From babysue May 2002
| Ousia - Face the Robot (CD, Mutant Music, Ambient/electronic) Another solid release from electronic experimental artist Ousia. The blurred, abstract cover artwork perfectly compliments the heady music that is featured on this album. Note that this is not dance/trance music. Instead, these compositions are sometimes experimental and accidental...sometimes well-planned...and sometimes simply landscapes of electronic sound. This stuff is for listeners who enjoy being propelled into another dimension through music. The eleven spacey compositions on Face the Robot heighten the senses and give the listener the impression that he/she is either dreaming or evolving into another dimension. Trippy, surreal, and often hypnotic...Ousia tunes are the stuff that dreams are truly made of. Our favorites: "Face the Robot," "Binary Sort," "Sound Check," "Solar Limen." This is an excellent and absorbing album that is certainly over the heads of most listeners... (Rating: 5+++) |