Category: Review

Illusion of Safety describes their music as "post-industrial experimental," motivated by an "attempt to create a mood, stimulate thought processes, pacify, relax, and startle the listener." The technology involved is mainly sampling, but also incorporates guitar, tape, other electronics and processing. RVE is a balanced release in terms of moods, crashing and then eerily soothing. At one point in the mix, I could decipher a jumble of swarmoing insects, and, later, the chirping of birds, which made for a disturbing counterpoint. --Bryan Baker GAJOOB 9