Richard H. Kirk is backonce again, this time resurrecting theElectronic Eye moniker for the first time in 5 years. It doesn't muchmatter which name Kirk uses ... Cabaret Voltaire, Sandoz, Sandoz inDub, Trafficante, Dark Magus, Nitrogen, Sweet Exorcist, Al Jabr, Agentswith False Memories, his given name, etc. ... you always have a generalidea of what to expect from his frequent output. Kirk has donevariations of the same thing for the past decade but he's so damn goodat it it never gets tiresome. He has figured out a way to basicallyremain static without stagnating. "Neurometrik" clocks in just shy of70 minutes with most tracks between 5 and 7 minutes in length. All theusual RHK elements are here: ambient synth textures (including somevery familiar sounds from 1993's "Virtual State"), dub effects, staticand noise, radio transmissions, speech and dialogue samples,ethnic/tribal/jazz samples and loops, massive techno beats and basslines ... a big, thick, danceable sonic soup that sounds asclaustrophobic and paranoid as Kirk is himself. The production is goodwith feedback and grit kept to a minimum and my God are there someabsolutely thumpin' tracks this time around. Yet another great one fromthe master. The 8 page insert displays more of Kirk's concern withtechnological and political oppression via his cryptic, blurred imagesand an adaptation of a letter about a 'financial new order' from theZapatista National Liberation Army of Mexico. Look for the new RichardH. Kirk album "Loopstatic" via Touch in March/April and, no doubt,several more discs throughout the year.samples:
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