Fix8:Sed8 Dormicum
Dormicum is a sedative. „it is used to produce sleepiness or drowsiness and to relieve anxiety before surgery or certain procedures. It is also used to produce loss of consciousness before and during surgery. Dormicum is used sometimes in patients in intensive care units in hospitals to cause unconsciousness. This may allow the patients to withstand the stress of being in the intensive care unit and help the patients cooperate when a machine must be used to assist them with breathing.”
How does it relate to the album? Well, I listened to it in the morning and in the evening and I must say it sounds more like a result of insomnia than a cure for it, but you may treat it as a med, why not (for good sounds deficiency for example).
'Dormicum' consists of 11 pills of various properties – not all of them will sooth you; I'd even say they might have the opposite effect – some (like 'Quarantine', 'Post Mortem Apocalypse ') energize and stimulate, some ('Guillotine Gratitude ', 'Methadone', 'Hiob') entrance, some calm you gently (e.g the title one 'Dormicum'), while the others could even make you start a little rebel at the dancefloor ('Ambulant', 'Chromatose', 'The Needle') but all, absolutely all sound brilliant .
You can still hear some echoes of Diary of Dreams here (like, e.g. at 'Isomniac'), but generally speaking, Martin Sane has moved towards industrial-like electronic not gothic direction.
Which is a good thing and definitely doesn't disturb his exploration of various states of mind and/or body and their presentation in a form of perfectly set sounds and melodies.
If I were to put it all short, I'd say: it's a great album, fresh, including fine compositions, combining electronics with a kind of ambient sound. Using vocal rather moderately, substituting it with samples. Meditative at times, but overall rhythmical and catchy. Perfectly arranged. Consistent. Self-released.
You may ask: what does the latter have to do with the review? Well, probably not much, but then, if I think it's the second album ('Humanophobia' – his first release met a very good reception) the artist had to present in such a form, it makes me wonder: is it really that bad that the musicians make all the effort to present their output to a wider audience and all they get in return are a few positive reviews, kind words from fans and that's it?
I know: it is that bad.
And it's depressing.
