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Kaleidoscopic Instrumental Surrealism For Techno-Fetishists

Joel Israel | Cedar City, UT United States | 11/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is such an original, uncompromising and obscure gem that I felt compelled to spread the word. Maxiumum Indifference are and instrumental avant-garde progressive rock band with unbridled creativity, great instrumental and production skills, and an apparent love of science fiction and all that is fringe.



This polished, unpredictable roller-coaster ride is really quite different than any other instrumental album I have heard before, and is best listened to as a whole, all of the way through instead of track-by-track in order to attain the desired effect...the songs really lead into each other in a very smooth and cohesive manner. Built on a solid prog-rock foundation, with exotic-sounding, melodic arrangements and effects embellished by keys and samples, this album is quite a surreal journey.



This is not an instrumental album intended to showcase a player's proficiency, like many guitar albums out there- it is, instead, an imaginative and futuristic rock album. Changes is mood, texture, and approach seem to surface with each song, but meld seamlessly into an uninterrupted soundscape. Humorous and sardonic sci-fi references abound in the song titles and sound clips buried in the songs themselves, from the William Gibson tribute of "Kuang Grade Mark Eleven Penetration Program" and it's hyper techno/electronica beats, to the hallucinogenic western weirdness of "Jack Palance the Ninja", through the sublime spaciness of "Sleep Hammer", culminating in the amazing, unbelievably cool and original sudden spoken-word over prog jamming cinematic one-two punch of "Halation" and "Apparatus"- one of the most interesting uses of narrative in music I have ever heard, which is really quite fascinating and unexpected after an entire album of instrumentals, and worth the price of the CD alone....very highly recommended, if you can find it."