Siamgda – Symbiotic Creatures (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-trance, tribal, experimental.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Siamgda (Marc Fisher) is back on track with a new EP featuring five new cuts. This German artist has already released several impressive tribal/industrial productions, his last album “Noise Yoga” (2017) being a true masterpiece.
Content: “Symbiotic Creatures” is more versatile compared to the last album. It remains driven and inspired by industrial-trance and –tribal, but globally speaking it also sounds more experimental. It feels a bit like these songs couldn’t have been placed on a full length album. The common element between all tracks is the genius sound design and overwhelming dark atmospheres emerging at the surface.
+ + + : The sound intelligence of this artist took me again by surprise. I’m really fond of the deep, blasting treatments, which are taking you by the throat. “Fake Dream” is a real cool song, but I also have to mention “Find You”’, which is pure industrial-dub. The diversity of the work is this EP’s main strength, but it also shows the open-minded approach of the composer.
– – – : I’m less convinced by some experimental passages and especially “Stuck On Hold” can’t convince me.
Conclusion: I personally prefer most Siamgda albums instead of this EP, but this artist remains a genius sound architect!
Best songs: “Fake Dream”, “Find You”, “Symbiotic Creatures”.
Rate: (8).
Artist: https://siamgda.info / www.facebook.com/Siamgda
Label: www.ant–zen.com / www.facebook.com/antzen.official
About Siamgda
Siamgda is the experimental project of Marc Fischer, founded in spring 2001 near Kathmandu, Nepal, following his earlier project Störfrequenz. The project combines Asian tonalities with dark electronic textures and has released albums including “Tremors” (2014), “Oppression” (2015), “Re-Born” (2016) and “Noise Yoga” (2017), all on Ant-Zen, followed by “Here And Now” (2020, Hands Productions).
Fischer discussed his work in an April 2021 Click Interview with Side-Line.
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