{"id":515,"date":"2010-06-06T18:12:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/?p=515"},"modified":"2011-04-15T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T04:00:18","slug":"a-review-from-hard-wired-january-2003-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"A review from Hard Wired (January 2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being one of the \tlesser known acts that Side Line magazine have often singled out and \tacknowledged their talents alongside fellow established Belgian bands such \tas Front 242, Dive, Klinik and Grumh, I had become quite keen to check \tthem out for myself. Fortunately for me that chance has now arisen, and I am \trather gob smacked with the results.<\/p>\n

After the previous album releases Nezeru Enti Sebauem Neterxertet<\/em> and Em \tSauf Haa-Heru<\/a> we are now presented with Taiu<\/em> which is seen as the closing \tchapter in the \u201cHegira\u201d trilogy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one heck of a long player, 11 tracks spanning over a whopping 73 \tminutes and though the albums theme remains the same throughout, the tracks \tgreatly differ in appearance, cleverly arranged to flow from one melodious \tgem onto the next with not a single pause, overlaying prominent soundscapes \tand effects to keep the listener glued and hungry for more.<\/p>\n

With the opening track Ah-Menti<\/em> you are succumb by a swirling airiness \tthat carries you into The Penultimate Truth <\/em>where the tribal sounds now \tbegin to kick in, and a simple formation of synthetic notes are repeated \tthroughout alongside spoken samples. Once you enter into Vassago De Nunez<\/em> the beats become rampant and the industrial influences show in the form of \tmanic clanking, shrilling effects and sharp electronic keys, this track even \tadopts a harsh Bill Leeb style of vocal\u2026very Noise Unit indeed!!<\/p>\n

Further into this release we stumble upon other worthy pieces like Totemism \t(Ancient)<\/em> which displays a more traditional Egyptian style of ambience, or \tthe soothing mellow appeal of Either\/Or<\/em>, and if it\u2019s more power you\u2019re \tafter then there\u2019s the forcible hardness of The Weeping Eye<\/em> or the \tprogressively upbeat catchiness to the closing electro track Terran<\/em> which \tis nicely complimented by its female vocal.<\/p>\n

So I have to agree with the critics, this is a band that can certainly \tcompete with the best of them out there, and if I\u2019m honest Taiu<\/em> does a \tdamn site more for me than the last Delerium album did.<\/p>\n

While Mika Goedrijk is currently focusing his efforts on promoting the EBM \tproject Nebula-H and their successful debut album, I am left hoping it won\u2019t \tbe too long before he devises a new theme for TMO<\/strong> to begin working on \tagain.<\/p>\n

This release is limited to only 500 copies on the Czech Republic label HORUS \tCyclicDaemon<\/strong>, it is a must have for lovers of dark electronic and \tatmospherical music. Grab it while you can\u2026.<\/p>\n

Rich Hobbs 3.5\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being one of the lesser known acts that Side Line magazine have often singled out and acknowledged their talents alongside fellow established Belgian bands such as Front 242, Dive, Klinik and Grumh, I had become quite keen to check them out for myself. Fortunately for me that chance has now arisen, and I am rather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[23,21],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-taiu","tag-this-morn-omina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}