Conditioning Consciousness 2LP
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For more than thirty years, Ruud Lekx has been corrupting hearts and minds with his unmistakable brand of synthesizer music. Under his Rude 66 mask, this titan of electronics returns to Bordello A Parigi with twelve darkened tracks for Conditioning Consciousness. Tempos glide low in the opening incantations. From the breathy murmurings of “Magick Angels’ Invocations”, the listener is brought into Rude’s world. Shauna Lekx’s signature vocoder lyrics and blackened subject matter are central tenets, as are hauntingly delicate melodies. “The Riddler In Me” is a deep psychological journey through cable and circuit, an unsettling monologue accompanied by liquid analogue lines. BPMs are allowed to rise for the shimmering warmth of “In Exile” and in the reverb soaked “The Chariot.” But these are the outliers. Across the collection, percussion drives without ever being a central force. Instead, the focus is the bewitching and brooding compositions. Take the drugged low slung groove of “The Talisman of Algol” or the loose modulations of “Le Sagittaire”, here the listener is brought into the heart of the machines and the musician. The curtain close, “The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius” gathers a spread of influences, bringing them together into one piece. Synth. Soundtrack. Strings. All culminate in this superb climax, a climax to an album that broaches the boundaries between terrifying and terrific.
- Rude 66 - Magick Angels’ Invocations
- Rude 66 - Come Follow Me Here
- Rude 66 - Interpreting The Cards
- Rude 66 - The Riddler In Me
- Rude 66 - In Exile
- Rude 66 - The Talisman Of Algol
- Rude 66 - Victim Of Illusion
- Rude 66 - Le Sagittaire
- Rude 66 - The Demiurge And His Archons
- Rude 66 - Catch Me If You Can
- Rude 66 - The Chariot
- Rude 66 - The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius
- Artist: Rude 66
- Format: 2LP
- Genre: Ambient, Electro
- Label: Bordello A Parigi
