Mind.In.A.Box – Shades Of Gray (EP – THYX Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Ambient-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Stefan Poiss has taken some of the best cuts from the latest Mind.In.A.Box album “Black & White” and remixed them himself. “Shades Of Gray” is also featuring one exclusive song.
Content: This EP comes as a ‘club’-addition to the latest album. Four songs have been remixes in a harder, club-friendly approach. “New Wave Propaganda” has been remixed in two different versions. “Fire And Lace” is a new song which serves as a cool gift.
+ + + : “Integrate” and “New Wave Propaganda” both were some of my favorite tracks of the album and has been adapted into great, danceable, Space-Pop with again the great vocals of Stefan Poiss on top. The remix of “Lost And Alone” is another great work and a strong debut to this EP. This EP features great dancefloor adaptations and brings Mind.In.A.Box back in the spotlight.
– – – : A new song is always a bonus to an EP but “Fire And Lace” isn’t exactly the best cut from this artist.
Conclusion: This EP is an essential addition to the “Black & White”-album.
Best songs: “Integrate – Club Mix”, “New Wave Propaganda – Club Mix”, “Lost And Alone – Master Mechanic Remix”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist & Label: www.mindinabox.com / www.facebook.com/mindinabox.official
About Mind.In.A.Box
Mind.In.A.Box is the Vienna-based electronic duo of Markus Hadwiger and Stefan Poiss, built around a continuing cyberpunk narrative that follows the characters Mr. Black and Mr. White through the “Agency” and the Dreamweb. The seventh album, “Black & White”, followed “Broken Legacies” roughly six years earlier and arrived on 30 August 2023 through THYX Records with a 20-page booklet continuing the storyline. “Shades Of Gray” gathers club remixes of tracks from that album, reworked by Poiss himself, alongside the new song “Fire And Lace”.
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