FANTASTIC. Top Notch Reactor. Every track good, Srsly.
5
By SuperMacGuy
A home run for Juno Reactor! Every track on this album is either good or fantastic. You get some throwback guitar on the first track (Return of Pistolero) and that's irresistable, plus it's nice and long. The next couple tracks are all good and danceable or they keep you moving. Good beats, good effects. Sometimes I think I hear another callback to the older albums, but then it's all new. A good bassline. Like some Beyond the Infinite tracks, there are some spoken phrases, which all work pretty well and are not distracting. The Sky is Blue/Black has the most "lyrics" since the JR album which won't be named, but it's more like William Shatner lyrics (spoken not sung) supporting the music itself. Its restrained. My personal favorite is Voyager 304, which has a killer deep house bassline (sort of the low deep and low pass effect bass). The album cools down at the end on the last track, letting you down from the last 55 minutes easy but still excellent and one of the more excellent mellow Juno tracks. Sonically, every track has perfect production value - the bass is deep, tight, and perfect. The balance of melody or highs to the rhythm and bass is spot on. I cranked this up pretty loud on its first play on my house stereo and it rocked and nothing was over or under-done. If you're a big Juno fan, I'd say this is in the top 3. Nothing tops Bible of Dreams for pure creativity. My personal 2nd could now be THIS album because it has creative new sounds, keeps moving, and there is not a track I don't like. I can't even say that for Bible (2 tracks not my cup of teaberry ice cream). Shango probably 3rd now. Yes Mutant Theater is that good.
