tempobet yeni adresi
like this cd / vinyl / digital review

27/02/2019 : PAS MUSIQUE - The Phoenix

PAS MUSIQUE

The Phoenix

MusicCD / Vinyl / Digital
ElectroElectronicsExperimental

[85/100]   

Shameless
27/02/2019, Kevin BURKE

Pas Musique return with a new mission statement in form of “The Phoenix”. An artistic work sprawling with density over seven solid tracks rich with electronic experimentation.

The New York based quartet are the brainchildren of Robert Pepper who started work a sole entity back in the mid-nineties. After lineup changes and some heavyweight output the band now consists of fellow voyagers Jon V Worthley, Michael Durek and Jesse Fairbairn.

After the success of the 2015 release “Inside The Spectrum”, Pas Musique have nailed down a transcendent follow-up in “The Phoenix”. This was a work which saw its genesis and inspiration during their 2016 Indonesian tour and the 2017 European tour. The life on the road was captured and forged with grace, “The Phoenix” is painted with influences-“Ancient Culture in a Warp Drive” for one.

Lashings of influence from Krautrock to Alien Sex Fiend have meshed with a subtle homage within their sound. A standout is “Electronic Brain”, an industrial-eerie intensity as it circles the abyss of taste with static moans and of course a distorted sampled voice for extra drama. This is a work consistent brilliance which never fails to deliver. The aforementioned “Ancient Culture in a Warp Drive” sounds like a road movie into a zone of terror, a twisted soundtrack in a hopeless universe.

“A Finish Bedtime” is build from the same foundations of German-seventies experimentation as Kraftwerk, a marvel of sound, defining electronic music in the twenty-first century whilst submerging any of Pas Musique’s contemporaries in the same waves of breathe oozing from the apocalyptic noise.

Not an album for the faint hearted but lovers of the dark-wave electro genres will relish in the dense fog of computerized imagery which Pas Musique have delivered along with hailing their long awaited return.


Tracklist:
1. The Phoenix (4:04)
2. Miss Globule (7:16)
3. Electronic Brain (6:51)
4. Ancient Culture in a Warp Drive (4:03)
5. Xlalo (5:00)
6. A Finnish Bedtime Story (5:12)
7. New Sheriff in Town (7:25)

Credits:
Performed by Robert L. Pepper, Michael Durek, Jon V. Worthley, Jesse Fairbairn
Recorded, mixed and mastered 2016-2018
Audio sample on “A Finnish Bedtime Storys” is from Kenneth Kovasin ([ówt krì])
Mixed and recorded in Brooklyn at the Pas Musique studio
Mastered By All Real Sound
Released by Alrealon Musique
Catalogue number ALRN082
Original cover photo by Chris Carlone
Record Design by The Glue Mill

Weblinks:
www.pasmusique.net
www.facebook.com/pas.musique

Kevin BURKE
27/02/2019


 

Next reviews
BLUTENGEL • UN:GOTT
WE ARE THE LINE • Songs of Light and Darkness
ERNEST MOON • Ba-Jesus
UNIDENTIFIED MAN • Memento Mori
NEON ELECTRONICS • Mondriaan
QUAL • Cyber Care
0KONTROL • 3RDEYE2NDHAND
LIEBKNECHT • ICE over Erfurt
THE SPECIALS • Encore
PRINCIPE VALIENTE • Choirs of Blessed Youth

 

Same combination of genres: ELECTRO + ELECTRONICS + EXPERIMENTAL
MARKUS SCHULZ PRESENTS DAKOTA • Thoughts Become Things II
SYLVGHEIST MAËLSTRÖM • Lahar
5 F-X • Flight recorder 5.0

 

Same genre: ELECTRO
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT • Pleasure Is A Sin
BHPL • NB86 / MC25
KRAFTWERK • Royal Palace Open Air - Brussels - August 14 2025
ENZO KREFT • Dictator
ARBEID ADELT! • Herrie
KRIEG-B • War Drums' Resonance
PLACEBO EFFECT • Galleries Of Pain
FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY • Mechviruses
ANY SECOND • Nicht Allein
DARKVOLT • The Time Device

 

Same genre: ELECTRONICS
DIRK DA DAVO • Running Up The Hilside (3 track single)
CODE INDIGO • Endgame - The Best Moves
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS • Some Dreams
THE LIGHT DREAMS • Málverk
BHPL • Our Love Can Destroy The World
PLAN C • Rewind
OTHER-ED • Until All Are Free
CAUGHT IN JOY • Out Of Nowhere
[MELTER] • [melter]
THE LIGHT DREAMS • Tricks of the Light

 

Same genre: EXPERIMENTAL
SUBJECT • Who Will Save Belgium?
BENE GESSERIT • Insanely Live
MOTOR!K • 4
CONFORMIST FEAT. H O R S E S • Heddiw
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN • 40 Years Einsturzende Neubauten at Ancienne Belgique - Brussels - B (20+21.06.2022)
ANALFABETISM • Rotvälta
DEAR DEER / EMBERS • Split
JESU • When I Was Small
ALSO • Live in Celovec
LUKE LUND • Hopium

Music reviews

09
10
NERO/GRIS
Silenci
07
10
SUBATOMIC STRANGERS
Resuwrecked
01
10
BLOKKONTROLL
I-II-III
28
09
SUNSHINE BLIND
Scarred but Fearless
27
09
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT
Pleasure Is A Sin
26
09
PROMENADE CINEMA
Afterlife

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

NEWS

14
10
43 years of “Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn” by Die Krupps: A Blueprint for Industrial Resistance
09
10
Baby Turns Blue and 43 today!
03
10
BIMFEST XXIII – 2026 - Full Line-Up Announced!
28
09
De Delvers announces third full-lenght album 'Zwarte Siroop'
27
09
CURSE MACKEY Unveils ‘Imaginary Enemies’, A Darkwave Descent Into Grief & Revelation
25
09
Today, exactly 38 years ago The Klinik released 'Plague'!

Concert reviews

17
08
KRAFTWERK
Royal Palace Open Air - Brussels - August 14 2025
22
04
GAVIN FRIDAY
Live at 404 / De Vooruit - Ghent - 01/04.2025
28
11
BELGIAN ELECTROWAVE IS NOT DEAD 3
Belgian ElectroWave Is Not Dead 3

GET A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE
SEND TO YOUR HOME

INTERVIEWS

27
09
CORPUS DELICTI
''All is quiet, the motion's cold. I face the wind as I'm taking the road.''
18
09
WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW
This album isn’t about bashing religion and faith. That would be a pretty cheap trick.
17
09
ZWAREMACHINE
We were able to secure the support slot for Front 242. Everything was looking positive until Bas’s cancer reemerged and there were complications.
27
08
BEAUTIFUL FREAKIN' WEIRDO
An Interview With UK Industrial Metal Act, Beautiful Freakin' Weirdo
29
07
EX-VOTO
“Decisions. In a modern time. Transmissions. From the inner mind.“

PHOTOS

21
09
KRUPPS
Kulttempel Oberhausen
12
09
ULTRA SUNN
De Casino St Niklaas
12
09
ULTRA SUNN
De Casino St Niklaas
08
09
AUX ANIMAUX SUPPORT SHE PAST AWAY
Kulttempel Oberhausen
07
09
SHE PAST AWAY
Kulttempel Oberhausen
17
08
NEW MODEL ARMY
Summerkultur Dinslaken
23
07
DUCTAPE
Amphi Festival Keulen

ADVERTISE
IN PEEK-A-BOO

VIDEO CLIPS

17
10
ZANIAS
Unseen (Official Video)
16
10
DOPE
Blood Money
15
10
SOFT CELL
Martin (The Hacker 2025 Remix)
14
10
DARK MINIMAL PROJECT
Schlafen !
13
10
PEAK FLOW
Don't Die In Your Sleep (Remix)
13
10
CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE
Flying Turns (Live @ BIM 2009)
12
10
COCTEAU TWINS
Hazel