Sunday, May 8, 2016

Album Review- Dr. Dune: Planetary Waves




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Planetary Waves is the debut record from Experimental artist Dr. Dune and was released in 2016. I was notified about this interesting record by the man who made it himself, George Del Rio and I was quite intrigued what I heard from it so I thought Id show you all what this record is all about. 

Track Rundown

1.Introvoid- I really like the guitar/synth intro they parallel together really nicely and bring an awesome sci-fi feel as well. The production is great too it feels really full.

2.Seafoam Green Men-I love the insane run into this song the hard riffing with the spaced out effects in the back really works together well. There is a hint of clean surf guitar in the back as well which only adds to it. Great interesting instrumental.

3.Shores Of Nebula-I love the ominous bass intro on this one that leads into some really clean shiny guitars. It almost sounds pop but it still has the creativity and the musicianship is really well done as well. One of my favorites on the album. It slowly leads into a more metal sound with some insane synth effects all around it. One of the most creative instrumentals I've heard in awhile.

\4.Atomic Tan- There is more of a surf tone on this song with the metal drum beats in the back it works so well. It does eventually have the heavy guitars come back in as well and again I like how well everything flows together.

5.Planetary Waves-This track is a bit similar to the last song but has a more melodic overtone to it. Still a well planned out track.

6.Swept By The Storms-The intro is quite interesting on this song, it has a more droning feel to it with the reverbed guitars really shining here it works against the ominous metal riffing in the backround. Another of my favorites on the album

7.Digital Drowning Victim-There is more of that kind of new wave-ish feel to this song in the beginning but goes into total metal freakout mode and again like i've said before it all flows together very well.

8.Synthetic Sands-This song goes for a more simple riff with shimmering guitars behind it, it drones through alot with the synths really backing up the guitars. This one drones alot too which adds to it's already very spacey feel.

9.Aquatic Ambience- Now even though I knoe this is a cover of the Donkey Kong Country song, it is still a damn good cover it really captures the atmosphere very well and is a good closer to this very interesting experimental record.

Overall, I give this record an 8 out of 10. I really enjoyed this record because it combines alot of music elements that I love and does it very well. Surf, metal, synth and very well crafted musicianship are presented in these nine tracks through in and through out. I applaud you Mr. Del Rio.