MP3 Anti-m - Positively Negative (Remastered-bonus Trax-w/guest Ronnie Montrose)

Heavily synthesized with flowing and rocking guitar solos Anti-M is a blend of progressive rock and 80's electronic pop and defies classification.

19 MP3 Songs
ELECTRONIC: Techno, ROCK: Goth



Details:
With writing skill stronger John Wardlaw wrote some very Negative lyrics to go along with Ruston Slagers' upbeat Electonic rock songs giving the album it's title POSITIVELY NEGATIVE. WARDLAW got in touch with RONNIE MONTROSE (Montrose, Van Morrison, Gamma, Edgar Winter) and played him some demos. Ronnie liked the music and agreed to contribute.

Reviews:
"..Peter Murphy-style vocals... and the biggest synthesizers this side of Depeche Mode. Techno-surf instrumentals... ." The Santa Barbara Independent-Danny Gellert

Haunting vocals and sublime guitar intonations combine for a memorable and riveting experience. Chris Monrad

Three years on and we find our heroes back in the studio, this time toning down the quirky sense of humour, and going for a more sensible seventeen tracks and keeping the narrative out of the window altogether. So, it starts off with a song that bizarrely mixes D.Mode style synths, drums and vocals with a biting electric guitar lead courtesy of none other than Ronnie Montrose, who also contributes some stirring guitar work on three further tracks, while guitarist Steve Weber, whose influences I am reliably informed are Fripp/Holdsworth, contributes electric guitar to most of the other tracks, while the main duo behind the band remain as Ruston Slager on lead vocals and keyboards, with John Wardlaw on keyboards, lead vocals and guitar. With six instrumental and eleven songs, it's a strange mix of music that mixes the likes of Human League/D.Mode/Heaven 17 styles with some hot electric guitar work in there too, giving it quite a unique feel, and if you're into that style and era of songs, only with less pop, more atmosphere and overall stronger instrumentally, then this is for you, for sure. (review refers to original release, prior to remastering and bonus tracks)
Andy Garibaldi-CD Services