MOKSHA
A PEOPLE UNDONE
ALBUM ARTOFFACT RELEASE: APRIL, 2000 REVIEW: AUGUST 11, 2000
Since it was recorded between 1992 and 1998, you could perhaps be indulgent towards the
rather unfresh sound prevailing Moksha's debut album "A People Undone". But
as the album's mixture of darkwave, ambience and EBM mostly takes you back
to the mid-eighties and says nothing of the music climate during the
recording period, you can't disregard from the fact that this is heavily
outdated music.
Promising moments like "You and Me", a sleazy piece of strip-music slightly
reminiscent of Khan's jazz-like adventures, and the streaming
piano-ambience of "Miss" are overshadowed by an incomprehensible urge to
sound like a sedated combination of Front 242 and Adamski. If this is due
to nostalgic reasons or the fact that the co-producers are Mentallo & the Fixer is
better left unsaid.
With some of the up-tempo tracks removed, in favour of Moksha's more
ambient side, "A People Undone" could possibly have been a bit more
memorable. As it is now, I doubt that this album will be remembered by
anyone except the people involved.
