Hailing from the rainforests of the Australian East Coast, VPROJEKT is a dark electronic soundscape worlds away from the beat-driven majority of modern industrial releases. VPROJEKT’s standout sonic signature already caught the ear of no less a scene-figurehead than Johan van Roy of SUICIDE COMMANDO - who not only included the track “Warlord” on his latest “World Wide Electronics 2” sampler, but also agreed to contribute guest vocals to the bonus track “Swarms And Hives”. Perhaps all the more surprising is that these complex, assured arrangements – which recall the sounds of seminal industrial acts of the 80s and 90s, with a modern production twist – are the work not of some seasoned scene-professional, but rather of young Australian producer Eugene Nesci. Blending elements from early EBM, ambient and martial-industrial, VPROJEKT – begun purely as an experiment in 2006 – has evolved into perhaps the most significant development in dark electronics to come out of Australia in recent times.
Studiously avoiding any form of sampling, Nesci prefers to create everything from scratch – with the results almost devoid of any clear musical frame of reference. And as if the 15 track, 76-minute opus that is “Exhilarate & Disgust” were not enough of a statement in itself, the album is also presented in an extended 2CD format - adding a further 8 original tracks and 4 remixes from like-minded artists DIE SEKTOR, AMGOD, LEXINCRYPT and CONTROLLED COLLAPSE.
Mastered for maximum audio definition by Kolja Trelle (SOMAN), the 2CD Limited Edition of “Exhilarate & Disgust” comes in 6-panel digipak designed by Vlad McNeally (Kallisti:Design – SHIV-R, NACHTMAHR, UBERBYTE) and features both “Warlord” and the download-only single “A Kiss Between The Eyes” (DWD145). The 12-track bonus CD2 “A Beautiful Reprise” adds well over an hour of additional material – mainly from VPROJEKT. With such a prolific composer, rather than produce a full disc of remixes it was decided instead to use this CD2 to showcase further aspects of VPROJEKT’s own sound, limiting external contributors to a select few. Already becoming known through his uniquely-flavoured remixes of SIVA SIX, TERROLOKAUST and DIE SEKTOR, and already enjoying the well-merited admiration of his peers, with “Exhilarate & Disgust” Eugene Nesci has undoubtedly laid down a timeless milestone in modern dark electronic music production. This incredibly-assured debut album from VPROJEKT is guaranteed to turn further heads, appealing both to a current audience and those of a previous generation pining for “old school sounds” – “a beacon”, as he says, “to others drifting as I drift”.
www.deathwatch.asia
www.vprojekt.net
