Mitchel Edwards Klik Enters A Dreamlike State...And It's Fucking Scandalous
Thick Vinyl Plate
Coaxial
Simian Cobblestone
Rodche Defects
Even though Cedric & Omar of At The Drive-In are in this band, it doesn't mean it they sound like At The Drive-In. This album doesn't even include guitars! The music here is spacey and experimental, all in the true ... more »spirit of dub music, while it also shows a Latin influence on a few of the songs. It's great music to just relax to. GSL.« less
Even though Cedric & Omar of At The Drive-In are in this band, it doesn't mean it they sound like At The Drive-In. This album doesn't even include guitars! The music here is spacey and experimental, all in the true spirit of dub music, while it also shows a Latin influence on a few of the songs. It's great music to just relax to. GSL.
"First Off...This ain't no ATDI kiddies. Not even close. There are similarities to The Mars Volta, but a lot more worldy. Latin/Salsa, Reggae/Dub, and a whole lot of experimenting run rampant throughout the 10 tracks of Megaton Shotblast. You really have to have an open mind before checking these guys out. But, if you are into the aforementioned genres, then I would definitely reccommend them!"
Not for everyone
Adam Parker | artman | 10/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This music is not for everyone. If you like the jam aspect of the Mars Volta, and their ability to create jazz dub jams then you will love this. It doesn't have vocals, in fact it has Omar playing bass and Cedric playing drums, Owen still plays keys, along with many other collaborators on the album. This is an album to absorb not just listen. You have to be able to respect creative integrity and be open to new forms of music. This album is amazing and I highly recommend it to someone with a true creative vision for the obscure."
Defacto magaton shot blast
Sandy Nolan | san diego | 09/12/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I am going to remove any subjective criticism and focus on the talent here that is being ignored. These "jam" sessions are innovative and complex. At a first listen, it's easy to label it as noise, a mixture of computer-sampled-sounds and omar+cedric doing their own thing on drums and bass. But in all honesty the CD is very much ahead of its time, yet at the same time behind. Its rhythm is very close to an average techno CD, yet these are all artist playing instruments--theire are no samples on the CD. This CD is so expressive that I doubt anyone soon will get, I personally don't know exactly what they we're going for, but it sounds pretty beautiful, and in contrast to ATDI and TMV it's very subtle; If your an ATDI fan, or a Mars Volta fan, their is no gurantee that you'll enjoy this CD; for any one with an open mind and a passion to be involved in the progress of art and music, than I would reccomend Defacto Megaton shotblost, and pretty much every other ATDI, TMV, and or Sparta CD, (Sparta not so much, it seems as they evolve they loose what ATDI originally stood for, which is powerful music made strictly by and for themselves, Sparta is getting a bit manufactured for my taste) thank you for reading, make up your own mind, the art is yours what others think should be irrelivant(spelling?)."
A Megaton Shotblast TO MY EARS!
Greg K | the dark side of the moon | 10/20/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Since I picked this album up last Friday it hasn't left my cd player; well maybe a few times but not for vary long. I absolutely love this album. It is more Latin bassed then How Do You Dub... (Go read my review of that album.) but hey that's ok. I love the beats used on this album and their is some vary good keeyboard playing as well. Once again Ward is their layering all those strange affects over the instraments that De Facto fans have come to know and love. Some of my favorite songs off this album are Cordova, Fingertrap, Mitch Edwords Click Enters a Dream Like State And It's F**king Scandolous, and Coaxial. This album is a must-have for the people who are in to the original music of today. Once again like How Do You Dub... it is good background music or good music for listening to under headphones. I know I said practicly the same things for How Do You Dub... but it all holds true for this album as well. Don't be discuraged when you see that 2 of the songs are on both this album and the other one that I've been eluding to in this review. The versions of them are quite different. Megaton Shotblast is a good listen from start to finish. The only song I'm not too particularly crazy about though is Thick Vinal Plate. There is another version of this on How Do You Dub... that in my opinion is mutch better. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I do and remember, HELP SAVE MUSIC!"
Time to Lay Back
Joseph W. Peguero II | San Leandro,CA | 04/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Ok after getting locked tightly in the vice that is The Mars Volta just over half a month ago I needed more. Yesterday I bought this album along with Tremulant, and Scab Dates.
This album is a very awesome chill-out record, I can play this on forever and just kick back, it has very nice drumming,Keys and great effects killer Basslines. Megaton Shotblast knows how to hook you in,and keep you in.
De Facto is the strange precurssor to The Mars Volta.
Jeremy Ward
Omar A. Rodriguiz-Lopez
Cedric Bixler Zavala
we're the primary members, then joining with
Ikey Owens and later Eva Gardner, it was so tremendous a change was needed Thus The Volta was born out of De Facto.
Shortly after the Form of The Mars Volta Jeremy Ward Passed away and Eva Gardner Left the band. The core members of Defacto still carry on strong minus the late mr.Ward