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I See the Light in Your Eyes

TastyBabySyndrome | "Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Lit | 02/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Decoded Feedback has come a long way since the days of Overdosing, and they've done so by changing their expression to fit the face of the times. They were one of the first bands to refined their sound and jump into an era without voxing (Mechanical Horizons), and they done so with mixed critical-success (Shockwave). The press has been largely unjustified though, and is mostly because listeners want a return to the way things were. The way the things showcased on Decoded Feedback's big hits, Technophoby and Evolution, with Evolution getting the highest praise and for all the right reasons.

And, while I disagree in some rights, I have to say that this album is great.



Decoded Feedback has been one of the EBM frontrunners that I find myself really wanting more of, and that's because the songs they manufacture have quite a bit to offer. They were actually one of the first bands to truly get me into voxing, and they were one of the first to also show me the mask that dancefloor darkwave actually wears when addressing the crowd. Point in case: I heard a DJ spinning Bio-vital once upon a time and I saw ravers moving to it, writhing to the anthem, and I kept thinking to myself about how utterly bleak and lovely that song was when rolling into the mind. It talks about how life flashes when things "turn opposite," how hate and life interconnect and how it all glows, and how the sparks life creates are magical. It then goes on to say that everyone has witnessed it but that he "sees it," that he's seen "bodies shining like stars," and that he "sees the light in your eyes." And there I was, all this in hand, in a sea of vacant faces that were grinning like blights limping to the beat.



Evolution is alot like that, mixing the dancefloor medium with interesting pieces that are poetic in many a right, and that carry weight within them. It has six unique pieces to the album, and houses a lot of remixes from Bio-Vital that are, in a word, great. I personally like the way the album flows together, with pieces like Endless Light working really well, and I like the extinction message that the song Evolution has within it. All those smiling faces, all the blinking lights fathering bigger bangs and louder booms for tone-deaf populations to ignore; I can buy it.

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