Black Faction: Internal Dissident Part I Black Faction: Internal Dissident Part I (Soleilmoon - 2001) With his Dante-esque audiovisions, Andrew Diey has been "waiting to grab you by the hair, and pull you down to the murky depths. Where you will hear harsh noises of despair, and lamentations of sorrow"... In Black Faction's Internal Dissident Part I you'll hear those things and more amid macabre electronic atmospheres and sometimes rhythmic patterns. Aptly-titled Introduction (1:10) presents almost-there soundshapes which intensify as the piece evolves into Manchestique Concréte where a syncopated flow of strings hovers across moody soundscenes. Virgil's Bridge is constructed over an eerie electronic void; spoken samples and hallucinogenic warping manuevers are part of this especially-surreal phase. Dramatically-emoted phrases from the Inferno occur within this circle. Danceable damnation awaits within Caucus Burial Tape Part II (13:29); a (rather repetitous for my tastes) rhythm pulses with electronic beats, synthesized shadows and sampled bugaboos. The churning downtempo rhythms and politicspeak of Afghan Front v1.1 are ensnared by serpentine female wails and groovy basslines. Upping the Middle-Eastern-ness another notch, trance-inducer Odessa features a hypnotic groove, exotic instrumentation and male ethnochanting. Genres converge in finale Widow Maker... urban beats blend with Goth-orchestral strings and glitchy electronic textures. All rather nicely woven together, like a hungry spider's web, Internal Dissident Part I presents Black Faction's morbid 8.6 audiovisions as artistic sound design is painted black and sparked by percussive energies. Learn more at Diey's alchemyaudiolab website, and of course, do swing by the Soleilmoon online headquarters. This review posted August 31, 2001 AmbiEntrance © 2001-1997 by David J Opdyke (except CD cover art, rights retained by original owners).