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One thing about liking a
label a lot is that the standard of their next release has to
always be high, so now Calculated Risk bring me Miocene, to
follow on from Beecher, Humanfly, Koreisch and Three
Movements. Once more you must expect something different as
Miocene, during the distorting opener ‘A message from our
sponsors’ remind of Rage Against The Machine combined with
Will Haven, before the drum and bass / latter day Cave In
fusion of ‘Colloquial Drug Terminology’ intrigues some more.
It seems that the band are here to generally defy the pigeonholes and to blend new contortions of style well, as the acidic sounds and breaking up Aphex Twin style drum beats collide with each other, leaving just a calm atmosphere to drift on. Very well crafted work. ‘Autopia’ then changes it again with a blatantly large Tool influence, a theme that becomes more apparent as this album progresses. ‘The Fall’ is even more in that vein. Some of the odd electro breaks are as much of a highlight for me. The weird Squarepusher moments of ‘Apologetic Submissives’ are amazingly produced. In fact, this is as intricate and brilliant as any of the electro overlord Tom Jenkinson’s work. Stunning piece. It seems, having not heard Miocene before, but upon reading their press release that they have followed a similar path to Radiohead, by bursting onto the scene, being touted as the next big thing, then completely reinventing their style as more experimental electro than rock. And how well they have achieved this with the use of a few well exposed influences. This is an engrossing album rounded up in suitably bizarre style with a 70’s hippie-folk acoustic song that ends in typically unexpected fashion. Very diverse stuff. |
(c) & (p) 2005 www.miocene.org & www.danielemile.co.uk