Hi, my name's Dash, long time listener, first time caller. I have a confession to make - I've been stalking this band for some time now...
It's been eight years coming. I still have my fingers crossed for a re-recording of the soundtrack to the silent film Metropolis that they did in 1999 (or thereabouts) but I suppose a long overdue album will do for now. As soon as it becomes available I buy the CD from the label's web site and listen eagerly. Then I listen again because I've been singing the new Angel Tech songs in my head for ages now and I have them in my grubby hands at last and they're still great, in fact on record it's greater because I can take them with me wherever I go and I'll never be alone again...
*ahem*
More electronicky ambience from Knowledge of Bugs who channels our ears in wondrous ways, a gentle sussuration of interwoven drones and melodies created through excitement of electronic circuitry. My favourite isntrument this time is not the wirey spider thing that pings and echoes when the wires are struck, but the modified old musical box tines that make the most playful chimes.
Rasha follows and is somewhat of a revelation, given that the last few times I've seen her she seemed to be having problems with pitch. This was over two years ago mind, now her voice is clear and pretty and most importantly in tune. There is an edge of jazz warbling at the end of the notes as Rasha takes us through the usual gamut of singer-songwriter emotions, but in a good way.
Angel Tech are excellent, as usual. They keep distracting me from photography with their incorrigably good songs. I manage to get some good pictures, then go home and put the album on while loading it onto my phone so I never have to be without it.
