertones of icy ambiance, excellent and dreamy synthkeys. Harsh kind of Esplendor Geometrico-like industrial drum-pattern kicks in. Very seductive high-tech stuff here.
The second track, Superfluid (not so fluid mix), has this kind of cyberpunkish synth-ambient sound to it... with a touch of the more experimental and early Front 242. I think it's the moody synth melody, which takes me back to Front 242´s No Shuffle. Love the textures and details going on, sound quality is really out of this world! Love the chopped-up human-voice speaking here, has that kind of robotic low-fi sound to it.
The third track, Hâve (dehumanization mix). Terminator-like synth work/mood with an apocalyptic touch. Excellent stuff to hear in the background while playing X-Com: Enemy Within! It has that sort of mysterious, high-tech soundtrack sound to it... could work on an episode of the X-Files aboard a UFO!. Love adventurous stuff, and this stuff is very adventurous.
The fourth track is called La Solitude Du Grêlon Face à La Chute (eleventh hymn mix), which follows up on that eerie cattle-mutilation UFO-theme/mood/sound. It really is an excellent mixture of low-tech and high-tech stuff here. It glitches with acid-drenched sounds, haunts you with eerie moods, and the sounds jump to one end of the corner and the next!
The fifth track, The Promise (not so electro mix extended), gives me the impression of a city that resides in an isolated geographical spot. It talks about the sort of strange stuff that goes on after nightfall in a city just like that. It's pretty murky stuff. Fans of Download would love this track.
The sixth track Who Really Was Valdemar Von Erebus? With its strange mechanics and insectoid, nightmarish moods. Manipulated and warped retro synths, glitchy sounds, shamanic electronica rhythms all floating in an acid-drenched soup. Fans of Monolake will dig this.
Rmx (by Aluviana) is a very good remix album of Axiome. It will and can please any fans of a multitude of different electronic genres, industrial, power-noise, dark ambient, electronica, IDM, etc, etc. It doesn´t actually come to a point where u feel it´s all too mixed up, u do get that adventurous vibe and curiosity of hearing more. Eerie sci-fi stuff from some distant post-apocalyptic world, and it´s all worth listening to, you won´t get bored!.
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