Ogo Dys
"Neptune Everywhere" CD
Cosmic Pancake Productions
Genre: prog-rock, experimental
Scandinavia
Mar 30, 2009 |
This insane prog-rock experiment is quite
the doozy. Either Ogo Dys is brilliant, or just flat-out
bonkers. The work of Ogo Dys's sole member, Magnus Lundberg,
Neptune Everywhere is a bizarre journey that culls influence
from just about everywhere. On these nine tracks, Lundberg is
most influenced by prog-rock, but he also manages to touch on surf
("Purple Artillery"), thrash-punk ("Conspicuous Lid of M.A.N.," "Fumes
of Pods in Heat,"), experimental sound collage ("Hot Coco Luftwaffe"),
and even a bit of digigrind ("Fumes of Pods
in Heat"). As a result, Neptune Everywhere is a tad on the less
cohesive end of things, but it is still an unarguably engaging and
exciting record. Whether it's "traditional" prog anthems like "Sugar
Plum Feromones" and whimsical "Neptune Everywhere" or the chaotic joy
of quixotic "Conspicious Lid of M.A.N.,"
this disc is a consistently fun, carnival-esque
journey. The jarring, nine-minute finale is the disc's only sore spot;
it is a lengthy, self-indulgent cacophony that comes off as a
nightmarish walk through a crowded subway stop – an interesting
experiment but one that's nearly unlistenable. Still, it's tough to
complain since the rest of Neptune Everywhere touches on pure,
mad genius.
84%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 9 tracks, distributed by
the
band,
released 2008] |