Electronic music in its purest form is by nature experimental. It isn't just about creating a great melody, it's about manipulating sounds that by right have no place in a musical structure and turning that chaos into a memorable tune. With The Moon Driven Dark,Reviodeolized (Ted Newsom aka The Rose Phantom) plays homage to 80s synthpop curators Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, Alphaville and Gary Numan while also tipping his cap to the likes of Brian Eno, Klaus Schultz and Jean Michael Jarre. To that end he is not only effective he's also quite inventive, if not completely original. In fact The Moon Driven Dark only stumbles when Newsom becomes reluctant to let a song end and strays into noodle guitar solos (albeit the solo is often played on one of his many synthesizers). Most noteably on "The Deja-Vu Mirror" (Van Halen would either be proud of offended) and the epic soundscape of "Lost In Obscurity" (blemished by what sounds like one of David Gilmour's lesser solos). So maybe it's not Kraftwerk or the Art of Noise, but it is pretty impressive.
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Just look at all those 5 star reviews!!!

stop thinking, just buy this amzing CD
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I'm not so good with words like these others.  But I wanted to at least say that I love the cd, The Rose Phantom's videos and his style!

It's hard to stick with one favorite as he makes it so hard to choose, each one takes its turn being the best!
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The music of Revideolized is progressive, experimental, and electronic, but with a different approach that owes less to the psychedelic synthesizer compositions of the Legendary Pink Dots or Christus and The Cosmonaughts than to the original experimental rock pioneers of the '70s, with just a hint of synthpop thrown in for flavor. "Too Deep for Dreams" and "The Deja-Vu Mirror" in particular are rather like some crazy team-up between Pink Floyd and New Order, with dreamlike guitar solos playing in and out of moody electronic beats and ambient analog synths. "Lost in Obscurity" is deeper in scope, starting off with didgeridoos and ringing dark synth textures in the vein of Robert Rich, then giving way to deep pianos and down-tempo grooves, and "Phenomenon" is reminiscent of a less tribal Delerium. "Sounds from Out There" and "Not So Fast" are old-school space trips, with science fiction synths and deep piano chords, while "Ghost Voices" is appropriately eerie, with an otherworldly keyboard line that recalls the theme music from "The X-Files." Revideolized has occasionally been categorized as New Age music, so some of this might be a bit on the soft side for some, but the New Age elements that are present hearken back to the psychedelic futurism of the genre's early composers, like Vangelis and Tangerine Dream, rather than the saccharine silliness of artists like Yanni. Although the guitar solos alone are enough to turn off electronic purists, fans of progressive rock as well as melodic downtempo ought to enjoy this one.
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