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Defective Soundscapes


Defective Soundscapes is Defective Records' first foray into the world of ambient music, and features the work of three different artists: Exterior Mirror (from Delaware), Pure Gamma (from Baltimore), and Telekinetic Soulmate (from Baltimore). Each of these artists definitely has their own unique style and approach to ambient music.

Exterior Mirror uses an almost industrial approach, with rhythmic mechanical sounds defining the mood. This is city-ambience at its best. Pure Gamma follows up their highly praised initial vinyl release (DR-004) with more analog-sequenced space music. It evokes the work of the genre's masters, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. Telekinetic Soulmate uses both vocals and vocal samples on a bed of unusual electronic and recorded sounds to make music that is moody, funky, and beautiful all at the same time...very neat stuff. The closest comparison is something along the lines of Coil.

Although quite different in their ambient visions, all three acts serve up some very unique, dark ambience that separates it from the run-of-the-mill ethereal washes that are now the norm on most other ambient releases. Not to be missed!

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