Future Primitives

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Here's another hour of accessible fin de siècle dance music from Vancouver's hugely prolific Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber (also known as Frontline Assembly and Delerium). Early pioneers of the now-ubiquitous monastic and Central African vocal samples, these studio recluses sprinkle all kinds of third-world field recordings atop evocative synths and burbling rhythms. Clubbers and armchair dreamers alike will find tracks like "Mantra" and "Blackhole Amazon" edgy and intriguing. --Jeff Bateman

Tracks:

Mantar
Lost Tribe
Telekinetic Warriors
Solar Temple
Sonic Ritual
Seeds of Harmony
Blackhole Amizon
Ceremonial Chant

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Here's another hour of accessible fin de siècle dance music from Vancouver's hugely prolific Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber (also known as Frontline Assembly and Delerium). Early pioneers of the now-ubiquitous monastic and Central African vocal samples, these studio recluses sprinkle all kinds of third-world field recordings atop evocative synths and burbling rhythms. Clubbers and armchair dreamers alike will find tracks like "Mantra" and "Blackhole Amazon" edgy and intriguing. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

10 stars, please.......2005-10-04

This is one of my favorite albums ever. From start to finish it is quality. Great study music as well.

Tribal Intermix at the core.......2005-06-15

This 3rd installment of Intermix has Leeb and Fulber taking Intermix down the Delerium roots of tribal ambient beats and melodies and chants from Africa and Asia. This is a 8 track album and each track is a story within itself, but it adds to the overall listening quality of this momentous CD. I won't get into the current debate if this CD is a Delerium B-Side but I will only state this 'Sonic Ritual' sounds very similar to some songs in Delerium's Karma. As people who have read my other reviews know, I love absolute love early Delerium and this having a feel of Delerium for me brought more of a satisfaction in listening to a great peice of work.
The Songs of 'Telekinetic Warriors' and 'Sonic Ritual' are the stand outs in this tempting enchanting CD where the genre of Tribalism is brought out in all its glory by the giants of mixing themes and genres. This is a perfect CD to relax to and close your eyes and let the sounds and chants take you to a most relaxing place so far away.

Intermix? Delerium? Who cares! They're both great!.......2002-07-17

I'm pretty much repeating what everyone else has already said but here it goes again... This album is NOT Delerium, nor is it a Delerium b-side. And though I agree with another reviewer who questioned, "Why, Intermix?", this album certainly has its differences - they're just more faded into the background. This probably SHOULD OF come out under the alias Delerium, just before Semantic Spaces, but it didn't so I'm completely over it. This is, however, a lot more impressive compared to the multiples of other Bill Leeb/Rhys Fulber side-projects, such as Pro-Tech, Synaesthesia, Equinox, Noise Unit and Mutual Mortuary which were bland and dull in comparison to the liveliness of Intermix. In fact, if this WERE an actual Delerium album than this would probably be my favorite. It's less eclectic than Karma and Poem but I find myself listening to this more than anything else. And despite the fact that this album has heavier beats that border toward techno, there are similarities that are undeniable to this and to the later Semantic Spaces - like the tribal chantings amidst swirls of electronic worldbeats. Don't, however, expect to find any female singing here for they are completely obsolete. And while that might be unfortunate to some, Intermix's Future Primitives should sound like heaven to the others who prefer the non-vocal tracks by Delerium more. Its got amazing bass when played really loud with hooking melodies that never grow tiresome... Overall I'd say that avid fans of mid-Delerium will like this best, although its got a mixture of both the dark and the light. Suffice it to say that this IS Delerium only with more of a beat. And if anything, "Seeds of Harmony" comes the closest to Delerium's current sound which is more polished and friendly.

Like I said in the title . . . Intermix? Delerium? Who cares! They're both great!

Old school Intermix.......2001-04-15

You know, I never could figure out why people think this record is a Karma B-side record... this came out in 95! If anything, it's a teaser of what was to come in the following 6 years. So maybe it's a Semantic Spaces B-side record... but that is pushing it... this is a really tribal record, full of chanting, low-fi instruments made out things like ivory tusks and sabertooth tiger claws... mix in a little tasteful techno and some real nice melodies and you've got yourself a pretty cool record. Now, this is definitely not your old hhip-hop intermix, but this may be more interesting. Certainly 6 years later, this record sound the lest dated of the intermix... and is the one I most often play.

Why Intermix?.......2000-12-07

... this album sounds like a collection of Delerium b-sides. It especially sounds similar to Delerium's "Semantic Spaces." I can't quite figure out why Leeb/Fulber made this an Intermix album instead of a Delerium album.

In any case, I think this is a very cool album. It's much more upbeat than a lot of Leeb/Fulber/Peterson projects, but I usually prefer a little bit of a beat. In fact, this is definitely one of my favorite albums under any of the Leeb/Fulber/Peterson pseudonyms. They chose good samples that work well with the electronica.

If you like the more upbeat music of the aforementioned three guys (particularly newer Delerium), then I'd very much recommend "Future Primitives." However, if the darker, more ambient stuff is your thing, don't look to this album.

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