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It is perhaps unfair to review the musicians on this CD in a demo column.
Both Frank Burke and George Cassidy have worked with Marcia Bednave
of EMI dance act Rio and Mars and Sharon Gitau of MTV's The Real World.
The album is described as an ambient project, featuring a mixture of technology and guitar,
but as no recording details were supplied
I can only assume that this is intended for commercial release.
The overall sound of the opening track 'Morphia' is quite small and tightly mixed,
and I can't help feeling that a little more reverb on the upper mid synth parts
wouldn't have been out of place, to widen the stereo image.
'Cybersex' was another track that was recommended by the band for appraisal
and this sees them move away from ambient towards Drum 'n' Bass.
Tight, in-tempo delay increases the detail on the rhythm track
without making it fussy, and the female samples are well chosen
-- especially the humorous 'Do you like that?' at the end.
Surprisingly, Limbo Phonic show another side to their character with
'Theme For An Italian Film'. This fairly typical slow acoustic guitar
and keyboard composition suits the title.
The guitars are a bit on the bright side for my taste early in the track,
but work perfectly against the fat low-mids of the strings when they join in.
And when the guitars play the theme mandolin-style --
well it's ice creams all round!