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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Object is the solo electro-industrial/dark EBM project of Andreas
Malik. The music on this CD takes me back to the ‘90s as it sounds very
similar to early Evil’s Toy,
Leaether Strip and :wumpscut:.
All of the trademark sounds are presented here from the dark and dreary
beat heavy music to the overly distorted male vocals. Andreas does a
good job of mixing melody and harmony into his compositions to allow
for a slightly more current sound, but in the end there’s really nothing
new, different, or fresh included here.
This style of music has been done so much already that it somewhat surprises
me to hear another new act come along now doing the same thing in a time
when industrial/EBM music has advanced so much. But maybe that’s why Andreas
decided to make this music. He might have wanted to bring out the sound of
old that has been somewhat forgotten with all of the newer
EBM/techno/synth-pop crossover music. For that reason it is rather nice to
hear the classic european electro-industrial sound again. But considering
the fact that throughout the ‘90s I got my fill of this style of music, I
just don’t have a lot of room left for it now.
Even bands that still make similar music such as Accessory,
Controlled Fusion, Dark
Illumination, Decoded
Feedback, Din_Fiv, Flesh
Field, God Module, Imperative
Reaction, Informatik,
In Strict Confidence,
L’ame Immortelle,
Leaether Strip, Project-X, Velvet
Acid Christ, :wumpscut: etc. bring new ideas into their
music to keep it fresh. However, Object does everything exactly the
same as it was done in the past. Repetitive electronic programming and
beats are mixed with haunting synth melodies, movie samples and distorted
male vocals.
This is a rather difficult CD to sit through as every song basically
sounds the same. The fact that everything sounds old doesn’t help any,
either. I hope that Andreas advances his sound for his next release,
or he might end up putting out a similar album again. If you can’t get
enough old school electro-industrial music, then this Object album is
for you.
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