07/01/2004

Hybrid Magazine, US

http://www.hybridmagazine.com

Molar The Time and Motion Studies (False Walls / fw05)

This one's a real horrorshow.

Such uneasy listening might constipate the overly aggressive, or prove to be
laxative for those in fear of this bizarre and implacable sound. The Time
and Motion Studies is a highly effective piece of experimental electronica
of sorts that exhibits a mastery of mood alteration. (Or distortion,
perhaps?) But who would want to be in this kind of mood? If I ran a haunted
house, I would be playing this CD over the PA system and spiking the punch
with LSD. Talk about a rough trip. Psychiatrists would be eagerly awaiting
the dearly departing on the other side with twitches of avarice at the
thought of years of psychoanalysis.

If you're looking for a truly mind-bending, sonic experience that does more
than merely skirt the edges of the dark side, but actually dredges the black
mayonnaise up from the bottom, then Molar is definitely your cup of tea. I'd
like to say that it's better for you than the sorts of drugs that would
produce a similar effect, but sweaty, nocturnal flashbacks are a distinct
possibility from prolonged exposure. I dare say it requires its own MSDS; a
sort of industrial hazard in a gem case.

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