Vexillary – Full Frontal Lunacy (Album – Con:trace)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Techno-Wave, EBM, Electroclash.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: Reza Seirafi is a New-Yorker (USA) producer who released several EP’s and singles during the past years. The lock down incited him to compose his first album, which is meant as a ‘therapy to examine the darkest parts of his own psyche’.
Content: “Full Frontal Lunacy” takes off with a retro-style, which reminds me of the good-old years of Electroclash. The album explores different influences, which can be now into EBM empowered with Industrial sound treatments and then more into a kind of refreshing Techno-Wave music. I noticed some melodic parts and other darker passages driven by humming sequences. The work also reveals male and female vocals featuring guest singers ‘Warteraum’ and ‘La Strange ‘.
+ + + : This work is revealing a real strong sonic cocktail, which resulted from the exploration of diverse Electronic music styles and a top notch production. The tracklist is impressive and everyone will find one or more great songs on it. And if you’re open-minded you definitely like the album from start till end. I however have a preference for the cool Electroclash opener, the powerful EBM-driven title song, the darker “The Descent” also featuring cool male- and female vocals and the more Techno-Wave “Maniac”, which is an instrumental piece with some melodic approach.
– – – : Diversity is the main strength of the album although it might sound a bit versatile to other listeners.
Conclusion: “Full Frontal Lunacy” is a work that will appeal to a very diversified audience; from Techno lovers to New-Wave nostalgia. A great production!
Best songs: “Scent Of Torture feat. Wateraum”, “Full Frontal Lunacy”, “The Descent”, “Maniac”, “Sanity Fades”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Vexillarymusic
Label: www.facebook.com/contracemusic
Side-Line reported on the release on 10 November 2021 in Darkwave/industrial act Vexillary releases debut full length ‘Into Full Frontal Lunacy’.
About Vexillary
Vexillary is the solo project of New York-based producer Reza Seirafi. Seirafi worked as a chemist and has compared his production method to the way unrelated ingredients bond into a scent. He chose the project name because it carried no immediate meaning.
Vexillary released six EPs before this album, among them the conceptual “SurViolence”. “Full Frontal Lunacy” was released on 31 October 2021 through Con:trace on limited cassette and digital formats and holds eight tracks: “Scent Of Torture ft. WARTERAUM”, “Burnt Leather (Scorched Mix)”, “Full Frontal Lunacy”, “Sanity Fades”, “The Descent”, “Maniac”, “Absinthe Minded” and “Exit The Void”. A video for the Scorched Mix of “Burnt Leather” accompanied the release.
A second album, “Crash And Yearn”, followed on Con:trace in 2022, with Baylee singing on six of its tracks and mastering by Eric Sneo. Seirafi discussed both albums in ‘Click Interview’ with Vexillary: ‘Music Has Always Been An Anchor For Me’, where he described the second record as the flip side of “Full Frontal Lunacy”.
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