Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: M73 is a project set up by Danish composer…
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: M73 is a project
set up by Danish composer John R. Mirland. He’s already involved with multiple
projects; once started in Holm/Mirland and moved on with Am Tierpark, Negant,
Mirland, Mirland/Larsen ao. After a few EP’s releases M73 last year released
its debut album inspired by ‘self-destruction, sex and disillusion’.
Content:
M73 is John R.
Mirland’s solo-project and that’s what makes the difference with his other EBM
project Negant. He’s also singing on M73 (which is rather new) while the
composition also has something more personal. The EBM songs have something
old-styled, which means carried by solid bass lines and supported with melodic
string parts. The songs are moving from softer cuts to more powerful ones. The
vocals have something ‘natural’, but passionate.
+ + + :
Old-school EBM fans
will like “Mindbender” –which is the absolute highlight from the album, but
also “Polarizer”, “Lowlife” and “Zeroes”. Even if the songs are retro-like, they’re
elaborated with great strings on top. Some cuts are polished with pop
arrangements, but in the end it all remains pure EBM driven by solid bass
lines.
– – – :
Some of the softer
passages such as “Shadows” and “Clouds” can’t convince me. Let’s say they just
inject a few breaks in the tracklist.
Conclusion:
I’m not saying M73
is a new EBM sensation, but “Tainted” is a promising and enjoyable debut!
Best songs:
“Mindbender”,
“Lowlife”, “Nomad”, “Polarizer”, “Zeroes”.
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