Taboo Less
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MAGIC MOMENTS AT TWILIGHT TIME [MMATT]: "CREAVOLUTION"
CD 1995 MMATTERIAL
The name of the group and the wordplay in the title of the album predisposes us for a very special, if not good as well, hearing. The cover contributes in this predisposition a lot, since its’ layout reminds us of a cheap scientific comic of the ‘50s. All the signs were there! We’ve probably discovered another record, of the kind you find once in a blue moon and, so, it makes you think that this is music without boundaries, labels, conventions, specific goals and psychology. In other words, TABOO LESS music!
CREAVOLUTION ‘s content came out something like that in the end...
We couls claim that the mastermind behind MMATT, Mick Magic, has stepped into «a different music dimension»,with the help of his obsessive occupation with the pseudo-science [;] of PSYCHOTRONICS!By using Sequencer, electric and acoustic guitars, Synthia, PCM programming and old televisions, he manages to narrate a really extraterrestrial story ... Inside the spacecraft, along with Dr psychotronics, three divine female voices travel: Leonie Jackson, Sammi Taylor and Inga Leru. Also, in this trip with Mick Magic goes the magic guitar of Damien Page [!] from Hecate’s Dream, and the voice of Gary st. John from Double trouble. However, the element that makes CREAVOLUTION unheard-of is the bizarre opera vocals by Brian Doran from OPERATTACK, which appear in tracks 5 & 9.
Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to get a hold of it, but who knows? It might find you when the time’s right! It’s distributed by the British ELSE DISTRIBUTION, call 012277005160 ...
Natasa B.
ΣΥΝΘΕΤΙΚΟΙ: "ΣΥΝΘΕΤΙΚΟΙ"
VΙNΥL 1990 [?]
A lot of things come really unexpectedly. Same thing with Synthetikous, whom I discovered by accident, while I was listening to the Public Radio Station in Larissa..
Judging by the cover you’re certainly puzzled about the music quality of the record. The dark wave aesthetic matches the stylistic absurdities of the 80’s, and the Bowie like appearance of the band does not go unnoticed. But then again, this is not the only surprise!
Synthetic are three members. Apostolis Lomverdos [voice / guitar], Dionysis Avgerinos [voice / keyboards] and Demosthenes Tsanetoglou [computers]. They play a kind of minimal / Synth pop, mixing in quite singular vocals. Often, they are out of time, cutting in sharply to overtake the composition, thus adding a mechanistic view in the already particular hearing.
The production of the disc is a fairly good level, with the keys creating ethereal atmosphere and the drums giving a mood for dancing with their dry recurring pattern. Lomverdo’s melancholic and individual lyrics are certainly the factor which ultimately characterises the record and moves it from cult to "Taboo Less" albums. A rare piece of Greek sub culture!
Marios M.
