I was in the mood for something spacey and electronic when I spotted this artwork. The lunar landscape and the scientifically-themed titles such as Bugs & Biofuels, Self-Assembling Virus Spaceship and Human Engineered Pathogen all combined to offer a formula worth investigating. On the negative radar was the possibility of the album featuring banjos.
All I can really conclude is that Synthetic Biology completely fulfilled the brief, an album of well-crafted instrumental electronica. Whilst remaining fairly linear in approach it incorporates enough interesting sounds, rhythms and effects to make it enjoyable throughout.
It isn't out of this world spectacular or highly experimental but it is an atmospheric and sometimes explosive soundscape of technology. Just what the doctor ordered!
Favourite Tracks: Circuit Bender, Bugs & Biofuels, Dark Matter Of The Genome
Verdict: Pass - thankfully, in this space, nobody can hear banjos.
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Here is a sample I found on YouTube:
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