Mentallo & The Fixer - Centuries

Label:

Metropolis

Catalog#:

MET 036

Format:

CD, Maxi-Single

Country:

Released:

25 Feb 1997

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Industrial, Electro

Tracklist

1	Other World Technology (Har-Magedddon)	5:18
	Mixed By - Dwayne Dassing , Gary Dassing Producer, Edited By - G. W. Dassing*
2	Other World Technology (Crytik-Cut)	3:48	X
	Mixed By - Dwayne Dassing , Gary Dassing Producer, Edited By [Re-edit] - G. W. Dassing*
3	Lightyear (Equation)	7:08	X
	Edited By - Gary Dassing Mixed By - Dwayne Dassing Producer - Mentallo & The Fixer
4	Stellar Cascade (Spore-Print)	7:26	X
	Producer - G. W. Dassing* Remix - Mentallo & The Fixer Voice [Subliminal] - Michael Greene (2)
5	Other World Technology (Re-Mix)	5:09	X
	Producer, Mixed By - Dwayne Dassing
6	Other World Technology (Mescal-Mix)	5:17	X
	Producer, Mixed By - Dwayne Dassing

Credits

Artwork By [Layout] - Dane Rougeau
Composed By, Programmed By, Engineer - Dwayne Dassing (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6)
Mastered By - Brett Caraway
Programmed By, Sequenced By, Sampler - Dwayne Dassing , Gary W. Dassing*

Notes

Mastered at Paradigm Shift Studios.
CD Mastered at NIMBUS.

© 1997 Metropolis Records
Matrix: IFPI L125 MET036
UPC: 7 82388 00362 9

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Review by Dec 17, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

Here we have a pretty average single by the brothers with their masterful touch of complex drums and ambient keys.
We have four versions of "Other World Technology". The first mix has fast tempo and great bass lines. The lyrics are pretty basic with the whole "You'll suffer attitude" but I like it well enough with this band. We then have a shorter instrumental version. The track 5 version is another cut that doesn't sound a whole lot different. Track 6 is a version that has more of a dance vibe to it with a more repetitive bass line than the original mix.
The two other tracks are actually better than OWT. 'Lightyear' is a long slow movement of hard drums and great keyboards.
'Stellar Cascade' happens to be my favorite Mentallo & The Fixer track. It starts off with an ambient riff and then goes into the distinctive sound they carry. The lyrics rock and there's a lot of great keyboard notes in this track. The vocals are well brought up to and I feel like singing along with this track more than any other MTF one.
I would have been happy with just the first 4 tracks on this single as the last two just play OWT to death.

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Review by fabriknos Aug 10, 2008

Centuries is a mostly repetitive single from the Dassing brothers, but fortunately contains two stand out tracks that are worth getting this for. Lightyear (Equation) starts off with a typical electro-industrial mixture of heavy, breaky drums and a simple bassline, but soon adds beautiful strings and a catchy 4/4 beat. The vocals are also mixed much better than on the original version, which seemed a bit harsh and over the top. All in all this has to be my favorite Mentallo track. Then we move on to Stellar Cascade, which is a masterpiece of sweeping ambient pads and extremely dense percussion. More IDM than industrial, this is a very unique sound that I wish the Dassing brothers explored further. My favorite thing in this track is the sample from the movie The Prophecy ("Why don't you just ask God?" "Because... God doesn't talk to me anymore"). As for the Other World Technology mixes... they all sound about the same with very minimal variations between them. Kind of catchy, but they pale in comparison to Lightyear and Stellar Cascade.