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WOVEN the new school in rock/electronica

langshtineley | San Francisco, ca usa | 09/27/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can not believe there is music like this out there. It is the perfect blend of rock and electronica. If you like radiohead, Bjork, Pink Floyd mixed with drum and bass/jungle. This album is for you. These guys rock the house even more with there live shows which I was fortunate enough to see. They play all the electro live, cant wait to hear there full length. Peace. Highly suggest it."

Into the twilight

E. A Solinas | MD USA | 10/31/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Woven's debut EP "EPrime" is pretty much the ideal Halloween music: Dusky, melancholy rock with electronic undercurrents, music that can be called romantic-gothic if anything. It's haunting and ghostly, a trip into a cold night with a full moon.



The music ranges from steady and a little bit bouncy ("Beautiful") to hypnotic dark rock ("Tesion," "Who Knows"). And the half-hour long "Solder Me.... + Ghost Tracks" starts off with a mournful searing song ("It's all right/it's over...") that melts into a long, creepy near silence, only to resurface with a sort of foghorn-rock, which then transforms into an eerie drum-led song with haunting vocals. It sounds like a ghost trying to get out of a metal barrel.



There's not a lot of really spooky, beautiful music -- let alone something as accomplished as Woven's debut EP. It's creepy. It's pretty. And the final song is one of the finest sonic experiments that I have ever heard, especially taking into account the half-hour length.



The vocals are good, suitably mournful and wistful in all of the songs. It simply gets a little odd at the end of "Solder Me.... + Ghost Tracks," where Ory Hodis's vocals take on a strange, wind-moaning quality that seeps in and out. The electronic influence is subtle, slipping in and out of the heavy guitar riffs with a vaguely sinister, haunted-house feel.



You won't find what you expect in "EPrime". I certainly didn't -- it turned out to be brooding, melancholy and deeply engrossing. Welcome to the dark underworld -- Woven's "EPrime" will take you there."

Brooding at its finest

N. Llorin | St. Louis, MO, USA | 06/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Contrary to most rock bands that scream to get attention, Woven is one that whispers its secrets softly into your ear. With their five-song debut on EPrime, Woven expertly fuses elements of rock, electronica and trip-hop to create a totally unique sound. The music on EPrime ranges from brooding to downright creepy. There seems to be a lot of guitar experimentation here to achieve different effects. The tracks are flavored with subtle guitar tweaks; sinister, mutilated synthetic sounds and a haunting blend of vocals.
Singer/guitarist/programmer Ory Hodis manages to tingle the spine with his emotional crooning. It¡¦s a marvel how a new band can deftly combine art and innovation. Woven¡¦s music maintains a peculiar balance between relief and tension, the organic and synthetic, the sublime and bizarre. Their hybrid of sound bleeds gothic, but not vulgar. The lyrics are consciously emotional yet strangely enigmatic. EPrime is a tour de force in musical experimentation. It¡¦s a sound trip to the underworld that leaves the listener delightfully lightheaded. This album is a must-have."