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For more than thirty years, Ruud Lekx has been corrupting hearts and minds with his unmistakable brand of synthesizer music. Under his Rude 66 mask, this titan of electronics returns to Bordello A Parigi with twelve darkened tracks for Conditioning Consciousness. Tempos glide low in the opening incantations. From the breathy murmurings of “Magick Angels’ Invocations”, the listener is brought into Rude’s world. Shauna Lekx’s signature vocoder lyrics and blackened subject matter are central tenets, as are hauntingly delicate melodies. “The Riddler In Me” is a deep psychological journey through cable and circuit, an unsettling monologue accompanied by liquid analogue lines. BPMs are allowed to rise for the shimmering warmth of “In Exile” and in the reverb soaked “The Chariot”. But these are the outliers. Across the collection, percussion drives without ever being a central force. Instead, the focus is the bewitching and brooding compositions. Take the drugged low slung groove of “The Talisman of Algol” or the loose modulations of “Le Sagittaire”, here the listener is brought into the heart of the machines and the musician. The curtain close, “The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius” gathers a spread of influences, bringing them together into one piece. Synth. Soundtrack. Strings. All culminate in this superb climax, a climax to an album that broaches the boundaries between terrifying and terrific.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Cinematic in places, but offering up the dark disco DJ plenty of moments of dancefloor decadence. It's a true cosmic disco opus, with Rude 66 taking us on a star studded journey. Don't sleep!

TRACK LISTING

1 Magick Angels’ Invocations
2 Come Follow Me Here
3 Interpreting The Cards
4 The Riddler In Me
5 In Exile
6 The Talisman Of Algol
7 Victim Of Illusion
8 Le Sagittaire
9 The Demiurge And His Archons
10 Catch Me If You Can
11 The Chariot
12 The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius