Album 11 is a fact! Announced by the surprising “Phantom Pain” (digital) EP and video clip, cult Belgian electro act IMPLANT is back in full force and signs with “Cognitive Dissonance” not only their most personal album to date but also the most diverse in sound and the most electro pop oriented to date.
Next to an obvious strong focus on song production where every tiny detail makes the difference, the overall catchiness of this album embodies its essence and operates as a red light from start to finish, plunging us into a melodic bath of catchy synth lines, poignant sing-along choruses, carrying pulsing sequences and other vicious noise loops. From frontal industrial dance and the dark elektro hit “Censorship through Noise” to lush and sublime melancholic chansons (“The Last Record”) through more upbeat future pop- or techno-pop songs, this new album has a high addictive potential for all electro industrial freaks open to synth pop music with an edge.
And this also gets reinforced by the sensual vocal contribution of HELALYN FLOWERS’ frontgirl Noemi Aurora on several songs. And as always with IMPLANT, the album of course holds some sonic surprises and more experimental moments evoking techno, trance and other allusions to the very characteristic sound of Belgium (eg. “The Room”, “Nutshell”).
The limited deluxe double-CD digipak edition of the album holds the “When Prophecy Fails” bonus disc featuring 2 exclusive tracks and an impressive eclectic selection of remix collaborations whose list speaks for itself and reveals “Cognitive Dissonance” in a totally different perspective and making it a must-have item in your music collection, with a very very very special mention for BREATH OF LIFE’s beautiful take on the bound to become a classic song “The Last Record”: SUICIDE COMMANDO, ARMAGEDDON DILDOS, THE BREATH OF LIFE, 808 DOT POP, SIGNAL AOUT 42, AIBOFORCEN, HELALYN FLOWERS, NEUROACTIVE, AD:KEY, Q’PNZ and NÖVÖ
Released Late March 2021 by Alfa Matrix.
Track Listing:
01. I Don’t Trust The Machine
02. Phantom Pain (feat. Noemi)
03. The Shipwreck (feat. Noemi)
04. Nutshell
05. Hell Hole
06. The Devil Made Me Do It
07. The Drums Have Been Talking
08. The King And The Rebel
09. The Room
10. Run To The Lights
11. Censorship Through Noise (part I)
12. Censorship Through Noise (part II)
13. The Last Record (feat. Noemi)
CD2:
01. Run To The Lights (one messed up mix by Suicide Commando)
02. I Don’t Trust The Machines (Signal Aout 42 rmx)
03. Phantom Pain - feat. Noemi Aurora (Aiboforcen rmx)
04. The Room (tsob mix by Q’Pnz)
05. Censorship Through Noise (part III)
06. Lied 13
07. The Last Record - feat. Noemi Aurora (808 Dot mix)
08. The Last Record - feat. Noemi Aurora (The Breath of Life rmx)
09. The Drums Have Been Talking (Növö rmx)
10. Run To The Lights (Armageddon Dildos rmx)
11. The King And The Rebel (Ad:key rmx)
12. Phantom Pain - feat. Noemi Aurora (Neuroactive rmx)
13. The Shipwreck - feat. Noemi Aurora (Helalyn Flowers rmx)
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