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Morticians
"Private Void"
Format:
CD/Album
Online date:
19/11 2002
Label:
Capp
Genre:
synth
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Morticians are a pretty unknown act in Sweden, at least to the big crowd, but the band has actually existed since 1991. The man behind most of the work is Andreas Rimheden and in the beginning the music was mostly inspired by bands such as The Klinik and Suicide Commando. Nowadays, though, the music is pure synth-pop in the vein of early Elegant Machinery. "Private Void" is the third full length released and I must say that I am very impressed by the whole production, especially the band's ability to write catchy, but yet pretty sad pop tunes.
Andreas Rimheden has a really great voice that fits this kind of music very well, and on some of the tracks he is accompanied by a female voice which belongs to Marie Hagelqvist. The two together are an excellent duo. The album isn't pure synth-pop all the way through, though. On, for instance, "Goodbye" the beats are more like eighties' EBM, much like the early works of The Klinik, but more laid back. This creates a really nice contrast with the melancholic vocals. There are also some ethereal vibes present in the production, especially in "To Heaven", where the beginning sounds like a faster version of the "Twin Peaks Theme". The track is very atmospheric and Rimheden sounds like a young Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. And, while talking about Depeche Mode, the really great track "Aware" sounds like a mix between early DM and Erasure. Of course, this makes it an obvious favorite, but my two absolute favorites must be the opener "Alive" and the excellent "Last Dance". I find it pretty amazing how something that sounds so simple and laid back can turn out to be so great. That is what I like about Morticians; it is straight forward without lots of cheap effects and so on. Just synth-pop the way it sounded in the early eighties.
I wonder why this band haven't made it to the big league. I mean, if you look at the top Swedish acts within this genre, you begin to wonder what's wrong with this country. When bands like S.P.O.C.K always draws a big crowd and smaller, but far greater bands, such as Morticians, are left in the background. When will people stop being gullible and wake up?
/Mattias Andersson
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Morticians"Private Void"
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Reader Opinions
Very surprised
Name: Sami (217.209.65.159)
Rating: 7
I heard Morticians for the first time about 1½ years ago, and I thought it pretty muched sucked. So my hopes weren't very high when I put this album in the CD - but was I wrong. Great melodic synthpop, and original - almost nothing cliché about it!
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