EMPTY - Open Aeon

EMPTY - Open Aeon (EP)
May 8th, 2006

The debut release from this diverse new Dark-Electro / Electronic Industrial band from Sydney, Australia has progressed to the point of completion over the past three years and showcases a strong mix of lavishly textured and multi-layered electronic soundscapes with industrial beats and EBM undertones.

Featuring guest remixers ANGELTHEORY and iammynewt. Fans of electronic-industrial artists such as Front Line Assembly and Dismantled will be right at home, while followers of more experimental EBM and industrial acts will find themselves immersed in an all new melodic and atmospheric environment.

Reviews:
"A breath of badly needed fresh air."
- Arable Farmland (Chicago IL, USA)

"Empty doesn't want to be the most aggressive madman in the scene, they put the accent on the soul. The opening track 'Ghost Beside You' is an ars poetica within a clear-cut radioactive sound... If I had to pick one favourite off the album, it would be 'Blue' with its emotional retro-electronics, and there's a badass remix of it too!"
- THE DOSE / LD50 (Budapest, Hungary)

"It's refreshing to hear a band like Australia's Empty take a slower, creepier approach [to the genre] that recalls Skinny Puppy's more atmospheric work. 'Ghost Beside You' starts things off with mid-tempo beats, lush minor-key synths, and processed vocal effects that call to mind depressed robots. It sets the stage for many of the songs to come, although there are of course variations [that] are more demonic than cybernetic, 'Blue' plays wispier melodic vocals against a crunchy industrial drum loop... Finishing things off is the haunting "Alone," which begins as just whispers and bits of echoing piano before adding a slow, oppressive breakbeat to the mix. ... For a first EP, this is a promising effort steeped in the tradition of dark, somber electro."
- ReGen Magazine (San Francisco CA, USA)

Tracklisting:
01. Ghost Beside You (4:11) : MP3 Sample
02. Torn (5:05) : MP3 Sample
03. Blue (4:45) : MP3 Sample
04. Scarred (5:28) : MP3 Sample
05. Run Down (4:04) : MP3 Sample
06. Blue (ANGELTHEORY Ascension Remix) (5:02) : MP3 Sample
07. Ghost Beside You (iammynewt Remix) (3:27) : MP3 Sample
08. Alone (3:58) : MP3 Sample

8 tracks, 36:00 total time

Format: Pressed CD (8 page color booklet)
Cat Number: 01080506
UPC Barcode: 634479419140

Record Label: Aphotic Audio
Band Website: http://www.emptyoffline.com/