Released
l997
Label
Self Released
Reviewed by
Kim Alexander
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Last Edit/Update
19 April, 1998
Substate Reactor
Isolate
Track Listing
l. Non-Element
2. Inferior
3. Newstate
4. Infected
5. Isolate And Purify
Out of Vancouver BC, Substate Reactor's, Isolate is a dark
electronica oriented, excellent piece of work. It begins with a minimal sound on track #1 Non-Element.
A quiet unsettling backdrop of noise, and sampled vocals (I think...), and develops into a
looped drumming that fades off slowly, then buzzes its way into Inferior, with
knocking synth drums, the clang of a bell to herald the onset of a barrage of noise,
samples and fast beats, a bit reminescent of a melding between Leatherstrip,
FLA and Puppy but noisier...Good track, great mastery of
synths, and unrelentless energy abounding throughout the track. Newstate continues
on with a pounding of noise, guitar-ish sounding wall layered over with drums blasting,
treated vocals, of which are quite threatening and omnipresent, very hard driven.
Infected is a chaotic noisey
powerspeeding collage which sounds like some mid-80s Puppy put on
fastforeward....nonetheless, an excellent track. Isolate and Purify has a rather
slower *mood* to it, with heavily treated garbled vocal sample smoothed into a power synth
drum loop in the forefront, and sonic waves in the background. Treated dark and quite
eerie vocals in the background step in to bring a sense of wholism to the track, which is
quite minimal in essence -- it slows down at the end (as if the knob for speed was
tweeked), then speeds up again, a long pulsating structure of speeding up, then slowing
down a number of times, and ending with a way slowed down version of the drum loop fading
off...
Overall this is an excellent
release by Substate Reactor if you enjoy the more noisier
electro-industrial genres. Make another one soon! I didn't get quite enough this
time around. (See lyrics below....)
Lyrics
INFERIOR
Disease ripping apart thought inversion moral induction cursed unity forsaking
me striking me and trusting me your name mounting rage permeates and
binds Confusion havoc forms a kind seclusion state will forcing me habitation
livid cracks the floor human disease white black yellow circle look feel touch
measure hate love envy circle deranged impact close mind extract replay
reflect react master work entwine the weak lucifer watches a hateful freak
Autonomy one in the same forced slavery with no wonder their cries of envy
Cries of hunger generic drugs inject the needle visual twitching weak and
feeble eradicate shame disillusion won we are all to blame this killing game
Of perversion and shame inferior seed you me them circle sex drugs music
measure Jesus god faith injector deranged impact close mind extract Replay
reflect react thought inclusion drug induced hysteria we are lost To regain a
sign coercion creeping through the floor no one watching Hopeless
underground disfunction run God help me
NEWSTATE
Dead ashes call to fall obliterate suppressed memories violent acts done with
ease rain tears fall from heavens unblinking eyes caressing and beating like a
black heart anger oblivious sorrows lost so comforting the rain abuse and
decay now to repay revolution of the soul the reaper binds me it's dark and
cold Surrounds me
