God Is In The details
"Hinsidan" is the Swedish word for "beyond", as in the great beyond, the hereafter, the other side. For Danes, it can also simply mean the other side of the sound separating the two Scandinavian nations. And since roughly 2003, it also refers to a two-man, Dano-Swedish operation consisting of Atish Pare (mainly guitars) and Superjus (wire and cable man), prolific enough to release two records in 2005 and 2007, respectively. "God is in the Details", one half of an ambitious two-CD set released by Phistria, lurches into gear with a couple of very mechanical (in the good sense given the context) industrial tracks, which you know will continue ad infinitum in their clunky rotation, despite the brevity of the actual tracks. However, interest begins to rapidly dwindle by the third track, when the pseudo-psychedelic half-sung, half-spoken, half-treated and all-bad vocals enter the mix, serving only to distract from the intricate rhythmic notions being explored underneath. At this point the album morphs into a sort of space opera and spins out of control. Very long and very tedious. The set«s better half is "Music for Ghosts" which seems to hail from a much brighter place - the first track is indeed called "We Glow" - featuring more distinct and elegantly simple beats, crisp, ringing, looped electronic melodies, and an altogether sunnier disposition - a vast improvement. The ghosts for whom this music has been made must be most benign. A cleaner, more streamlined approach, which is therefore more likely to leave a lasting impression on the listener and wear well over time. This more pristine and focused sound allows for more finely chiselled detailing and a more rewarding listening experience.
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