THE GOD OF ELECTRICITY

Certainly a favorite of mine from RMI, this was a 1994 recording, although it didn't surface until the end of 2000. Along with Zabriskie Point, The God of Electricity was RMI's final release for Centaur (until they started recording for Cuneiform, their following CD releases were on their own Northern Echo label). This CD attempts to recreate the feel of a really bad lightning storm, so a lot of the music tends to be on the turbulent side. The sequencers frequently show up, as is most of their releases, and don't forget about the Mellotron. I love how near the end the band mellows out in a Pink Floyd manner, indicating the end of the storm, but at the end, you hear the sound of a real lightning storm. RMI is never the most modest of groups, but this one is one of their shorter releases, and a good place to start if you don't know them.