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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Cult
Of Jester is the solo industrial project of Ed Finkler. I give him credit
for really mixing it up on this CD. He manages to make every track unique
with a lot of variety, but it all still fits together. The CD opens
with "Teenage Warhead" which sounds like a Nine Inch Nails and Rob Zombie
song mixed into one. It's heavy, aggressive, straight forward and a
bit short. But it still packs quite a punch for an opening track. Track
two "Retro O.G." has more of a funk flavor with some techno sounds and
an aggressive edge. The vocals are grunted in a slight rap style. This
would be a good club track. Track three "One More Time" grabs you right
from the start. This song just flat out rocks. It's rather heavy with
guitars and rough deep vocals. There are great electronics mixed in
as well. It's a bit straight forward, but the energy is fantastic. Track
four "Funkatron" adds in great variety with a mix of whispered vocals
that sing over the electronic rhythms and beats, while for the chorus
the vocals are deep and gothic. It's a very catchy song with melody.
Track five "P-Mondo" is an excellent instumental with relentless driving
rhythms and beats that will make your body move. Track six "Lucretia
My Reflection" is an amazing cover of The Sisters Of Mercy classic.
Ed Finkler really shows off a lot of skill and talent on this track
proving the range of his musical abilities as well as excellent vocal
work. Track seven "Posies" is another instrumental, but it's a lot more
experimental and rather boring. Track eight "Ripple N' Hookers" has
a techno/funk sound combined with clean deep vocals and a catchy chorus.
It' melody driven with an uplifting vibe. Track nine "Master V3" is
kind of dreary and repetitive with extremely distorted vocals. It's
too straight forward and rather boring. It's the most amateur sounding
track here. Track ten "Gana Trip" has a funky techno vibe with some
spacey sounds as well. The vocals are whispered in a distorted style
at times, and sing clear and deep during the chorus. It includes a lot
of changes from start to finish that make it quite interesting. The
remaining four tracks are remixes of "Teenage Warhead", "Retro O.G."
and "Ripple N' Hookers". They are basically just stripped down techno
versions of the songs. They're nothing to get too excited about considering
that the originals are a lot better. My only real complaint with this
CD is that most of the songs are just too short only reaching about
three minutes in length. But overall I do recommend this CD to people
searching for something a little more unique and varied in industrial
music.
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