FRAGMENTROPY

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Neo-Prog

3.85 | 212 ratings

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42/100 ... possible prog gateway drug for the Emo crowd? I lost my song by song review to a massive lighting strike. Zap! How painful is that?

So, instead of a longish song by song review, you're getting the Reader's Digest version. I'm glossing over Fragmentrophy. I hear a little "Crack the Sky", and dash of Bauhaus, and lots of David Bowie's Berlin period sans David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Tony Visconti, and Robert Fripp. What do we got here? A homogeneious blend of dreary keyboards, mournful vocals, Floydian whispers, and canned drums. Not my cup of "t".

Different strokes for different folks...Odd time signature for everybody.

I like music to take me on a trip thru many movements. Here- there and back again. Fragmentrophy feels like treading water in a pea soup fog. Fragmentrophy blends like an album of Tibetan music bowls. It's hard for me to differentiate much between songs. That's not necessarily a bad thing if you're into the atmosphere. And come to think of it, I am into atmosphere, but more like Miles Davis "In a Silent Way" or John Cage's 4'33". Fragmentrophy's fog, smog, and drizzle doesn't titillate me.

I wonder- Did Thomas Thielen ( He is "t") do this album on a computer. The drums make me believe so. Generally speaking, I like multiple personalities imbuing bands and boocoos of instruments. Bands disagree and create tension.

Meanwhile, the movements of Fragmentrophy blur into a sad rainy day. Unlike David Bowie, Mr. Thielen doesn't have a Who's Who of 70-80's music genii to help him thru the oatmeal gruel of another cold war day . All Thomas has is his keyboards, himself, a computer, and some serious fans. I not a fan, but then again, I don't like Crime and Punishment and that's my bad. Two Dostoyevsky's out of five for "t"

omphaloskepsis | 2/5 | 2015-9-4

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