Cover of Nocturnal Emissions Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (Anthems Of The Meat Generation)
Rocky Marciano

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For fans of industrial and experimental music, lovers of avant-garde sound art, listeners interested in primal and sensory-focused music experiences
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THE REVIEW

The primate's filtered screams through the machines at the beginning of "Norepinephrine" represent much more than a mere warning; the perception of the surrounding reality must change. Already from those animalistic sounds, one enters a hallucinatory yet lucid state of alert. The body is a bundle of nerves, crackling matter, tense, vigilant.

It's necessary to unthink oneself to venture into the ferocious whirlwind of vexations and sensory deprivations that this work imposes. Only the most basic, instinctive, and primordial zones of the brain necessary for survival must remain active. No interruptions will be provided, the tracks will flow into one another, overflowing with muriatic acid, tar, and generous, ingenious quartomondiste sound pours that are toxic and psychoactive, occasionally transforming into thick and lascivious grooves as murky and brackish as swamp mud.

It seems to leverage everything on the body, to regain awareness and control of the body. The mind as an abstract concept, thought as a destabilizing element, to withdraw the body from a deadly routine of obsessive, lazy, and useless gestures, hallucinations and steady nerves, totally lucid deliriums and ravings, the body is a weapon.

"Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (Anthems Of The Meat Generation": 40 plus minutes of industrial malaise.

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Nocturnal Emissions' album 'Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (Anthems Of The Meat Generation)' is an intense, immersive experience that taps into primal instincts through layered industrial noise and psychedelic grooves. The album demands a complete surrender of the abstract mind to focus on raw bodily sensations and survival. Each track flows seamlessly, creating a toxic yet hypnotic atmosphere filled with hallucinatory sound and sensory deprivation. It's a challenging but rewarding journey of industrial malaise and body awareness.

Tracklist

01   Norepinephrine (00:00)

02   Shan't Do That (00:00)

03   How Groovy You Were (00:00)

04   Hardcore (00:00)

05   Gloppetta (00:00)

06   Tongues Speak (00:00)

07   Want To Die (00:00)

08   Smoking Rat Machine (00:00)

09   Wrongly Wired (00:00)

10   Violence Is Love (00:00)

11   Herpes Virus (00:00)

12   Total State (00:00)

13   Demon Circuits (00:00)

14   Bloodbath (00:00)

15   Peace Through Strength (00:00)

16   Mechanical Induction (00:00)

17   Home Video Warhead (00:00)

18   Education For Consumption (00:00)

Nocturnal Emissions

Nocturnal Emissions is the experimental music project led by Nigel Ayers, active since 1980, known for industrial, dark ambient and avant-garde electronic works.
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