PERTURBATOR Nocturne City LP

PERTURBATOR Nocturne City LP

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(Blood Music)
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DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
      Now have the brand new digipak CD and LP reissues of all three Perturbator EPs that just came out on Blood Music.
      An overdose of dark synthwave bliss. I've gotten completely hooked on the synthwave sound that's been growing over the past few years, but Perturbator is without a doubt my favorite. Makes sense that these reissues came out from Finnish label Blood Music, a label better known for releasing progressive and avant-garde metal works from the likes of Ihsahn, Sigh, Kauan and Whourkr; while this project is entirely electronic, its also some of the darkest synthwave out there, and has found mucho favor with the metal and dark industrial crowd. Like all synthwave, Perturbator (aka James Kent, son of the well-known British rock critic Nick Kent) heavily mines the world of classic 1980's-era electronic soundtracks and synthesizer music, drawing from the malevolent throb of classic John Carpenter scores, the epic electronic orchestrations of Tangerine Dream, New Order's brooding synthpop, and the rich, glimmering ambience of Blade Runner-era Vangelis. But Kent synthesizes these influences better than just about anyone else I've been listening to, delivering these ominous, pulsating tracks with a heightened sense of dread and a more aggressive energy than most of his peers. Almost entirely instrumental, Perturbator albums will sometimes include a track or two of moody synthpop with guest vocals, but for the most part they play out like some amazing lost score to an obscure unearthed dystopian thriller from the mid-1980s, utterly captivating and an instant time-warp to the rain-drenched, neon-lit streets of my dreams.
      One of several EPs that Perturbator released digitally in 2012, Nocturne City is a brooding, fluorescent cyberpunk soundtrack to an imaginary film, evoking Blade Runner as directed and scored by John Carpenter, menacing arpgeggiated synths and sinister lines set to pounding, gated drum programming. The EP is a mix of dread-filled ambient sections (like the gorgeous Vangelis/Tangerine Dream-esque swells that rise across the beginning of "Fantasy"), propulsive pieces of pummeling synthwave like "Welcome To Nocturne City" and "Night Business" that brings an even darker, doom-laden feel to the sound; some of the distorted, growling riffs and hammering breakbeats turns parts of this EP into some of the heaviest stuff I've heard from the project. Washes of wistful, romantic melody offset some of the darker edges of Nocturne City. Aside from the gorgeous slow-moving synthpop that emerges midway through, featuring hazy, ethereal vocals from French producer Dream Koala, this is pretty dark stuff, a retro-futuristic dreamscape that's as infectious and nostalgia-drenched as anything else from Perturbator. Released in an edition of two thousand copies, this reissue also features the exclusive bonus track "Vengeance (The Return of the Night Driving Avenger)".   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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