Music from the Eather

Music from the Eather
Cover of album Music from the Eather
Studio album by Mentallo and the Fixer
Released October 26, 2012[1]
Recorded Amplified Intuitive State / Deep Eddy, Austin, Texas
Genre Electro-Industrial
Length 147:12
Label Alfa Matrix
Producer Gary W. Dassing
Mentallo and the Fixer chronology

A Collection of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered
(2012)
Music from the Eather
(2012)
Zothera
(2014)

Music from the Eather is an album by Texan industrial band Mentallo and the Fixer, released on 26 October 2012 through Alfa Matrix. The album was released as a two CD standard version[2] and a limited edition box set[3] containing an additional third CD, a sticker, a postcard and a poster.

Background

The album keeps "the theme developed on the last conceptual Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst album, dealing with higher or altered states of consciousness-experiences Gary Dassing has personally gone through."[2] "I just wanted to work on music that would stimulate my ears. I wanted to do things that would trip me out!", explains Dassing.[2] The warning on the album cover Be cautious using this substance refers to this theme. Music from the Eather completely avoids vocals.[4] However, voice and other samples are frequently used. Several tracks are remixes or appear to be reworks of songs of the same album and of Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst. The track Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal was first released as a reworked version on the EP Commandments for the Molecular Age.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Brutal Resonance Mixed[6]
I Die: You Die Favorable[7]
Santa Sangre Favorable[8]
Side-Line 8/10[4]

Critics noted the experimental nature of Music from the Eather. Music magazine I Die: You Die wrote, "With Music From The Eather Dassing has, in a way, progressed into crafting the industrial equivalent of fusion jazz."[7] The album's "complexity has reached an untouchable degree of perfection", wrote music magazine Side Line.[4] Amy Nekrotique of Brutal Resonance described Music from the Eather as "absolutely exhausting to listen to".[6] "You really have to be a fan of Mentallo And The Fixer to fully enjoy this album", concludes Side Line.[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gary W. Dassing. 

Personnel

References

  1. "Alfa Matrix latest releases". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 2CD". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. "Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 3CD (limited)". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 P., D. (October 21, 2012). "Mentallo And The Fixer - Music From The Eather (3CD - Alfa Matrix)". Side-Line Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  5. "Mentallo And The Fixer - "Commandments For The Molecular Age" EPCD". alfa-matrix.com. April 21, 2006. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Nekrotique, Amy (November 27, 2012). "Music From the Eather - Mentallo & The Fixer". Brutal Resonance. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Bruce (January 4, 2012). "Mentallo & The Fixer, "Music From The Eather"". I Die: You Die. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  8. Marks, Peter (November 3, 2012). "Mentallo and the Fixer – Music From The Eather". Santa Sangre Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2014.