The reviews for my new Technopera album, released 20 June, are appearing internationally. Here are a few:
“Lee Negins new ‘Technodelic” craziness, “The Cheeze Chronicles: Volume
V” will surely keep you awake! Once you think you have it figured out,
the music takes you in a completely different direction. What is more
surprising—beyond Negin’s mastery, sound quality and his sheer
brilliance—is that the world he creates, while appearing ‘absurd’ and
‘bizarre’--is much less absurd than the ‘real’ world most of us
apparently inhabit. If Negin’s aim was to point out the absurdities of
our society and contemporary life, then he hit the nail fully on the
head.” – Gianmaria Consiglio (Esteemed Italian Music Journalist)
"Man, it's a sonic journey of epic proportions. In the world of opera,
the Cheeze is mighty indeed. Negin doesn't so much hit the funk
button, as kick it all the way to Neptune. I'm loving it." - Simon
Humphrey (UK Producer/Engineer: The Clash, Culture Club, David Byrne,
Hans Zimmer, Jeff Beck, etc.)
"Lee
Negin, the soundscape master, dazzles once again, with more mind-bending
sounds and hard beats shaped into his latest “Technopera” (Techno
Opera). "The Chronicles of Cheeze: Volume V” is like ‘The Rocky Horror
Picture Show’ on an acid trip. There are various, nicely crafted dance
numbers but in many places, this adventure sounds a little like a trippy
radio play. Chill to a kaleidoscope of sounds and literally, when you
want to go somewhere else, like a fine wine, you get more and more from
repeated tasting. At times, the album reminds me of The Orb, KLF,
Talking Heads and Future Sound of London, all rolled into one but Negin
started his noted career before everyone mentioned. Leave your concept
of time at the front door. There is never a dull moment, and the pace is
nice and steady with a few techno numbers laced with prime sound cuts.
You might just forget that an alien is talking to you." - Paul 'DeJay'
Readman (Music World Radio (UK) Host)
"Eclectic and prophetic, your first listening of Lee Negin’s latest
orchestral offering, the psychoelectric, technodelic opera, “The Cheeze
Chronicles: Volume V” may well leave you a little breathless, perhaps
even somewhat disorientated. Be strong. You will recover in time to
succumb to an even more powerful and irresistible desire to delve still
deeper into the oscillating musical mosaic that this master of
cross-genre, cross-cultural, cross-galaxy ceremonies has conjured up
for discerning listeners from the planet Earth.
Part of an
epic cycle of Technoperas that are loosely patterned after Wagner’s
“Der Ring des Nibelungen”, “The Cheeze Chronicles: Volume V” finds its
operative roots in some of the concept albums of the seventies (Frank
Zappa’s “Studio Tan” in particular comes to mind) and its artistic
expression in the masterly creative use of cutting-edge, electronic
technology. With artistic playfulness that belies far deeper concerns,
Lee uses the "Chronicles of Cheeze" to peel the lid off the can of
worms that this bloated, egocentric, consumer-driven society has
created, and at the same time gives a sidelong poke at the current
trend of pre-moulded, loop-and-sequence singles that has infiltrated
and sadly debased the modern-day, electronic, musical scene.
Lee
Negin quotes Krishnamurti on the album sleeve as saying, “It is no
measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society”.
Well, after listening to “The Cheeze Chronicles: Volume V” it would be
difficult for anybody not to agree that this album is a mighty powerful
medicine!" - Tony "The Toe' Lawson, (Master, concierge and major-domo
of IndieGuild, net)
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