DEAD POETS SOCIETY: deprogramming

Dead Poets Society

deprogramming

© 2002 Carpe Diem Publishing (634479267628)

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Dead Poets Society manages sounding like your favorite music from the recent past while having their feet planted firmly in the future of Electronic/Goth music.

tracks

1 The Portal (d-rokk)
2 Cylonic
3 Breathless
4 Synners
5 Quintessential (funky Breakdown)
6 Strung Out
7 Fire Bolt (griffindor)
8 Invisible Monsters
9 I Don't (mojambo)
10 Massacre
11 Under Duress
12 The Voice of Ecstasy (overdrive)
13 I Dream of Japan (downtown Tokyo Carousel)
14 Ramadan Mirador

notes

On DEPROGRAMMING, DEAD POETS SOCIETY re-explores some of the avenues tread upon on their epic album THE ELECTRIC HAZE, as well as provide some new experiences in the form of eight previously un-released tracks including the industrial driven "Massacre", the classically down-tempo "Strung Out", and the dance tracks "Invisible Monsters" and "Ramadan Mirador".


Six of the tracks from the original album have been re-worked into new and startling configurations by D-Rokk, Ryan Mann of Hotboxed, and members of Dead Poets Society.

Much of the new material was a result of their continued fascination with electronica, rock, and goth artists such as Yello, New Order, Future Sound of London and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Carla Archuletta, of the indie music magazine The Global Muse said, "Count Dead Poets Society as one of the few modern and innovative bands in the sub-cultural underground of the disenfranchised that is defining Electronic Goth."

On deprogramming, Vocalist/Keyboardist Raven Nightshado said: This was a cool way for us to sort of re-explore some of the ideas we had originally put into THE ELECTRIC HAZE.

We included new tracks as well as remixes to give the fan a more accurate snapshot of the band's musical ideas during the last six months of 2001.


Also appearing on this album is the underground darkwave/goth hit "Synners", inspired by the book of the same name by Cyberpunk Author Pat Cadigan and written by long time member Raven Nightshado. "Synners" includes backup vocals by the HOTBOXED lead singer Ryann Mann as well as a mutli-layered guitar palette by Tim Gibson.

Raven Nightshado regarding the decision to include "Synners": We had performed it live a few times and it always seemed to bring out the emotions in the audience. After one listen, you either love it or hate it, there is no middle ground. It was enough for us to decide to put this experimental piece on this release.

When Wa and I finished recording the vocals, we knew we wanted to have Ryan Mann from Hotboxed as a guest vocalist.

Those guys have been friends of ours for a long time, and we're very proud of them.

Back in the days when we used to produce concerts, we had them at several of our shows, while they were still in high school.

So that's pretty special to me.

I think Ryan has the coolest voice, and he is fun and surprisingly relaxing to work with."

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  • William Gibson would be proud, this song would fit nicely in any of his tech-nov
    author: GODS OF MUSIC

    ARTIST: DEAD POETS SOCIETY SONG: SYNNERS GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ELECTRONIC NEUROSIS This is a haunting song. William Gibson would be proud, this song would fit nicely in any of this tech-novels. I can easily imagine this song fitting into the background of his work, maybe a favorite of a Neuromancer. You can't pigeon hole this song and declare it a genre, it just isn't that simple. The song opens with a haunting vocal that immediately pulled me in. Then the music starts demanding my continued attention, or shall I say, "change for the machine." The music flows and creates a world in which anything is possible, a world where what you see is just an illusion. This cut is an outstanding piece of creating. I can't imagine anything removed from the whole, I can't imagine moving anything. Even the faults I could hear felt "in place." This is a strong song, I am curious to see whether the album is as strong as the single. This is an album I am going to try to get my hands on soon. It’s an aural journey right into the worlds of William Gibson (Neuromancer), William Burroughs (Nova Express) and Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). I have to recommend this on pure aesthetic! Charisma: 9.50 Technical Skill: 9.00 Structure: 9.00 Interest: 9.50 Lyrics: 10.00 Performance: 9.00 Arrangement: 9.00 Recording Quality: 9.00 Long Term Appeal: 9.50 OVERALL: 9.20

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