''Eclectric'' is the third album by
Psy'Aviah
Psy'Aviah is an electronic rock band from Antwerp, Belgium.
Career
The band were formed in 2004. Later that year, they won the Studio Brussel Demopoll with the song "The Future of the Sun". In 2007, they teamed up with Len Lemeire (from Imp ...
released by
Alfa Matrix. A 2-disc limited edition was also made available under the title ''Eclectricism''.
Reviews
The German ''Sonic Seducer'' magazine noted a soft melancholy in some songs and lauded the album's diversity "beyond trodden paths of
EBM". ''
Side-Line'' called it "remarkably crafted" and also marked the diversity of influences.
[ The Belgian ''Mindview'' magazine compared Emélie Nicolaï's singing to Anne Clark.][ Softsynth music blog declared it their best pick so far for ''2010''. Australian electronic music magazine ]Cyclic Defrost
''Cyclic Defrost'' is an Australian specialist electronic music magazine. It was founded and edited by Sebastian Chan, with current editors Bob Baker Fish, Chris Downton and Peter Hollo. It covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experim ...
compared vocalist Emélie Nicolaï to Stieg Larsson's fictional character Lisbeth Salander
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for her attitude and looks.
Track listing
#"No Excuse" - 04:34
#"Keep Hope Alive" - 03:46
#"!AllAboutYou" - 03:33
#"Something Evil" - 04:31
#"Anger Management" - 04:32
#"Attract/Reject" - 04:06
#"Paranoid" - 04:45
#"Blackhole" - 05:16
#"Ophélie (feat. Jean-Luc De Meyer
Jean-Luc De Meyer (born 1957 in Brussels) is a vocalist and lyricist who is best known as the lead vocalist of the Belgian EBM group Front 242.
He started singing in the experimental group "Under Viewer" with Patrick Codenys. Both joined Front ...
)" - 04:05
#"Sweet Hard Revenge" - 04:57
#"Into The Game (feat. Ayria
Ayria is a Canadian futurepop/ synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from the futurepop and EBM band Epsilon Minus.
Biography
The first Ayria album, ''Debris'', was released on Al ...
)" - 03:31
#"Twisted Mind" - 03:57
#"Fear (theory)" - 02:31
#"Fear (practice)" - 04:50
#"Rivotril Nights" - 03:12
Personnel
*Yves Schelpe – keyboards
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* Musi ...
, vocals
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, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, sound engineering
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, mixing
*Emélie Nicolaï – vocals
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, vocal arrangement, art direction, design
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, photography, collages
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*Kristof De Clerck – guitar
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(tracks 4, 5, 6)
*Geert de Wilde - sound engineering
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, mastering
References
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Psy'Aviah albums
2010 albums
Alfa Matrix albums