There are certain constants in the world which make me feel better about things.\u00a0 Harrison Ford is still alive, Pizza Hut exist, Koei will keep making Dynasty Warriors sequels, and old musicians are still around.<\/p>\n
One of those is Gary Numan, an electronic pioneer from the late 70s who has been making dark synth music longer than anyone I can remember.\u00a0 As time has moved on, Gary’s sound has become darker and darker, he now inhabits a sort of synth-industrial place, and it sounds to me as if he’s taken influence from those he influenced in the first place, Trent Reznor for example.<\/p>\n
Splinter (Songs From A Broken mind) is not even a return to music, aside from a small gap around 2000 onwards, Gary has been making album after album since he started – there aren’t too many artists or bands who can sustain the energy for that long, although certainly examples exist.\u00a0 It was released yesterday, I’ve had time now to listen through it a couple of times, and overall it’s pretty good – enjoyed it, here are a few quick impressions of the tracks.<\/p>\n
I haven’t read the lyrics yet (I’m one of those people who really tunes into the sounds rather than the words), but the sections where I found myself focusing on his voice more showed that his general outlook on life has changed as little as his voice.\u00a0 So overall, if you like Gary you’ll probably know what to expect, and you probably won’t be disappointed either – I wasn’t.<\/p>\n
If you’ve no idea who this man is and you care about electronic music, you need to go and find out.\u00a0 There’s a reason so many newer artists cite him as an influence.\u00a0 Start with the early Tubeway Army album and go from there, that and his first few albums are where his sound was really turned into it’s own thing.\u00a0 It’s worth tracking down interviews too, he commonly gives very interesting and honest responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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