BETWEEN MY EYE SOCKETS IS MY SKY ROCKET

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Member Since: 10/30/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/thoughtcannon
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Sounds Like:A true castaway on the vast oceans of the Mind, Mentol Nomad has been plying his trade on the New York underground for the better part of the '90s. After being inducted into the Order of the Crooked Knights following a festival in Nantes, France in '99, the Nomad has been a footsoldier in the war against mediocre music, keeping the underground fed from the 1 and 2's. Then, the come-up: a masterful performance in last year's cult-classic CRoOKeD (WSCD041), to which he also contributed tracks. Now, many moons and tainted twists of fate later, the Nomad finally rises to the task of his solo debut, a kaleidoscopic journey through the parallel dimension called Mentallica...and its Inhabitants (WSCD043).On a mission beyond the within, Mentol shows he's capable of traversing many types of terrain. On Mentallica, he deftly combines ambient atmospheres with crackling beats, leaden basslines, euphoric samples and electronic washes, creating seething layers of sound which mutate with each passing moment like radioactive decay. The result is a masterpiece of downtempo darkness, covered with a veil of light. The soundtrack to the dreams of a man with much on his mind. Mentol Nomad says, "It's not anything to shake your ass to, but it is composed to have you feel many emotions--some of it dark, some of it light, all of it me."So what more can be said? While not easy to describe in words, Mentallica, like all good drugs, is best experienced, preferably late at night, on a big system, with some incense and candles burning, and a strong desire to be one with the essence. Campfire music for the lost souls....Mentol Nomad is coming from a Brooklyn hip-hop label (the great WordSound) but it's not really hip-hop. It's ambient, but more evil than that, so some electronic music lovers open-minded enough to explore will probably find some excellent experiences inside.Regardless of it's 'cross-over', though, it's definitely one of my recent faves because I don't get nearly enough bold music. Above all else, that's exactly what this is.Trying to definitively define Mentol Nomad's 'Mentallica and Its Inhabitants' is a frustratingly daunting and ultimately unachievable task. I'm sure if one were so inclined this could simply be summed up as horror-hop - evil, lurking mental music churning up urban soundscape structures that terrorize, mythologically turning the simple art of music listening into a complex and vastly affecting practice.I would suggest that understanding isn't necessary though. It rather detracts from the experience, dilutes the aural adventure that the Mental Nomad takes you on. Simply closing one's eyes and allowing these maliciously discomforting compositions to sweep over easily conjures anything from images of stalking butlers to evil, hooded monks preparing for a forbidden ceremony.Without lyrics of any type this all-electronic summary feels well suited as an updated soundtrack for the silent film classic Nosferatu if one were so inclined to boldly enhance an already sensational piece of celluloid.Still, besides the imagination Mentallica forces a listener to adapt to this vividly dreadful project, it is intelligent, never striking a false note that might temporarily shatter the mood. It is sturdily crafted, never resorting to any predictable or plastic horror sounds in order to accomplish its goals. It is quite obviously meticulous, darkly passionate and sensational in every spooky corner it builds in its 17 rooms of aural storytelling.This is one of those rare and precious musical gifts one is quite pleased to have given themselves - so long as they're not too frightened by what they've discovered within.MENTALLICA, is a place a parallel dimension of surreal sound and emotions. A soundscape into the unknown. Each track represents the beings,entities, and inhabitants of MENTALLICA. In your journey thru each composition your mynd and emotions will create a visual scene from within you. Downtempo Darkness covered with a veil of light, 360 degrees of audio panning,laced with samples,ambient loops,euphoric textures weaving an atmospheric ensamble of dark and iLL beats. For the Mentol Nomad this is a soundtrack to his dreams, for the listener this is an invitation............ TOOLBOX COVER The labels Toolbox and Word Sound released this LP together. Dark instrumental HipHop with heavy Dub influences produced by SPECTRE aka THE ILL SAINT.The label describes it as: Partial vinyl edition of the "Mentallica. And It's Inhabitants" CD album published in 2002 on the New Yorkean label WordSound. To try to classify this instrumental opus would raise of a challenge so much the universe of Mentol Nomad appeals to as different as sometimes incompatible audio styles: down tempo, abstract, ambient, mental, industrial, jazzy. Rocked by the Brooklyn hip hop culture, Daniel Dejesus (the agriculture, Tigerbeat, Suppon Records) invites here to the exploration of his subconscious. As of the first notes, we're thus unloaded in Mentallica, a kind of ghost city or imaginary no man's land, populated by imperceptible spectra. If the optimistic "3Rd Visions" and "Deity" still let foresee the possibility of escaping from this nightmare, "Fallen Angels" with its paranoiac atmosphere a la Hitchcock points out that we are in hostile ground and that somewhere, crouched in the darkness, the Evil watches for us. Clever mixes of deep emotions, mutant strings, unhealthy echoes and heading beats, the eight titles of the release sound as the improbable meeting between Kid Koala and Angelo Badalamenti. Musical designer of the spirit, American signs a splendid gloomy soundtrack made of impossible sound collages, fusions between real instruments and virtual machines for an impressive final in the form of a brainwashing. A sumptuous album of intelligent electronica, caustic and creative at the same.CROOKED THE MOVIEIMAGE:EYE:NATION The follow up to mentolnomad..s critical debut Mentallica and Its Inhabitants (WSCD043) has been a few years coming...but evolution is a slow, steady, organic process much like the music you are about to hear.IMAGE EYE NATION expresses universes of emotions and unparalleled visual soundscapes. While words are insignificant to capture this realm beyond the senses, this music can only be described as heavy, hypnotic, esoteric, trance-inducing, and conjuring dream states. This time around mentol receives support in the mix by COLORFORM, an American producer with whom he has collaborated on several projects in the past (including 2003’s “AURAL CONTRABAND,” a limited edition 12-inch vinyl release on Colorform’s imprint Liberation Systems).mentolnomad has always been a mutant seeking freedom and creativity within a world of prosthetics. IMAGE EYE NATION is another long awaited dream manifested into the physical plane through sound vibration...your invitation once again into tha land of the MENTOLNOMAD....
Record Label: wordsound
Type of Label: Indie