Deathprod
Morals and Dogma


4.5
superb

Review

by iSkane USER (2 Reviews)
February 22nd, 2011 | 11 replies


Release Date: 2004 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Why do I enjoy this?

I find myself asking that a lot with ambient music. Why do I enjoy this music? Is it because it really is the best music out there? Well, no. It is hard to call it music. There is a lot of ambient out there with actual musical qualities, like Stars of the Lid’s and Their Refinement of the Decline, but then there is music like this, which is really just noise. Sure, it is dark ambient, which is a genre, I will admit, I am almost brand new to, but that still does not explain why this noise is so good. Maybe it is the way everything flows together and works. With ambient, the cogs just seem to mesh, even if none of the “music” is made with instruments.

Such is the case with Deathprod’s Morals and Dogma. This fifty-minute masterpiece is just noise; maybe not even that. The noise that goes on is really just long drones of notes made by a machine; there isn’t (technically) musical about it. Maybe Morals and Dogma is so enjoyable because it just seems to work. This album is not one you could buy a single song from the album and enjoy it. Although the songs overlap in no way, the songs would seem unfinished if they came up at a random time without the rest of the album. Each track starts slow, with maybe a single drone, or possibly complete silence. There are more and more drones added, until, towards the climax there would seem like nothing else could be added, then Deathprod adds more. The songs then wind down, again into nothing.

Unlike the other dark ambient artists, Deathprod’s music isn’t (as) scary. It feels like the background music to a horror movie, not a chase scene or a sex scene mind you, but an intense, dark scene. This is an album that one must immerse themselves into. One could not simply listen to this album walking to school or while doing homework. I suggest lying in bed, at night, with all the lights off. Not a single beam of light should seep through the door. Put headphones on (yes, this is a headphone-only album) then stare at the ceiling. Listen to the slow, long-tone-esque drones; you will slip away into the music, instead of having it as background noise. Listening to is in this manner will help with the understanding of what a great piece of “music” this is.

So put in your headphones, lay back, and enjoy this strange “music”.


user ratings (113)
4
excellent
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Maniac! (4)
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Comments:Add a Comment 
couldwinarabbit
February 22nd 2011


6996 Comments


I READ YOUR INTRO THEN GOT BORED BUT THIS ALBUM IS PRETTY FUCKING GOOD!!!!

Observer
Emeritus
February 22nd 2011


9475 Comments


yeah i guess i need this

AggravatedYeti
February 22nd 2011


7683 Comments


b4k will be a happy camper.

scissorlocked
February 22nd 2011


3538 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I see Stars of the lid and Lustmord in the recs,Should I suppose I 'll like this?

iSkane
February 22nd 2011


861 Comments


Do suppose scissorlocked, do suppose.

scissorlocked
February 23rd 2011


3538 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ok, I'll dig this shit sooner or later



thanks man

pizzamachine
February 23rd 2011


27861 Comments


Album deserved a second review.

scissorlocked
February 23rd 2011


3538 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

first song is fuckin epic: TRON



has anybody seen the movie?I heard it sucks.The original though is said to be the real shit

sniper
February 23rd 2011


19075 Comments


this bored me i need to listen again when i'm not as tired.

Tyrael
February 23rd 2011


21108 Comments


Yus!

Maniac!
March 13th 2011


28550 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Uh.. Break up your paragraphs. The first paragraph is boring and awkward. Also:



Unlike the other dark ambient artists, Deathprod’s music isn’t (as) scary. It feels like the background music to a horror movie, not a chase scene or a sex scene mind you, but an intense, dark scene. This is an album that one must immerse themselves into.



My review pretty much said the exact same thing...



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