Artist: Lustmord
Album: Zoetrope
Date: 2002
Label: Nextera
Genre: Dark Ambient
Format: EAC-APE-CUE-LOG
Review:
Consisting of both the music and extensive sound design of the movie, melded and mutated to recapture the atmospheric nightmare of the world that is Zoetrope, where walls breath and dreams become nightmares. Originally conceived as a two month music and sound design project, it quickly evolved into a three year journey into madness, as Zoetrope the movie became a complex exercise in pure cinema and sound. The black and white film, was inspired by Franz Kafka's story "In The Penal Colony" and is a haunting examination of a man imprisoned in the inner depths of his own mind, only to discover the truth about himself and the world of oppression which has driven him to this inescapable fate. The film was directed by Charlie Deaux and produced by Mellissa Berry for MGP INC.
(From groove.nl)
I first listened to this latest piece of work by Brian Williams late at night, after I had just been wandering at a abandoned factory area in Eastern Germany. That really put me in the right mood for this music. It stimulated my fantasy to think of what scenes would be happening behind these deserted factory walls at night... That this cd has filmic qualities is not so strange, because it is in fact a soundscape. Lustmord has contributed music to movies before, this time he created the soundtrack for the black & white movie "Zoetrope", directed by Charlie Deaux. 'Inspired by the Franz Kafka short story In the Penal Colony, Zoetrope presents the haunting examination of a man imprisoned in the inner depths of his own mind, only to discover the truth about himself and the world of oppression which has driven him to his inescapable fate.'
The trailer, which can be found on the cd as an extra, really is promising and frightening. A lot of industrial machinery, long shadows, weird estranging scenes...
This album is much darker than the previous Lustmord album "Metavoid". There are no beats or melodies, just ominous soundscapes, with dark drones and strange samples that give you an uneasy feel. Although the album consists of separate tracks, it seems to be a continuous dark flow, with not too much variation in style or mood. The album is one long oppressive stream of dark sounds, which creates a feeling of paranoia. If you are in the right mood, this can be a perfect soundtrack to accompany your imagination. But you may get bad dreams...
Tracklist:
01. Main Title/Infinite Space
02. The Cell
03. Cellular Blur
04. Descent
05. Transitional Pathway
06. Amalgamated Man
07. The Harrow
08. Disintegration
09. End Titles
10. Zoetrope Trailer v.3
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