Lofi Scorpio -- Noir -- Jupiter Lodge Music, 2000 [Last Sigh Magazine]

1. Noir
2. Animation part 1
3. Just a moment
4. The late great times square
5. Soothsayer
6. Devil logic
7. Burning brightest blue
8. Anxiety
9. Atomic red radar
10. New math
11. An English tale
12. Arrivals and departures
13. Black karma
14. Primal
15. Mr. & Mrs. Twist
16. Pale moonlight
17. Salvo

    Lofi Scorpio is Mike Yeager (programming, sampling, keyboards, guitars and vocals), Scott Dill (drums, percussion and loops) and Tim Houtkooper (keyboards, treatments and voice). They hail from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
    "Noir" is Lofi Scorpio's highly melodic version of a digital hardcore. It's apparent from the first few seconds of the title track, that these guys are not just knocking together noise, they are making music.
    "Noir" and "Animation part 1" feature trance-inducing rhythms and the otherworldly vocals of Michelle Graf. "Just A Moment," "An English Tale" and other tracks on "Noir" are remarkable to this genre not just for their inherent musicality, but because they have actual lyrics. No indecipherable screeching or overprocessed rantings here, words can actually be understood.
    Some tracks on "Noir" seem a bit too obviously like the work of certain pioneers of this sound-particularly "Burning Brightest Blue" and "Salvo." However, Lofi Scorpio's instincts seem true and their sense of composition is strong.

To see photos of Lofi Scorpio live go to: LoFi Scorpio