Dronny Darko
Neuroplasticity


4.0
excellent

Review

by BurntSynapse USER (20 Reviews)
February 1st, 2016 | 23 replies


Release Date: 2016 | Tracklist

Review Summary: A mystifying experience through the listener's psyche.

Dronny Darko’s ritualistic flirtation with the dark arts in Outer Tehom made for a remarkable debut on Cryo Chamber. He envelops the listener with whispers of possessed chants amid blackened field recordings for a harrowing jaunt across a tundra of brooding atmosphere. This set a high water mark for his second effort. Although his latest offering Neuroplasticity does not attain the slow burning embodiment of Outer Tehom, its concept and fluid execution instill a thought provoking experience through the listener’s psyche.

Neuroplasticity is unsettling. Darko submerses listeners in a glass tank and sedates them with narcotics, inducing a coma. Perhaps he is constructing a body with mechanical parts or attempting to resuscitate a synthetic organism. Nebulous yet captivating, Darko mystifies the listener by digging into their subconscious. Synapses fire and currents of electricity lap the corrugated flesh of the brain to feed fleeting signals of life in “Mirror Neurons”. Cryptic chirps echo a rewiring of the cerebrum, scratching sensitive bone inside the skull. It lies dormant, subject to the whim of those unseen. Idle and faint, the heart palpitates in an attempt to recover from the surgical shock on “Plazma Lake”. The system reboots. High-pitched shrieks ring in deafening tone. Maybe the operation completed with success, but the wobbling static at the end of “Ion Voltage” leaves the listener baffled. Left to wallow in the dark, one cannot help but wonder if they ever woke up.



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BurntSynapse
February 1st 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Any comments and criticism regarding my little write-up is sincerely appreciated! I hope you enjoy the review and the record :D

Archelirion
February 1st 2016


6594 Comments


'He envelops the listener with whispers of possessed chants amid blackened field recordings for a harrowing jaunt across a claustrophobic tundra of brooding atmosphere.' - I think there might be one too many adjectives in here, reads a bit weirdly. However, the first part of this sentence makes me wanna check this soooo much. Pos'd :]

Link -> https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/neuroplasticity

EasterInTheBatcave
February 1st 2016


340 Comments


Band name should be Droney Darko

PappyMason
February 1st 2016


5702 Comments


Artist name is lol

Sowing
Moderator
February 1st 2016


43943 Comments


Good review as per usual.

BurntSynapse
February 1st 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hi Archelirion, thank you so much for the feedback. I completely agree with you, after re-reading that sentence, there definitely are too many adjectives, I'll try and remove one so I can scale it back from "one too many" to "too many". :] I also hope you enjoy the record and thank you for your kind words.

BurntSynapse
February 1st 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thank you SowingSeason, I appreciate it! (:

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
February 1st 2016


26569 Comments


nice review dude, quite like these short ones, much more concise than the essays people often post here. I'll give this a listen, sounds interesting.

Sowing
Moderator
February 1st 2016


43943 Comments


It has to be.

JigglyPDiddy
February 1st 2016


3721 Comments


Band name should be Droney Darko [2]

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
February 1st 2016


10702 Comments


This is a good album indeed.

Review is well written, pos, although it could elaborate a bit more on the actual music.

Sowing
Moderator
February 1st 2016


43943 Comments


That's the first thing I thought when I saw this - that this would be all drone music.

JigglyPDiddy
February 1st 2016


3721 Comments


Gotta give this a listen.

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
February 2nd 2016


11971 Comments


Well written review for sure, but my criticism is that it's a bit wordy and much too metaphorical. I'd use a few, more-concrete descritpions rather than over reliance on analogy.

Calc
February 2nd 2016


17339 Comments


^^^^^^ if Archelirion didn't provide a link i never would have listened to this based on this review. it's just word wank and honestly lead me to believe there's nothing really of substance here or you have have written about it instead of all these analogies and metaphors. you wanked well though so there's that.

Calc
February 2nd 2016


17339 Comments


this is pretty unnerving though. never thought I'd get into this kind of music anymore but this is different in some way.

Jots
Emeritus
February 2nd 2016


7562 Comments


Cryo Chamber's dark ambient output is generally dece so maybe I'll listen. will read review in a bit and see the cut of your jib

BurntSynapse
February 2nd 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@ Calc - I'm sorry you feel that my review is a word wank. I did not intend for that to be the case, I just attempted to describe the music as it sounds to me. Most of the descriptions are actual noises in the album, you just need to listen to the album for some context.

BurntSynapse
February 2nd 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@ Voivod - Thank you for the kind words. In general I have a difficult time describing dark ambient by picking apart the discrete sounds in the songs, so I try to describe the songs as they feel and this tends to be the result. I still have a long ways to go in refining the style and I sincerely appreciate your feedback, thank you (:

BurntSynapse
February 2nd 2016


132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That sounds good Johnny, I'd like to know what you think of the record :]



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