Album Notes

Mix elements of Haujobb, Front Line Assembly, Recoil (Alan Wilder), Kraftwerk and even a little Tear Garden (Skinny Puppy) to try and crack the complexity of this amazingly talented band. Modern, original electronic beats that transition and weave through several styles and genres into one very strong and cohesive band!

"I had originally put Liquid Divine’s album Interface on my iPod a month ago, hoping to review it on a recent trip to Los Angeles, but as often happens when I am on the Left Coast, one thing led to another and writing fell by the wayside. However, back in my office in Washington, every other day a Liquid Divine track pops up on my "party shuffle" and I actively stop to check out the song. A lot of albums pass through my desk, but few actually make me sit up and take notice; happily Liquid Divine was one of those rare exceptions. Fans of Haujobb as well as Air will enjoy this Germanic duo’s ethereal sound with minimal lyrics. The simple, stark cover art of Interface is extremely representative of a band that cuts ‘n’ pastes spare electronics with controlled precision. Slow pacing over fast beats reflects Interface’s continual contrasting polarities, which serves as a leitmotiv for the album as a whole. It is hard to single out individual songs as each bleeds into the next, the only thing setting them apart is the occasional punctuated vocals, which, with lyrics like "I'm just a broken color in your kaleidoscope" are probably best left as an afterthought. Liquid Divine are an extremely austere band with an impressive debut, whose only drawback is that at least one of the twelve tracks could benefit from a slight change in pace. Still, this band is creating an interesting genre of minimalist electronica and I eagerly await their next step." --Vivien Weimar @ Sick Among The Pure

"East Germany’s Liquid Divine leads out this issue’s sonic assault with an eclectic mix of European thunder-beats. Thrashing about in the syrupy liquid of sub-bass and electro-industrial, this group shows off their skills in a 12-track album heavily reminiscent of Recoil and Front Line Assembly’s 1990s sound. This is a well-produced and immediately appealing release, gently served up for those hungry for a little more EBM in their lives. In the length of this impressive release, the future becomes the present." --Poseidon @ Gothic Beauty Magazine

"So what do Liquid Divine sound like? They sound like animated instructional videos about your synapses, they sound like nature documentaries about the sun, they sound like blissed out addicts about to have a nod, they sound slippery, like the sound is unravelling around you without a core. But this is deceptive because anything that morphs and changes so effortlessly has to be complex. An understanding of how to replace ambient washes of synths, with dub beats and subbing out monotone dialogues with vocoded choruses takes effort. But you will never hear the effort or see the seams on "Interface". Everything just effuses out of the egalitarian rhythmic base. If it weren't for a few times when vocals are allowed prominence, one would think "Interface" was one long hour song. Honestly, it would be easier to think of the music on "Interface" as chapters rather than songs. Because the usual song structure does not apply. It's as if someone wanted to create a King Tubby album with the members of Massive Attack. Then why do I like it? This is the best eggheaded record store clerk dance record, I've heard in a couple of years. I know people think !!!, The Faint and the Scissor Sisters have made great dance records. But they are self concious booty shakers who grew up with ironic movements learned from Beck videos. Liquid Divine is a bookshelf dance record, the kind of music that could appeal to Aphex Twin fans, Lee Scratch Perry fans, and be played in a mix after the Orb. Now pardon me while I imitate David Bryne in a disco." --Michael Wozny @ Virus Magazine