Taken off-guard
ebmAddikt | Portland Oregon | 04/11/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was perusing Amazon's MP3 downloads and accidentally stumbled accross this one from Backlash. Heliotrope mixes many elements of synthpop, ebm and darkwave. Vocals remind me of Duran Duran a little bit, and very well done. The mix is clean and well engineered.
The first track imho is the album's strongest, danciest and most ebm-like...the rest are more synth-poppy and darkwave-ish. Backlash does incorporate their own sound and you'll journey down an interesting passage in each song. I love music that takes me places in an almost metaphysical way which isn't quite explainable, and this one definitely does it for me!
I would highly recommend picking this up for any synthpop/ebm enthusiast. I also highly recommend the single "Lodestar", it's has some very creative and fun remixes, along with a couple other tracks/mixes.
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