(10.28.05) Be prepared for a serious contender for the Album of the Year award, no matter what you’re used to listen to. Either you’re a noisy breakcore raver or a melodic IDM addict there’s a high chance you’ll fall in love with The Analysis Of Noise Trading. Since the very first track, “St. Vodka,” you’ll be able to appreciate the sublime blending of noisy beats and smooth bass, underlining spine chilling piano melodies. With “If Jim Would Jam With Richie” and “Speed O.J.,” Architect shows a nice change in his sound with a massive use of dramatic vocal samples over ultra distorted beats. One thing I really appreciated in Architect’s previous album, I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise, was the industrial / garage hybrids he created; “Vectorize” and “A Monkeys Testdive In A Highspeed Car With A Broken Stereo” follow this trend, with steppy breaks and grimey bass embedded in gloomy atmospheres.
The stunning feature of this record is that even if there’s a lot of power and distortions concentrated in the rhythmical section, you won’t classify it as industrial or noise, the music flows flawlessly with a lot of depth and detail assembled with surgical production. Keeping it simple, it’s very accessible, the hooking melodies and the epic setting are so charming and fascinating that you’re obliged to listen and re-listen several times to discover new layers of sound you didn’t notice before. “Ulverized Substance” is the perfect example, it contains every single element one should expect from electronic music: a fierce danceable breakbeat, basslines all around, a glacial haunting melody, deep percussions and even some guitar riffs, fused together to form a classic tune. At the very end of the record there’s a warm and surrounding Hecq rework of “St. Vodka,” which leaves you fulfilled and rewarded, and ready to hit the play button once again. You must not sleep on this one, trust me.
The Analysis Of Noise Trading is out now on Hymen.
