Psychonavigation Vol.3 - Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell

Advantages: Glorious early 90s electronica by two genuine pioneers
Disadvantages: Might be hard to find

...Brain child of Pete Namlook (aka Peter Kuhlman) and Richie Hawtin, From Within was one of the first albums that alerted me to the joys of electronica and thus has a very special place in my musical heart. Pete Namlook, for those that have never encountered him, is a virtual electronica factory, at one point churning out an album almost once a fortnight and released on his independent Fax label. His work is wide and occasionally inconsistent. He has collaborated with innumerable musicians, many of which are of the highest order, such as the grandmaster of krautrock Klaus Schulze, Geir Jensen (aka Biosphere), Bill Laswell, Tetsu Inoue, Bobby Bird (aka HIA) and Jonah Sharp (and the list goes on and on). Pick up a Namlook CD and you can find yourself listening to anything from world music to experimental, minimalist ambient to early... Read review

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Advantages: A lot
Disadvantages: very few

...Alright here we have another Album from Slipknot, is it better then the others? Yes, i thought Iowa was going to be hard to follow but Subliminal Verses is easily their best album Track List 1: Prelude 3.0 2: The Blister Exists 3: Three Nil 4: Duality 5: Opium Of The People 6: Circle 7: Welcome 8: Vermillion 9: Pulse Of The Maggots 10: Before I Forget 11: Vermillion Pt. 2 12: The Nameless 13: The Virus Of Life 14: Danger - Keep Away This Album has mixed in the heavy with the mellow and has something that every Slipknot fan will like, the album art is brilliant and once again Joey's drumming is superb. In my Opinion the best songs are Duality, Pulse Of The Maggots and Opium Of The People, Duality is the song that everyone will love, with a somewhat catchy chorus it has the qualities that make Slipknot brilliant... Read review

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Advantages: Some great little numbers on here
Disadvantages: Some not so great little numbers on here

...but its not a strong as it could have been. LINES (3:00) The pace is brought back up in whats almost close to a rock tune. The acoustic is gone for a fuzzed up guitar and heavy drumming. A strong chorus backed up by Pete's very strong voice. He's actually quite a good vocalist. The song being only 3 minutes long makes me feel he didn't have enough confidence in his rocky side and sort of bottled it. Which is what this song feels like. The chorus is the main shouting point of it. Nothing special to see in the rest of it though. It rolls over me too easily. FREEDOM (3:16) This song is why I bought the album. Its so good its just not fair. The guitar work is almost not there. On stereo speakers you pretty much hear the guitar from the right ear and Pete singing from the left. There are times I wish I could play this on an open mic... Read review

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