Zhelezobeton
First things first: If you like dark, brooding industrial soundscapes and some really nice visual art, you may well consider the purchase of this DVD-r which has been released in 2006 by the impressive label Zhelezobeton. Yuri Elik and Gosha Solnzev collaborated on this release and the outcome will keep you occupied for 35 minutes total and you will definitly be re-listening and re-watching it on a nummber of occasions. The 7.5 they are getting is well deserved and was considered to be even higher.
But ... (and I'm truly sorry this is the moment I'm starting this discussion, but one has to start at some point) this release also makes very clear that there is a certain goal artists have to consider when releasing a combination of autitive and visual art. To be more clear: Is this a DVD with dark ambient music, or is this a CD with additional visuals? In both cases the public the release is aimed at is different, so a completely different marketing, packaging and maybe even concept should be considered.
As an art-DVD 'Voices of the Dead' is a bit on the short side; 23 minutes. The visuals on the 2nd track 'City Spirits' are good, but not impressive enough to be named video-art. As a CD ... Well, it's a DVD, it can't be played in a CD player. Listening to the music the images are distracting because of a) its many colouring effects and b) because one keeps on getting pulled to the tube and stare.
Admitted, this is not a problem for this release, but it is something to consider for everybody (including myself being an artist).
As said, a well deserved 7.5 because without all the crap I wrote, 'Voices of the Dead' is a really good track and a visual experiment well worth it.
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