Laboratory of Mathematics and Writing

Timecop1983 - Multiverse Timecop1983 returns with a sweet little five song album. For the last three or four albums of his, our synth pioneer seemed primarily focused on love and heartbreak themes. This time around, he focuses on the universe and space themes with broad hints of the nostalgia he is well known for. This actually bears a very strong resemblance to his work under Division titled 2083 . I actually heard that prior to listening to anything under his more well known moniker. I absolutely loved 2083 , so it's only natural that I fall in love with Multiverse . It's kind of weird being made to feel nostalgic about an album that already contained nostalgia. The same hypnotizing melodies that wrap their arms around and embrace your heart and soul are ever present. They carry you to the end of the song and towards the outer arms of the Milky Way. Splendid stuff. My favorite track is "Lost Time"; wh...

Acryl Madness - I'm Madness Acryl Madness is rapidly becoming one of my favorite darksynth meisters. It's difficult to resist the hypnotic effect his music has. Like a spider building its web, Acryl Madness generates spiraling melodies that trap the listener so that they may be slowly devoured by a musical arachnid. Our darksynth meister doesn't rely on warbling distorted bass or any other dub-step trappings. But he does mainting these steady beats that pulse just as hard as any beat drop. Moreover, the aura given off by this is thick, pervasice, toxic, and slimy; just like tentacled monstrosity out of Lovecraft story. I'm a complete sucker for melody and Acryl Madness delivers those in spades. The minor scales used, the arpeggios, and how they transition into one another is pure dark delicacy. The ultimate shadowy seal, however, is the backdrop of rythm, texture, and splendid use of dynamics behind this elegant me...

Vandal Moon - Queen of the Night All the moody goth kids can rejoice. This one is definitely up their alley. The mood throughout the album is suitably dark, melancholic, lonely, and perpetually loveless. It accomplishes this with lush minor key melodies, silky smooth rythms, and a strong but gentle dramatic singing. Not only is the layering of melodies throughout splendid, so is the very subtle inclusion of newer techniques. A great examplesof this minute technique blending is "Laughing Like a Clown" with its synthetic shrill in the backround during the chorus. Another stellar example is "War" with its undulating rythms and captivating atmosphere. It almost casts rays of light within its dark mood. Perhaps the best example is the beautiful voice switching in "Easy to Dream". This is perhaps my favorite song. It's a stroke of genius, really. They kept the core of their sound completely intact. Yet, they qu...

Night Habits - So Many Lights The cover art perfectly captures what the mood this album evokes. It's the perfect soundtrack to driving around the city at night; most likely when it's raining. Maybe you just had a hearbreak, maybe you just need to get away, maybe you're anxious about the future, or maybe you're reminiscing about the good old days and desire to return to them. Or maybe you didn't feeling any one particular way or another and just need to get into your car and drive into the night. Whatever reason you feel the need to drive, So Many Lights is the perfect music to take with you. There's a certain feeling that everyone gets that just simply gnaws at their soul. It's nothing like sadness, fear, or hopelessness. It's nowhere near that negative. But it's also not a positive feeling either. It just feels the air with a certain tension and causes one to ponder about many things. Night ...

Fixions - Requiem for the Serpent's World It seems as though Fixions gets even more extreme and intense with each release. Some of this stuff is more extreme than even a lot of death and black metal. Much in the same way death metal bands hit you with a barrage of riffs that are constantly changing from one to the next and even evolving within themselves, Fixions does this with synthesizers and electronics. It's nuts. It's seriously astounding. These aren't just songs with explicit verses and choruses. They are ultra progressive monstrosities that challenge the listener at every opportunity. A variety of cybernetic melodies entangle amongst themselves to create a fiery Gordian Knot that tumbles down the digital path towards electric damnation. What's remarkable is Fixion's ability to maintain this twisted mass of cyberpunk synth riffing under careful control. Like I said: it's nuts. ...

World's End In a clash of melancholy, The world will end. All the flowers of the Earth shall burn into a crisp. The fish of the sea, the birds, and the trees all die as one with humanity. Tossed into oblivion eternity of nothing thrown into emptiness. Will we be born again? The world set ablaze a fire in the sky. Inferno consumes the land All perish; die. Weep not for the critters or your loved ones. Today is the day we all meet the same fate Tossed into oblivion, eternity of nothing, thrown into emptiness, Will we be born again? In a clash of melancholy, The world will end. All the flowers of the Earth shall burn into a crisp. The fish of the sea, the birds, and the trees All die as one with humanity.

Tears of the Stars A crying star that's not ready to fall. The light is dim, but refuses to fade away. So it will continue weeping. Its tears flowing way down to the ocean. But the ocean is just a mirror; A reflection of all the stars glittering in the dark. All these stars have dreamed a thousand dreams. And just like the stars themselves, some dreams have had their lights dimmed and fade away into darkness. Others remain weeping. Is there no respite; no quenching of their immortal desire? But still others continue to shine brightly. The light of a thousand suns to warm all the hearts of innumerable planets beyond. Brighter still are the drops that crash into the ocean generateripples transform into waves that depart from the ocean surface to form new stars that shine the brightest.