Search - Infusion :: Six Feet Above Yesterday

Electronic Disco of the 80's Meets Aussie NuBeat.

Infinite Catalyst | Monument, CO | 03/15/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Around the time When Sasha & JD released, Depeche Mode's, "Enjoy the Silence" remix in 2001, a spark was lit, not previously recognized by elecronic fans. 80's craze. In the past fours years Hybird has remixed REM, Tears for Fears has been done by Cass and Skylark and even Brothers in Rhythm, and Depeche Mode has been remixed by everyone.



Enter Infusion, with their own style and amalgamation between the tempo and mood of the 80's and the elecronic equipment almost three decades later. The stream of influences in the CD is incredible. As mentioned above, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, and even Crystal Method. Don't be fooled though; this isn't 80's/early 90's europop. It's got some hardas$ elements at work.



For those of you heavy into the electronica scene you probably have heard a couple different versions of some of the songs on this CD mixed into sets by Luke Chable, Sean Quinn, and Adam Freeland. Ergo, this CD presents Some great foundation tracks I'm sure you'll continue to hear in many aussie progressive sets.



For those of you not so into the electronic scene, I'm not usually into semi-alternative vocals during breakbeat, but Infusion pulls it off without decadance or verbal dominance. Lyrical themes are good, especially in the song, "girls can be cruel," where frustrations are vented with poetic anger.



I was fairly suprised by the quality of some ambient tracks intersperced throughout the second half of this CD, and found them welcome breaks from the intense style this group employs.



Overall, a pleasing mix, for those with a heavy taste for Europop and Disco. Modern 'dirty' synth satisfies on a lot of levels, and melodic builds also contribute to an overall sense of great production.



Four Stars (Compared with what is available as far as Vinyl.)

Five Stars (Compared with commercially sold Breakbeat.)"

Thought It Would Be Better

Justin Waters | Los Angeles, CA United States | 09/20/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This album was available for sampling at a listening station at a record store, and something about the minimalist cover and rave reviews on the sticker intrigued me. So I checked it out, and I tried not to let the fact that one side of the headphones didn't work so I'd have to hear it in mono taint my opinion. The first track, "Better World", rocked and was reminiscent of The Faint, which is a good thing. I continued sampling the 2nd and 3rd songs and I thought I was onto discovering a hidden gem - a good album with a bonus disc containing remixes!



I ordered it, and when it arrived in the mail, I immediately threw it on. Again, the first song sounded great, however after really listening to it, I realized that there wasn't much substance to it after all. I wanted to give the album a chance, so I let it play all of the way through, and I was disappointed to hear that the energy level with each passing song continued to decline as it progressed towards the end of the album.



It got to the point where by track 7 ("Invisible"), I was like, "What the heck?!!" A listless meandering ambient song when I thought this was a party! I like mixing it up a bit and can handle some diversity, but that's not good when I'm not completely hooked yet. Too much diversity can tend to alientate someone. Things picked back up on the very next track, "Best In Show" (which actually contains elements of "Satellite" by BT), but then the next song "Rattlewasp" is an instrumental rock/dance song, and by this point, my patience had already been spent.



And I'm not one of those people who look for the "edited" versions of albums because they can't handle a swear word in a song, but the line, "I'm getting sick of your s**t" in "Girls Can Be Cruel" (which I agree with the sentiment, by the way), I just felt like it was an attempt to be irreverent; thus to me, it came across as forced and unnecessary.



I checked out the remixes, but they didn't do much for me since I wasn't that taken with the original versions of the songs.



If they came out with something else, I'd probably check them out because in all fairness, they do have a few good songs, but there would have to be more "oomph" to get me want to add this to my collection (I'm giving this album away). Maybe this is the type of album that could grow on you. But for me, the interest to let that happen just wasn't there."

Okay, but not the sound I'm used to

Nicholas Brownfield | Anchorage, AK | 10/01/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I am a really big fan of Infusion's remixes... They all have a very distinct sound that is very fresh and different from a lot of other artists. When I heard this album for the first time I was taken aback. It was not anything like what I was expecting. A lot more pop oriented I guess. I guess if you like goldfrapp or something like that you'd probably enjoy this album, but I can't really get into it that much. As I own the import version of of it, I think the second disc would almost be worth buying this copy for the Adam Freeland and Evil 9 remixes... unless I can get them on iTunes."