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The Dark Journal
Released: May 2, 2006
Label: Butterfly Records

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KEMIC-AL The Dark Journal After last years Twisted Parameters CD, Kemic-Al follows up his acclaimed debut with a brand new project. Having declared his stand with the psy-trance propensity of that album, his new work, The Dark Journal, expands his creative streak in more than one dimension, taking it to another level of rhythmic dance music. To begin with, this album is a concept album, which is not quite what one would expect of a dance music record but more of that later! On another level, Kemic-Al has applied himself more intensely than ever to building every sample, sound and rhythm from scratch, give or take the odd vocal snippet. It is a tactic he had got hooked on a while back, but over time he has confidently taken in the process of studio manipulation to the extent of even slipping in some vocal trickery for the sharp trainspotter to dig up on the new record. As he declared quite strongly with Twisted Parameters, Kemic-Als perspective of trance music doesnt rely on the more mainstream melodic genre. His is a more obscure brand, where the beat dominates the tune, while the trimmings weave in and out of the music to create different moods and vibes. It is from this same perspective that Kemic-Al created The Dark Journal. Inspired by the true story of Vlad The Impaler, the inspiration behind Bram Stokers classic Dracula, Kemic-Al researched the subject quite deeply, picking up elements that punctuated his perception of Vlads tragic and darkly brutal life story. Bearing all this in mind then, it is hardly surprising that The Dark Journal has a strong cinematic twist to it. With each track running into the next, the continuous thread maintains a steady pace most of the time, while the carefully implemented string arrangements and interludes give the music a more defined portrayal of Vlads bloodied and tortured existence. It is no secret that Kemic-Al is deeply influenced by film, and his latest certainly brings out this characteristic to the fore. Enhancing this cinematic perspective, which at times even reveals more than a hint of Gothic influence, is the inclusion of a 6-page booklet outlining the story behind the record, an effort that helps The Dark Journal come even closer than its predecessor to Kemic-Als pronounced dictum that Sound is the art of seeing invisible things.

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Twisted Parameters
Released: Jan 11, 2005
Label: Butterfly Records

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Contrary to what many may be expecting of a trance artist, Twisted Parameters actually presents an alternate perspective of this global genre, largely revolving around the artists particular taste for sounds and rhythms as opposed to the formulaic synthesized (and swirling) prototype that gave trance its initial appeal. As such, Kemic-Als approach on this album has been to construct and develop all the sounds from scratch, straying from this homegrown philosophy only where vocal samples are involved. The basis of the album was in fact constructed from mutated and manipulated percussive sounds, as most of the nine tracks here will attest. Aural accessorizing was in fact kept to a minimum, with the result that the music often dwells inside a dark area that owes as much to trance as it does to techno, with the common (and only connecting) factor being the hypnotic psychedelia-laced rhythms that Kemic-Al is clearly attached to. Of particular note here are the tracks Wake Up Call, whose nifty samples are a clear example of Kemic-Als favoured quote that Sound is the art of seeing invisible things; Klassic-Al, where musical interludes are meshed and fused together to great effect (and possibly the albums most mainstream moment); and Batidas Por Minuto, whose warped sonic groove (subtly tinged, I thought, with a Liam Howlett electronic accent!) Psy-trance and psy-tech, apparently are the coined phrases for this brand of dance music, and indeed, there are elements here of both. Adding a third dimension to the album is closing track Z-Zora, which opts for a chilled approach to bring the feast of beats and rhythm mesh to a cinematic end! The parameters of the music may be twisted, but Kemic-Al nevertheless retains the spirit that gives this album its vitality!

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