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Irrelevent? What is irrelevant?
This is my opinion! I believe all opinions, no matter how asinine, are relevent.
Hateful? What is hateful?
Hitler was hateful. Pol Pot was hateful. I may be a smart ass but I am not hateful.
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Artistically, it has a nice mix of sounds. I'm a beast of the 80's and it has a 80's subharmonic of sorts and a nice non-linear industrialness. Damn near timeless. *reminds self to email you something about the Defender2000 soundtrack which never got released*"
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Name: oblyvaeon
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I can't believe record companies would call this album Too Dark? Is that a reference to SkiPpy's Park or something? Much of the stuff i listen to (FLA/Skippy/Pigface) is more like what i'd consider dark, but... anyway, c00l album all the same, though not too dark in my book. Improvement over H4(K, but I.S.(88) is still the best. Use more phazerz!
phr34k 0u7, h4ck 17 up, p34c3 0u7,
08lyv430n
(oblyvaeon)"
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Name: Douglas Sudia
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"ahem....THIS CD KICKS ASSSS!!!!!!!! But seriously, this is some of the best, most highly produced, and highest quality electro-industrial synth pop I've ever heard! I fell in love with SEEK300 after hearing the first 5 seconds of it! awesome style, samples, sound, EVERYTHING! I've had the disc since January and it's still on my favorites list! Kudos to you, Kurt...keep it up."
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Name: Eric the Darker
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I first heard a few of the songs from DBA off a friend's CD -- he's been an InSoc fan for some time now. Personally, most of the older stuff never really grabbed me, but DBA...*wow*. _Closing In_ and _Ending World_ are my two favorite tracks, with _Seek300_ coming in a close 3rd. There's a lot of good music out there in the world, but not too much that stacks up to this CD (IMHO). If the record companies call it "too dark"...well, they're sure not up on what *I* like, at the very least."
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Name: Drew
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: Http:www.come.to/bigdrew
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"Great new cd, it has to be the best one, even though peace and love inc. was pretty damn good. And that data cd is a great fucking idea, i think every band should have that, it gives you more stuff to do and helps you find out more about the band. i almost got white roses but not yet."
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Name: Matt Musante
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.collegeclub.com/~azmoose
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"I got the cassette single "Think" about 10 years ago for free from the back of a cereal box. I was only 10 years old then, but I was hooked on that song. Sometime in August '98, I purchased DBA and loved it! I have since started buying all the old and hard to find InSoc albums. The latest one in my collection is Peace and Love, Inc. Information Society is my favorite band (one man or not)! If you ever come to Arizona on tour, I will be there - if it's the last performance I ever see!"
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Name: Samuli Knuuti
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Congratulations on an astonishing album. I loved your first album, thought Hack was a bit disappointing and never heard Peace & Love Inc. since it wasn't released in Finland (and, to be honest, I didn't look that hard for it). I bought DBA almost by accident: I was ordering records through internet and needed one more cd to even out the postal charges a bit. So, I ordered DBA, not really expecting anything � and I was completely blown away by it. You have found the perfect middle ground between the harshness of industrial bands like Front Line Assembly and the melodic richness of melancolic synthpoppers - only the Norwegian band Apoptygma Berzerk has managed this lately (If you haven't heard of them, I recommend that you do). There's not a weak track on the album, although covering Are Friends Electric was a bit unnecessary. It is a good cover but one that doesn�t differ that much from the original. Thanks again. Already looking forward to the next one."
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Name: Jos� Andr� (Rio de Janeiro)
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"All people say that it has a dark song, but what we here in Brasil need is to listen the real Insoc sound. Please don�t let us without listening music like What�s in your mind, but if be possible your public in BraZil in waiting you all."
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Name: Lydia Webster
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"This album is awesome. It is truly a sound before it's time,
and well worth the money. I had been waiting patiently for
amother dose of InSoc, and I was in no way disappointed. My
Favorite tracks are Closing In, and Are 'Friends' Electric.
True artistry!!!! "
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Name: Des
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: neoncrayon.ml.org/quicksand
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"Alright, I have to say that I've only heard the music from a friend, who doesnn't own the album...but I love it. DBA is awesome, and such a stretch from the first album. The fact that you took a chance and realized what you wanted to do is great, for this album is equally as great as one of my other fave albums...the lighter Hack. meh...Just wanted to say that I love the music and if I can find the album somewhere, I'll pick it up for sure. "
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Name: travis story
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"kurt, you are soooooooooo damn awesome. i personally think that you outdid nin, gravity kills, stabbing westward, etc. on dba. reznor used to be my favoret, but he's waited too damn long to come out with something else, and i've lost my patience waiting. you are the best, and i hope that someday, I'll be just like you when I make it big with my group. anyway-later, dude. "
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Name: Knightshade Dragon
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"An excellent disc and well worth twice the cash I shelled out for it. I continue to be impressed with DBA and every time I listen to it I find a new chord or sound I might recognize, and again its like the first time. I have two copies now as my wife will not stop taking it out of my office! She simply had to have her own! Kurt, realize that you have a tremendous following and it has not diminished in the past years! Keep up the good works and I speak for everyone I'm sure when I say that I anticipate the next disc and know that it will be the same high quality that you have managed to improve upon with every subsequent disc!"
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Name: Cameron
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Kurt, you are awesome!! Every chance I get I listen to DBA. I
especially like Empty and Seek 300. I haven't had an opportunity
to check out the data disc but I will soon. My best friend really
likes PLI but with some time (hopefully) he will like DBA as much
as I do. Keep up the good work. "
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Name: Jonathan Hershfield
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"DBA took a few days to grow on me but I love it. Nobody has the style of vocalizing that you do and you're orchestral functioning is consistently astounding. It would have been nice to hear just one upbeat song of the Peace and Love strain, though. And after having heard Think Tank and now Don't Be Afraid I have to assume that it was James Cassidy that added the James Brown influence from the earlier albums? I miss the sinister blend of dark navy blue and pinkish orange that the electronic and funk fusion of old InSoc had. But still, DBA is a beautiful album and plenty of what I love about Information Society."
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Name: Tim Weigel
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: None yet...
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"DBA is quite delightful, and is a marked departure from the previous InSoc stuff. I like it quite a bit! It rounds out InSoc's stylistic repertoire quite nicely. I've been a fan since the Club MTV tour(remember that, kids?) and have found that the music just gets better and better. Congratulations on another fine album, Mr. Harland, and please keep up the fine work."
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Name: Jason Moquin
E-Mail: [email protected]
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" Kurt,
You are an immensely gifted artist. This album(DBA) in many ways echoes the stuff in my own head when I try to make a song. My jaw literally dropped when I heard Empty and Ending World..... it's weird how it feels like someone is "throwing" the music at you instead of simply hearing it. Music is so much of what we are , remember, and even to a lesser extent "become". I am impressed, humbled, and enamored by your creativity. Don't you dare stop making albums! I have personally recommended and inspired dozens of people to buy your album by playing it for everyone I know.... believe me, I usually burn the ones that I don't want to buy but I personally bought 5 copies for myself and as gifts to others. Thanks Kurt!!!! I'll patiently await the next!
OBLIVION "
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Name: Gregg Burcham
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Well now, where can I begin? I got your DBA back sometime prior to April and really have worn it out, thank the heavens for CD's. I even got my old roomate hooked on it. He hates most of my music but when he heard this he was all excited and actually bought a copy of his own. It is as most before me have said "A real change of pace, breath of freash air, comeing to grips of onesown self and realization." It is a perminent in my collection wether or not my wife agrees or not. Now I just need to go reget the past INSOC yet once again. (Sorry, had to get through school somehow)
P.S. Many Aloha from Hawaii "
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Name: Hernan Alonso Bernal
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I�m an InSoc fan since long time ago. I knew about last CD this last week.
It�s a very good music, but I prefer the old times.
DBA is a dark, heavy techno. I like groove."
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Name: lynwood
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: comming soon
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"there are very few bands that i can walk into a store
and pick up their new album without even hearing any of it or
even knowing that one was released. i did so with peace and love inc and actually had a friend send me don't be afraid before i knew it was relesed.
i have yet to be disappointed with information society.
it's great to see that kurt kept the name of the group.
i look forward to your next release.
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Name: Gene
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: none
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"Kurt, As many others have already said, you've outdone yourself. This is a totally
unique album and I believe it will stand thev test of time!! I also have to say that now my 11 year old son wants his own copy and also my own copy would be nice too. (I've been borrowing my 16 year old sons' copy). Anyway keep it up and can't wait for the next one!!!"
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Name: Ana L�cia Perri Barros
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I really loved "Don�t be afraid"!!! I�ve been a fan of Information Society since the beginning of the group, and I think that it�s the best album of Insoc by far. Congratulations, Kurt! You�re the best! And... don�t forget your fans here, in Brazil, please!"
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"Don't Be Afraid is an awesome album. IS hasn't disappointed me yet. You give the so called big bands like Prodigy and Nine Inch Nails some competition when it comes to electronica. I like these groups but they haven't released an album in so long. Your album was a breath of fresh air to me and the genre of music that is becoming so commercialized and trendy. The beats rock and the lyrics are thought provoking. DBA is a great accomplishment and a superb album by any standards. When is your next one coming out? I have been an information society fan for years now and the albums have gone through an evolution and just kept evolving into more and more kick ass music. The CD ROM was a cool extra. I'm still trying to figure it out. Keep up the awesome work and please keep making albums like DBA. The heavier and the more psychotic the better. - aryk"
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Name: TACK-01
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"At first I didnt like DBA, but after I listened to it a few times I fell in love with it. Is succeeds on so many levels. When I listen to it, I find something new each time. It is best when listened to with headphones. I at first thought the album was very dark and depressing, but the more i listened to it I realized it was an album with a hopeful message. The album seems to be one of Kurt working out alot of issues he is dealing with in his life at the times of writing. Many of the songs are very cinematic. I like the new sound, especially alot of the altered voice lyrics. Overall I LOVE the album. Although I love old InSoc stuff, I think DBA takes the music to a new level. I am utterly amazed that this music can be accomplished with "Sampled Noise" DBA is defenitely a new level in Electronic Music, one that is unparalled. Keep up the Good work Kurt.
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"I don't hate the album but some of the comments amaze me.
"Dark"? Although a scam (I love "The Beautiful People" anyway) Marilyn Manson is "Dark"
And on that same note, Trent Reznor is "Dark"
"Industrial"? As in Industrial Strength Underwear Wash?
I suggest these people listen to Prodigy if they wish to hear some Good "Electronic" music.
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Name: Clok Gardner I
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I've been listening to InSoc for a couple years,
and I must say I was disappointed when I heard DBA
for the first time. SEEK300 and Are "Friends"
electric are AWESOME, but I much prefer the older
stuff. Keep making zarking good music, Kurt!"
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Name: ChemChild
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: irc #ChemWarez98
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"Bought DBA a week ago have listened to nothing since. It is by far the best InSoc album yet. Like the darker more personal feel of the tracks. Keep it up."
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Name: Kristian Child
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://members.aol.com/KaMacabre/index.html
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"I've had "Don't Be Afraid" since the second I knew it was out. And I love it!!! I've been an InSoc fan from the very start and have always loved the music, but this album blew my mind. More and more I've been getting into darker music, and here U R doing the same thing. All my friends; the people that wouldn't listen to Information Society if paid, even like this album. You're destined to be something greater. Stick in there and do what U do best. Make the music U want and U will never go wrong."
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Name: Ric the Obscene
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.soltec.net/~rotten1
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"DBA is great. I love it. Nice to see InSoc realize its potential. I like the cover art too. It has a nice paganish taste to it"
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Name: Ammadeus
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I love it. DBA is the Best. Shall I say. F'king Brilliant Mate.
One thing that is blowing my mind is where the heck did you find the lyrics.
F'ing Brilliant. You are trully gifted."
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Name: Chris Winters
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/5299/index.html
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"Being a fan for a long time... I have always LOVED HACK and PLI. They both bring back so many memories! I was quite shocked after finding out of InSoc being broke up. I bought DBA and enjoyed finding out more about InSoc. The music has changed drastically though. Not the same as before. However, I do like a couple of tracks because of the 'peacefullness'. It's a great CD for a long trip. I like the panning, sampling, and the voice booming in the speakers! Good Job!"
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Name: Brice Morton (one of the few ultra faithful utah fans)
E-Mail: [email protected]
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""Don't Be Afraid" has to be the most inventive and incredible collection of beautifully sampled noise I have EVER heard. It's the only thing I've been listening to in my car for a month now. You somehow manage to put emotions most poeple don't realize they even HAVE in to music AND words. FABULOUS. Everyone that's heard it loves it, almost as much as I do. I think it must be you alone who has kept my faith in the music industry alive so far this year. I love all the sampled strings. Keep up the incredible work!"
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Name: Vince
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I just bought the DBA cd about 2 days ago and I totally love it... At first i was a little shocked about the "dark" turn InSoc has taken but after that set in I gave the CD another spin and actually listened to it. WOW! This is a wonderfully orchrastrated masterpiece if music and sound.. it hasnt left my CD player since. Kurt you have a great talent and I think that once again you have outdone yourself.. cant wait for the next one"
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Name: Kethryvis
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL:
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I've have had my copy of DBA for exactly....
Empty 3.0 just GRABS my attention and won't let it go until its good and over. It is easily my favorite song on the album, hands down, by a landslide...whatever. It just rocks. Its got the layering technique that I love..start with one sound...layer another...then another..gradually....wow! Really awesome (I'm listening to it now). Augh, I'm running out of adjectives...its too good to even try and explain.
I also love the data CD. I spent hours on Monday pouring over every file and image. Great idea. I loved the programs too. :) Reminds me of the hours I spent with my computer-geeky friends programing cheezy little programs just 'cause we could.
And the cover artwork is just amazing! I see something new every time I pull it out. Wayyyy awesome.
I just did another quick run-through the album....and did I mention how much I love the spoken intros? Kurt, you've got such a great speaking voice...its so awesome to hear it! The lead ins are perfect into each song...I could listen to to the spoken intros alone over and over.
I know you've prolly heard this a few times, but I do catch some NIN influence here...the style of lyric singing, etc. And I LOVE IT. Blasphemy me if you must, but this is *way* better than NIN. Trent needs to listen up!
Plus, I love how you re-incorporated the WOYM "chink" sound. Great throw back. I caught that on my first run through the album!
Okay, now I'm done. :) Great album!!!!! I love it!! Can't wait for the next one!! ;)"
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Name: Green Muse (and Cerebral Mayhem)
E-Mail: [email protected] ([email protected])
URL: http://lbird.randomc.com
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"My wife picked DBA, being she was a fan of old InSoc and saw the Numan cover on it (we had just been to the Atlanta leg of Numan's Dominion Day Tour). Personally, I never cared so much for the "fluffy and geeky" quality of old InSoc, but when we played it in the car as we drove home, I knew I was balanced between [as the voice in DBA notes) love and fear. I couldn't stop listening to it, even though it kept me in a strangely wonderful mood of pleasantly morbid discomfort. Normally, I loathe this sort of music, but this is not a celebration of nightmares, but of coping with and understanding of them. Kurt's pleasantly melodic voice invites you in deeper where the tired pop-90's grating and moaning vocals annoy you and push you away from sharing in the experience. It's only been three days, and I put my headphones on to listen to it as I go to sleep. I don't understand the synergy (familiarity with Larry Fast nonwithstanding) here, but this album is a must have for those who want to be gently lead musically through the extremes we must cope with in life and not be left a smoking wreckage. I wasn't an InSoc fan four days ago. I am now."
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Name: Michael Wood
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"So there I was...reading a "New Release" form a few months back and there it was...could it be? Info-freakin-mation Society?
Last I heard was Peace and Love Inc. which a buddy of mine, Phil, and I wouldn't stop playing back in 92...
Five years later and I have to special order BBA...Too bad...wish it got more mainstream play...Because...Mainly..This album is INCREDIBLE...
Reminds me of Front 242 more then insoc...which is a good thing...don't get me wrong, Kurt m'man...Oldschool InSoc still gets the kids moving..But this is just so damned progressive and alive. What a creature you have created.
Thanks for coming back, man...Hope to hear more."
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"Just heard D.B.A yesterday and truthfully I thought it was deep and much different to the previous albums. However, I tend to collect InfoSoc cd's as long as they are in the market. The change in rythms and style captures the true essence of InfoSoc(and may i say Kurt yourself). Well, it's been a joy expressing my thoughts to fellow fans."
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Name: Kevin Church
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.spy.net/~perfecto
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"Been a fan for 10 years now.
This is fucking brilliant shite, mate. Thanks so much for releasing it. I dunno what took me so long to get it. :/
Found the ORIGINAL ep released back in 1983 at a used record store. "
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Name: DogRose
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.spastic.org/members/dogrose
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"DBA--now this is one of the better albums I've heard in ages. I was thoroughly delighted to find out InSoc was still alive and kickin' even if it is just you, Kurt. I like old InSoc but singular InSoc is pretty darn preternatural.
*grins* Further, its good music that I can scene to whether writing, crafting, or scening.
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Name: Crucifixia
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I got Don't be afraid like 2 weeks ago and it's the only cd I have been playing. I had to tape a copy to play in my car because im too poor to have a cd player in it. I'm glad you're on the Cleopatra label...they have such good taste in music. I've always liked Insoc's music since the beginning..the new cd is a welcome change and it's so refreshing to know that you stay true to who you are. It's a very original work of art..."
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Name: Christain
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Hey There, I Have Went Out And Bought Thee Darkest Hour!!!! A
Gothic Record And Insoc. Is On It And Has "Are Friends Electric?
And I Thought It Was An Early 80's Tune But I Was Wrong Its On
"Don't Be Afraid" Hell Kurt This One Song Is Thee Best I Just
Can't Stop Playing It!!! Im Going Now And Getting Thee New Record And
I Can't Wait To Hear Thee Rest Of This Record!!! Awesome!!!! "
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Name: Reece Openshaw
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Kurt, I am one of your silent, but always money weilding fans. I bought a copy of D.B.A. Just as soon as I learned about it, and I really enjoy it. Not many fans of the old stuff here in Utah, but I can't keep the new C.D. in my C.D. player for more than a day or two. Good stuff. "
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Name: Eric L Mead
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Since I bought DBA the day it was released, my copy has yet to leave my cd player. In fact, "Are Friends Electric?" is playing as I type this. I have the older discs, and I see DBA as an upgrade to peace and love, which was an upgrade to hack and so on, with each release being better than its predecessor. Congrats, Kurt, on making the finest album ever recorded. From beginning to end, dba is already a classic."
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Name: Tim
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.dasbistro.com
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"Hey, Kurt.
I was your short-term stalker @ BM97 (got yer .sig on my fourth release tape). I now own and have repeatedly played
"Don't Be Afraid...."..... Well, truth to tell, you should've kept at least a LITTLE Great American and Kraftwerk sounds in
the completed mess, but who am I to say? Exceptional album, nonetheless. I owe you a pizza next time you stop into
Reno. (No more Limelight, though.)"
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Name: Flavius Goicea
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.spectra.net/~flavius/
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"I loved DBA the second I heard it. I didn't need any replay to enjoy it, unlike some of you. In fact the first time I heard it, I couldn't stop thinking just how DIFFERENT yet exceptional it was. Every track is awesome, even track 2. :) I especially like songs like Empty and Seek 300 among others, but even the "ballads" are breathtaking (i.e don't get rid of them). I was also intrigued by some of your writings on the 2nd CD. DBA is better than the new FLA album! Kurt, write more albums along the lines of DBA, or else!!! :> Oh, and come to Binghamton, NY! It was also cool to include the PLI vid on CD 2. Made me go buy the single!"
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Name: Flavius Goicea
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.spectra.net/~flavius/
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"After reading some more comments, I feel I must add that the spoken bits at the begining of some tracks are quite nice... they're cool and demented, and set the atmosphere I think. I don't understand how some of you think the chorus to Closing In is the best part of the album, because I just don't like the horn melody much, even though I like horns and especially strings in other parts of the album. Amazingly though, that's the only part of the album I can say that I don't like.. but I don't hate it. Still a great track though.
Also, I hope future efforts have less "rock" guitar, or at least use it wisely like on DBA. AND PLEASE, PLEASE don't turn "electronica, breakbeat, DnB" on us, EVER!? THANKS! "
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Name: Diode
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I have been an insoc lover since the first album, but when i heard you were working with Steven Seibold I was in luxurious shock! The product....incredible! This is one of the best electronic albums yet.....good show ol' boy!"
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Name: Aeryck
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/7890
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"D.B.A. definately ranks up there in my top 5 CD's of all time, at least. "
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Name: Gail C.
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I finally got DBA just a few days ago and it's so good I can't stop playing it. It's very different from the old InSoc but needed no time to grow on me. Dark, beautiful, honest, dramatic, chilling...DBA is like a fascinating ride throught the darker corridors of Kurt's mind. The songs and samples are rich and varied, and the album often plays like an incredible movie soundtrack. I love the intense, driving rhythms of Empty and Ending World...Seek 300 is like a magnificent thrill ride...the Ridge is heartbreaking,
beautiful poetry, Are Friends Electric absolutely rocks...Ozar is SO incredibly beautiful...I could go on and on. The data CD was a great bonus too. Beware, those who haven't heard DBA yet: you find yourself needing to play it multiple times daily (happened to me). You become..er, what's the word...InSatiable? ;) Bottom line: DBA rules! Kurt: Superb work you've done with this album!!! Continue to amaze us with your talent."
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Name: Bryan Schuder
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"This album kicks ass. Okay... It gets regular CD player use at the computer especially now with my new sound system. I love the songs. I like the twist in the backwards message! Heh. You were always different, thats what got me hooked. The one problem was the one cuss word, not because I mind it because I have to turn down the volume at that word, of course I'm learning my parents don't mind."
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Name: Toby Tolentino
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/7903
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"Great CD Kurt! Its getting regular play in my CD Player and on my PC. If I had the money too, I'd get 'one of those of me and terrorize the landscape.' >8) The only other CD that get as much play time as DBA is "Darkest Hour"...If you ask me they should've put all of DBA on that CD. It fits right in. Can't wait for the Compilation CD that coming out soon. Are you planning on touring in the Washington D.C. Metro area? Hope so.
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Name: Eric Valentine
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://members.aol.com/Out0fMind/index.htm
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"The day she found out about the new album, my fiance...er...'subjected' me to the Think single (the only thing she had left after her storage unit was broken into two years ago while she was in the middle of moving. They got her autographed CD copy of Hack, too)
Anyway, we were in a new and used record store a month later and she walks up to me with DBA clenched tightly to her chest and wouldn't say anything other than "mine" for ten minutes. So we bought it, of course (it was her money, what was I gonna say, 'no'? I wanted to hear it anyway). She spent the rest of the afternoon listening to it, she wouldn't even go eat dinner until after The Ridge was over.
I've listened to it at least four more times than she has and it's in my top five of the year, next to David Bowie's Earthling and The Cure's single collection. It's definitely darker than the older stuff (we found Hack and Peace and Love Inc, as well as locating her lp of the self-titled), but it's definitely scores better. "Closing In" and "On The Outside" seem like single material to me. Now if only we could get a tour..."
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Name: Samuel T Paterson
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I wore out four copies of InSoc's first album and two of Hack, but lost track of the band after P&LI.; I work at a record store now and happened to see DBA and at the behest of my friend Lucas decieded to give it a try. It seems to me that all of the albums that I really love to listen to and that take music to a new level are done by one individual "with a vision". This is the best IS album and the best album to hit the shelves in a very long time. I find it odd that people didn't like "The Sky Away", which I thought had the most intriging lyrics. (Yes the "angels splattered in the road" caught my attention, and I think this song has a profound undertone to it.) I'm not sure of a favorite song yet, but "Closing In" is up there. I think the "dark" bent to the album improved the IS sound and added something new and refreshing. I love the sybolism, intended or not. Keep it up Kurt!! Stay true to what you want. When people ask for a musical opinion I now say right off to try IS's new one. Thanks. Bout time an album with something different to offer hit the shelves! "
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Name: Stephanie Tumbleson
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"When I heard Seek 300 for the first time I almost had tears in my eyes. I said to my self "This is why I buy so much music, if I didn't, i would never have heard this" I IMMEDIATELY got on the phone and called my friend Jeff from Moorhead and said that InSoc had a new CD out and that there were a few songs on it that I call, 'Orgasms for my soul'."
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Name: Jason Rydstrand
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~bernard/ghia/
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"Well, I used to own DBA. But it seems that not only did I like it enough to inflict it onto all my Techno-Thrash friends,BUT ONE OF THEM STOLE IT!... Geuss they liked it. *sigh* Great Album Kurt and I hope you will keep up the new sounds."
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Name: Nevermore
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.gothic.net/poe
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"Due to $$ restraints, I had to wait until this past weekend to buy DBA, but after listening to it nearly nonstop since my purchase (3 days ago), I must say, it's at the top of my list of favorite CDs. The new sound is not only a 'surprising' change, but a beautiful and eloquent mixture of emotion and sound that, I think, few could accomplish so well. I'm a little startled by the # of people who voted "The Sky Away" as their least favorite song on the disc, however...It has such a strangely melodic sound to it, I just HAD to like it. (BTW, I tried to submit my vote without selecting a "Least favorite", but got an error...hehe...Guess I'll have to be more critical in the future.) Keep up the excellent work. Now I'm off in search of the White Roses. (I'm such a sucker for gimicks, coded messages, and the like...This is definitely a great choice for a follow-up to track 12 from Peace & Love, Inc.)"
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Name: Trace J. Tumbleson
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I was so happy to find a copy of DBA at my local 'Best Buy'. It's a different story trying to get local radio to play anything but who cares about them. Really like DBA but don't consider it as good as 'P&LI;'. That is my absolute fav! The best song BY FAR on DBA is SEEK300!!!!! Hope you can continue to put out music for many years to come. The data disc doesn't trip my trigger but I'm sure there are people that like it."
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Name: Rod Rahmani
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/dmviolator
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"KURT! WHAT HAPPENED? I AM AN INSOC FAN AND 80's FREAK AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE SUCH A HAPPY POPPY BAND MAKE A DEPARTURE AND MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS. I DO HOWEVER, ENJOY TRACK FOUR. ALSO, THE WHITE ROSES THING IS A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT FOR INSOC. NICE REVERSE MESSAGE. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO OBEY IT!
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Name: Eric Gonzalez
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Information Society has really shown that they can survive by releasing
this new album. I love Don't be afraid along with every other album you guys have done.
you guys are by far the one of the best groups in the world. I love all your music.
I am one of your biggest fans. Keep it up ! HACKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE !!!!!!!
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Name: Bill Causer
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://members.xoom.com/iceolate/
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"The last time I heard InSoc was way back in the day when I was a little kid.
I can still remember getting some kind of cassette single from a cereal box
of Information Society and I loved it. But, god, help me I can't remember that
song's title! If someone knows it, help a brother out. Here I sit 9 or 10
years later listening to a band I haven't heard for that long. Closing In totally
blew me away!! This was a band they called "new wave." F**k categories. This
song rocks and I want the album.
A dark and beautiful song, it sent chills down my spine. "
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Name: evan ward
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"this is by a narrow margin the best InSoc album yet. in the future, this album/data cd will be hard to beat, but I have faith that kurt can top himself."
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Name: Keith
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Kurt, I anxiously awaited the new DBA CD, and had it on order from CD now
long before release date. I must admit, I am not crazy about the deparuture
from a more melodic line of phrase. It looks like most of the
comments are very positive (congratulations), but personally I would have
like to heard some dance melody intermixed with the 'dark & gothic' stuff.
(life is sometimes too full of darkness to have to listen to it more often)
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Name: Cody Stavig
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.shafe.com
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"The true master of excellence has done it again. Though you're my favorite band of all time, and though I was 5 when "Information Society" came out, I've grown to love it. Each and every one of your albums has been the greatest accomplishment in music ever. I would love to see another conglomeration with Paul Robb and yourself. You two are true genius! And please, oh please come to Portland Oregon to play. Do it for James.
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Name: Danial van Heeckeren
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://members.home.net/ornae/
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"This is the best and only damned CD to have blowing your brains out while invading the ether and drinkin' yer 12th Dr. Pepper!!"
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Name: Brent Beaverson
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://geocities.com/BourbonStreet/7783/
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"When I first got the CD I was like, "HUH?! What the?? INSOC? Dude, this is awesome!!"
(I was expecting the old happy-go-lucky style of music)
I have one complaint. The Data CD needed more COOL stuff on it. "
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Name: Bill Whorton
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Very nice. I think you're moving in the right direciton musically, in that this seems to have alot more in the way of intensity than previous albums. Also, hiding White Roses was an interesting idea. DeltaComm owes you some serious thanks, because I know at least four other people other than myself who went out and got Telix from their site to set up a terminal for #10 (unfortunately, I lost the copy I had when I got P&L;). The first song particularly reminds me a little of Bigod 20. I've got to go get Goldwave now so I can work on getting that @#%!* password...."
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Name: Dan Davis
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"First of all, I really enjoy the album in my car. It knocked my ears off the first playing. Since then I think I have lost some hearing. Secondly, I'm not going to spell check this. :) I kinda got bored with all the dialog in between tracks. Some was kewl, it gave the CD life. The deer story was just annoying to me. It sounded like an attempt to follow the form of Pink FLoyd's "The Wall" or InSoc's "Hack" CD. I enjoyed "Hack" to the point that it is worn out, dead. I mean the CD itself is toast. "Don't Be Afraid" will prolly follow suit."
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Name: Scott Renn
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I love it! Absolutely incredible. Plays a lot like a movie soundtrack with a dark, gothic underscoring. Ideal for those Quake or Hexen games late at night in a dark room."
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Name: Dana Terry
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"The album kicks ass, man. But, ummm.. Kurt, are you okay? I mean, if you need psychological help, don't be afraid to ask. :)"
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Name: franke
E-Mail: none yet
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"It's been about two months since I picked up the new cd...and I'm still listening to it just as much as I can...just thought I'd once again say thank you..."thanks.":) please visit chicago.
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Name: Drey
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://ic.net/~cierhart/
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"beautiful, wonderful, dark music. the first time my wife heard it
she thought i was listening to nin or kmfdm. i really hope this
album wasn't a one-shot for insoc but a new trend. i always thought
a lot of the other stuff was too pop-ish, except for 'hack.' excellent
album, kurt."
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Name: Moltar
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: www.cafes.net/crowt/
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"The album is excellent! I got it for Christmas and it's gotten regular rotation in my receiver since. It seems to follow the natural evolution InSoc (in my opinion) has been going through musically. Although... I do have to admit, it is quite a bit darker than the other albums... nothing bad with that, just an observation..."
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Name: Shane
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.netscope.net/~jinx
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"I have waited a long time to get this CD. I was promised it by my mother as one of my Christmas gifts. So a few months i have waited for it. I'm REALLY glad I wasn't disappointed. Kurt has changed his style quite a bit. It is raw where it wasn't before, and more structured in others. But the root of the music hasn't changed. It is intersting and different. "Don't Be Afraid" is definitely my new Quake deathmatch CD. =0)
Thanx Kurt, Peace and Love was cool, but I think this album beats 'em all, exept Hack, it will always be my fav. *look everyone, my name's on the data CD!!!!*"
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Name: Korbet Finley
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: ---------
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"My friends and I always liked InSoc for their love of science fiction and energetic music. I especially love 'em for the dance style beat and synthetic sounds. I'll have to be careful before I buy your next album though (maybe sample it at the store) since I quickly bought DBA. Can't say that I like it much. Then again maybe it'll grow on me like some other fans have said. I guess I wanted more of what you have already done. Dance music is usually uplifting and a feel-good atmosphere, but like others have already said there is a lot of depression in DBA.
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Name: Selene Celine
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9933
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"Incredible, astounding, amazing.... dark, beautiful, full, flowing.... i absolutely love this cd... it is a welcome departure from the older stuff... probably the best new music i've heard this year.. and the ONLY cd i've purchased this year. good work, keep it up.. and i hope if you tour you make it to albuquerque..."
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Name: anthony trujillo
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: none yet
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"very good album indeed- sampliong, programming, and art all collaborate to make an intersting piece of work- my favorite album of 1997- i hope to see you live "
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Name: Velvet Rogers
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"Every time I listen to DBA, I find something new that I love about it. I do wish that the data Cd was Mac compatable also (in my profession Macs are all I work with). I still have not been able to see most of the files on that disk which frustrates me. Otherwise, DBA is one of my favorite Cds in my collection which I will probably play to death! I can't wait to see and hear this music live!!!!!!!!!!"
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Name: kat (xaile) vicious
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"i first heard insoc when i picked up the tape "hack' for 50 cents at a garage sale, figuring that you guys had moved on by 92', i scanned the web and heard about dba, which i imediately bought, but more to the point; it wasn't what i had expected, but better than i'd hoped. i rigged a rec. of "on the outside" to my alarm so i get a bit of a techi buzz before the caffine kicks in... i hate morning.
-xaile"
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Name: Sailor Lynx
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"I love it! The songs are all the best. My favorites are probably 1,4,5, and 8 ,but I listen
to them all and for me that is unusual. "
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Name: Nykki Houtkooper
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"
Whoa! If this release didn't say "Don't be Afraid" on the cover, I
would have been. Kurt Harland, now the only member of Information
Society, has sold his shares from 'Peace and Love Inc.' and cashed in on
the Trent Reznor craze. Most of the tracks included in this are deeply
cryptic and a violent turn-around from the love lost lyrics we're
accustomed to hearing. The sound is haunting, sometimes harsh, and of
course sampled, but not at all the stereotypical melodies of Paul Robb's
influence. The best song on the album is 'Seek 300', a flashback to
HACK's 'Seek 200' with heavy undertones and larger amounts of sampling.
There are stories to hear, depressions to delve into, and a new frontier
to explore from the unswept floor in your kitchen. If yuo were ready for
In Soc to move on to something industrial and dark- here's your ticket.
Also, this CD set contains a second data disc for when you can army
crawl from the pit of introversion to your computer, Enjoy!
In the end, we conserve what we love
we love what we understand
we understand what
we've learned.
Nykki is a SuiteP"
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Name: Paul A. McCormick III
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"It's nice to see you back after the many year absence. As for the new album it is probrbly the heaviest InfoSoc has ever produced. I like it immensely. The production is clear and consice, the songs themselves are very very good(at least in my opinion) and look forward to seeing you live if you ever make a treck to southeastern MN or even the Warehouse in La Crosse, WI:)
I look forward to your next album if it sounds as good as this one does. "
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Name: dave roman
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: htttp://members.tripod.com/~crypticpress/index.html
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"At first listen it was a little hard to swallow all at once.
The long intro's before the songs seemed to dominate too much, perhaps they would
have been better at the ends of the songs( more like HACK or most Mr Bungle Albums)
so for repeated listening people can just go right to the track they feel like listening to and then the spoken word stuff would be intro's to the next song.
I'm in favor of the over all darker mood to the album although I miss the slightly more eclectic flavor of the previous albums. I always felt a darker edge in those albums but they weren't so outwardly obvious. Once again I dont know if the spoken intro's work. With the "spooky" music in the background I wasn't sure if it was soposed to be taken seriously or if it was soposed to be like an Ed Wood Monologue.
The songs themselves work perfectly and most are amazing.
They definately grow with age. Even my least favorite song has become permenantly etched into my subconcious much to my enjoyment. hard to pick a favorite song,
Its hard to listen to just one they all make you want to listen to the next.
If I had to pick a single I would go with "Closing in" or "Ending World" As a longtime fan, I liked the idea of a sequel to Seek 200. And even though my dinosaur of a computer can't run the data disk , I think it's a great idea.
I'm not too crazy about the cover art, I accidentally thought it was a Danzig album when I first saw it (oops!) As always a distintive trait about Insoc is the lyrics. I was glad they were printed on the cd jacket because their really good. Not too many electronic bands these days write poetic lyrics. This is one of the reasons I'm estatic to have a new Information Society album( props to Kurt for keeping the name) and I hope it sells like crazy so Kurt can continue to make more records and continue to experiment. If there ha;lf as good as this I'll love it. ::Don't stop now::
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Name: Michael Christopher aka PLASTIC
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: in process
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"The album is very (gasp) "gothic" in nature but very well done nonetheless.....I'm very glad to own it and I'm waiting with great anticipation for the re-mix album. Good Job Kurt!!!"
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Name: E. Evans
E-Mail: [email protected]
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"This is an excellent CD. It is the perfect example of what hard edged electronic music could sound like, but seldom does. It was well worth the wait...."
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Name: J. Eric Stout
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Phybersyko
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"I just received DBA as a gift. It is a total departure from earlier INSOC material. Fantastic! It was nice hearing in EMPTY the entire voice-over that briefly appeared in "Strength". I expected a little more of an Industrial sound. What I got was total ROCK! Kurt, the DBA kicks so much ass. Dark & gritty. Fucking cool!
The data CD is quite interesting also... It's too bad that more mods weren't written/included... don't forget to buddy up for White Rose!"
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