Style: Synthwave, drum n bass, ambient, dubstep
Primary Emotions/Themes: An array of synthetic emotions and interpretations of the human world
Thoughts: Sometimes my anxiety gets the better of me. With the way the world is right now it's incredibly easy to get overwhelmed. Will I be made redundant by an artificial intelligence in the near future? Will I no longer be able to provide for my family? If I can't provide for them then who will? All of these questions weigh heavy on my heart and I find myself without answers.
On more than one occasion I've wanted to say fuck it all and leave society behind, but unfortunately that's not an option for me. I'm forced to stay in this wretched society that values money over every. single. other. thing in the universe. Constant profit at the cost of everything else. Nothing else matter except shareholder value. The few profit off of the backs of the many. It's fucking disgusting.
What does all of this have to do with Alex's Blood City? Directly - nothing at all. What Alex does manage to do though is express the frustrations I have as well as the logical outcome of these questions and concerns in musical form. Blood City is an inhuman experiment in what music could sound like in a future where humans are secondary and artificial intelligence rules society.
The music found within the thirteen tracks of Blood City are actually quite diverse. Of course there is the expected darksynth scattered throughout the album, but there are a few surprises on here as well. Cult of the Future delves deep into some dubstep experimentation. Night Life in reminds me of Serial Experiments Lain's music. Dark Energy - despite the name - is quite tranquil with a drum n bass beat and piano lead mixed with synthwave. Tracks like Calm Before the Storm and Death of a Memory explore the more atmospheric side of Alex's music, bordering even on ambient at times.
The way that the tracks are ordered and named I have to wonder if there is an overarching story going on in Blood City. Without much information available in the liner notes I'm left to wonder. That said, the flow of these tracks and the evolution of Alex's music is quite enjoyable over the 48 minutes or so of this album. Considering that I almost sold this album several times, I can see now that it would have been an error to do so.
Written April 15th 2024
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