Difference between revisions of "The Industrialist (music album)"
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'''Fear Factory. ''The Industrialist'''''. Candlelight, 2012. CD/ MP3s/vinyl. | '''Fear Factory. ''The Industrialist'''''. Candlelight, 2012. CD/ MP3s/vinyl. | ||
| − | Reviewed by Laura Wiebe, ''SFRA Review'' #301 (Summer 2012): pp. 58-59.[http://sfra.org/resources/sfra-review/301.pdf] | + | Reviewed by Laura Wiebe, ''SFRA Review'' #301 (Summer 2012): pp. 58-59, who notes that as with many of Fear Factory's earlier work, |
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| + | [...] ''The Industrialist'' offers a stark commentary on the rapid increase of technological ubiquity and the potentially dehumanizing effects of technorationalism unchecked. The group’s dark lyrics and oppressively tight rhythm section combine to offer a pessimistic vision of the near high-tech future. Yet at the same time, the musicians’ obvious enjoyment in deploying powerful mechanical tools and their lyrical fascination with technological liberation, alongside the persistent softening counterpoint provided by simple melodies and undistorted human singing, complicate a reductive reading of the ideas their recorded performance actually conveys. As a multimedia and multivalent artifact, this album represents an ambivalent statement rather than a straightforward endorsement of technophobia, technophilia[,] or transhumanist transcendence. (p. 58)[http://sfra.org/resources/sfra-review/301.pdf] | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| + | The album title refers to the protagonist of the story, "described by vocalist Burton C. Bell as 'an automaton that is becoming sentient as it collects more memories [...]. Through observation and learning, it has gained the "will to exist"' (D., Chris)" (Wiebe p. 58, quoting an article in ''Decibel'' 21 March 2012). | ||
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| + | Wiebe draws comparisons with Philip K. Dick’s ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' and [[BLADE RUNNER]], [[R. U. R.]] and [[THE TERMINATOR]] movies. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:32, 19 June 2021
Fear Factory. The Industrialist. Candlelight, 2012. CD/ MP3s/vinyl.
Reviewed by Laura Wiebe, SFRA Review #301 (Summer 2012): pp. 58-59, who notes that as with many of Fear Factory's earlier work,
[...] The Industrialist offers a stark commentary on the rapid increase of technological ubiquity and the potentially dehumanizing effects of technorationalism unchecked. The group’s dark lyrics and oppressively tight rhythm section combine to offer a pessimistic vision of the near high-tech future. Yet at the same time, the musicians’ obvious enjoyment in deploying powerful mechanical tools and their lyrical fascination with technological liberation, alongside the persistent softening counterpoint provided by simple melodies and undistorted human singing, complicate a reductive reading of the ideas their recorded performance actually conveys. As a multimedia and multivalent artifact, this album represents an ambivalent statement rather than a straightforward endorsement of technophobia, technophilia[,] or transhumanist transcendence. (p. 58)[1]
The album title refers to the protagonist of the story, "described by vocalist Burton C. Bell as 'an automaton that is becoming sentient as it collects more memories [...]. Through observation and learning, it has gained the "will to exist"' (D., Chris)" (Wiebe p. 58, quoting an article in Decibel 21 March 2012).
Wiebe draws comparisons with Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and BLADE RUNNER, R. U. R. and THE TERMINATOR movies.
RDE, finishing, 18Jun21
