This is noisy electronic music, featuring Mats from semi-defunct art-punks Dialog Cet. A few of the tracks are quite nice (especially the opener "Sondmaskin"), but I find the CD to be a tough listen the whole way through in one sitting. I like the kinds of sounds and tones they employ, but the compositions tend to be lacking in direction. Which is to say, I like the general sonic ideas, just not where they take them. It shows promise, but I far prefer Mats' other current project Majessic Dreams.
- Avi Roig
This EP is just awesome. Who needs ordinary things like melodies, good beats, strong vocals and memorable lyrics when you can get all disoriented and weirded out listening to Majessic Dreams? Call me depraved, but I probably get more excited by bands that break the rules and map out uncharted territory than bands that are just plain ol' good in a conventional manner. Swedish duo Mats and Jessica Majessic are responsible for this very strange 6-track EP, which is filled with ambient drones, barely-in-tune acoustic guitar and Jessica's beguilingly shy, tentative vocals. They're mixed low, so you have to strain to hear what she's singing. Somehow, the ghostly wisps of sound that result from all this are utterly compelling. "When you sleep", with its heard-in-a-dream atmospherics and feather-light percussion, rates a "10" on my personal cool-o-meter. Interesting synth tones spruce up "Different light", on which both Jessica and Mats sing - it's not exactly lo-fi, but "slow-fi," for sure. The average listener would probably like the pleasing harmonies and soft acoustic guitar of "Around here" best, but perversely, that tune is less than two minutes long, while the title track, consisting of very slow, droney drifty stuff and Jessica's barely audible, flickering-light vocals, is about six minutes! Honestly, I think this disc is fantastic, and truly original. Majessic Dreams are definitely wafting to the beat of their own out-of-step drummer. I can hardly wait for a full-length!
- Kevin Renick
Kompjotr Eplektrika
Majessic Dreams
