Search - Android Lust :: The Dividing

Infectiously hellish... An amazing talent!

Clarissa | Ontario, California | 06/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Although signed to Projekt records, which is best known for dreamy groups like Love Spirals Downwards or darkwave groups like Lycia, the one mastermind behind Android Lust is far from the norm. Shikhee (yes, a female!) is unlike any singer I've ever heard before and her music is widely diversified. Usually I'm able to compare an artist as sounding akin to another (in terms of voice, at least) but she truly does stand out as a unique musician. I admit, her shrilly whispers got on my nerves at first but that's only because I'm accustomed to beautiful, otherwordly singers. However, in an icy sort of way, she does have a nice voice when she's not aggressively screaming, which I don't mind at all anymore as it fits in well with the mood of the songs.I guess you could consider 'The Dividing' a Goth album with its dark, venomous rhythms but it's so much more than that. The music draws heavily on electronica with pounding techno beats on "Unbeliever", for example, along with elements of rock, industrial, and even some classical. A flute opens "Fall To Fragments" and a gorgeous viola haunts the closing track, "Burn". The lyrics and singing are mostly filled with regret and loathing that's fiercely emotional yet there's also an ethereal quality to the material, rewarding us with a breath of fresh air that's neither stagnant nor copied. As to the person who was bashing so many for writing positive reviews for this album, claiming they're not 'objective' enough to be helpful, well did you ever think that perhaps they gave it five stars because they appreciate what they've heard here? Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and you may not always agree with them but you should at least respect them! Sure, I buy a lot of music but that doesn't mean I'm never going to go back to this or like it any less in the future! FYI: When I listen to something I haven't played in a while I oftentimes end up enjoying it more than before and I'm sure the same can be said for others! (Sorry... I just had to comment on that)."

The futuristic edge of alternative music!

Kurt Hoffman | Cincinnati, United States | 11/17/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Let's start out with how I look at music. If a band puts out a album and I hear one of their songs on the radio or on a download and I like it - I check them out. BUT it'll take at LEAST three songs to get me to fork out the money to buy their album. Okay, maybe I'm a hard ass, but if they have REAL talent, then it SHOULD transcend past a single song.



Android Lust, is a TRUE ORIGINAL.



Fronted by the mysterious and talented Shikhee, her music is spellbinding!



It is the kind of music that haunts you in the middle of the night with its lyrics creating die-hard emotion and the daunting delivery of Shikhee's voice will shake you to your very own electronic soul. Backed with incredibly complex musical timings, Android Lust really pushes the envelope of genre classifications for Industrial; electronic; Nu-Metal and Performance Artistry into something more futuristic.



Simple put, Shikhee IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST ORIGINAL ARTISTS AROUND TODAY.



She puts her incredible talent into something more than just music; more than just lyrics; more than the darkness we hide inside each of us and brings it out with heart wrenching electricity. Android Lust is an incredible futuristic vision and on the very cutting edge of things to come in what we know about alternative music.



If you really want to run the blade of the razor's edge between what you know today and what could be the next force in futuristic music - Android Lust is what you are looking for.



Don't stop at the cover!



Get inside and feel the electronic heard and the mechanical soul of Android Lust."

This chick is great

Hizbollah | morbid hill | 12/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this album is very nice, each track is in its own world

i am not a big ebm fan but i think this album is more then just an ebm album, its got its own vibe going and is very smart,

her voice is beautiful and her songs are well done.

if yur in to ebm that is not like all the other guys and want to stray from future pop

check this album out now"