Neon Night

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
After a very promising debut album, recent highly acclaimed appearances on an impressive list of high-profile compilations, (Septic 5, Infacted vol. 2, Endzeit Bunkertracks I, Advanced Electronics 4, Cyberl@b 5, etc.) and the instant chart/club success of the "After Einstein" EP this past summer, Diskonnekted is now poised to reveal his new album, Neon Night to the world.

Considered by many as one of the most promising and fastest ascending new signings on the Alfa Matrix label, Diskonnekted will rapidly make the genre’s most established acts want to watch their backs. As a natural offshoot of his Belgian electro-roots, Jan Dewulf combines electro-influences with all the cutting edge genres of alternative dance music such as progressive techno, break beat and even trance to name a few. The result is a fresh combination and clever use of sounds, catchy beats and a pronounced sense for melody. Distinctive male vocal performances likened to Apoptygma Berzerk and Fluke sharpen the edges of the songs.

Next to its top-notch production skills, Neon Night also has the luxurious advantage of being a perfectly balanced album. Deep-mellow atmospheric modern synth tunes like "Be Cool" and the chilling lounge-like "Meeting Falkor" are the perfect contrast to Diskonnekted’s future pop anthems (the ultimate hit "After Einstein", the carrying "Atlantis" or yet the UNKLE-like "Natural" as well as the excellent "Neon Dream"). And beware, Diskonnekted’s is also stocked to the hilt with more frontal EBM cuts like the powerful "Broken", the harsher "Danger" and the terrific "Religion" with none other than Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando) as guest vocalist!

Tracks:

Black Mirror
Keep The Car Running
Neon Bible
Intervention
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
Ocean Of Noise
Well & The Lighthouse, The
Antichrist Television Blues
Windowsill
No Cars Go
My Boby Is A Cage

Amazon.com

For their second full-length, the Montreal-based seven-or-eight-piece Arcade Fire show themselves capable of Big Rock, as original, and as potentially marquee-topping as TV on the Radio and Sigur Ros. Regardless, the intentional murkiness of these pleasantly anthemic New Wave dirges makes it sound as if the music has already reverberated through a crowded cement stadium. Named after cult author John Kennedy Toole's first novel, Neon Bible is smart and subtle enough to present itself as a personal discovery for every listener, every word to be pored over by fans (as with those of Tori Amos, Pavement, and Radiohead). Surely, lines like "The sound is not asleep/ It's moving under my feet" have already been scribbled onto the margins of countless textbooks. Such words are delivered with less intensity this time, but no less import. For vocal influences, lead singer Win Butler seems to have traded his '80s Bowie in for an '80s Springsteen, at least on the songs "Antichrist Television Blues" and "Windowsill" (though "Intervention" sounds an awful lot like '80s era Go-Betweens). The kitchen sink arrangements include the use of an Eastern European orchestra, pipe organ, hurdy gurdy, and a military choir. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

The second album from Montreal's Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations. With string and orchestral arrangements by two of the band members, "Neon Bible" is full of both half-assed punk rock mistakes and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. But mostly just eleven songs that the band thinks are really good. The deluxe CD version is packaged in a hinged box with two 32-page flip books designed by the band. The LP is double 180-gram audiophile quality with three sides of music and an etching on the fourth side. The LP also includes a coupon for a free MP3 download of "Neon Bible". Arcade Fire's 2004 debut "Funeral" has scanned over 300,000 copies and is certified platinum in Canada.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-07-03

I actually purchased this cd after watching "Sunday Morning on CBS". The band I saw on the show was entertaining and eccletic. I found the cd to be filled with talent, but it lacked the interesting energy I anticipated.

Another Brilliant Album.......2007-06-08

Happy to say that Neon Bible is just as satisfying as Funeral. In other words, this will be the album of the year for most discerning rock fans.
It is unusual for a new band to follow up on such an excellent debut without the old sophomore dip.
Neon Bible lacks some of the intense moments of Funeral but makes this up in consistency.
Everyone us right about the silly packaging: flimsy, indulgent and wasteful - nothing like being irritated before you manage to get to the disk.

Arcade Fire-- the best of the best.......2007-05-29

Like the first Album, I had to listen to it a few times to really love it... then, it's gold.

Not like Funeral, but still Great!.......2007-05-26

Funeral was an excellent album so it took me a while to get into Neon Bible and really appreciate it. This album is just as good as the Funeral but for different reasons. The band has progressed it's sound and taken a positive step forward (not sticking to same formula).

The biggest difference bwtn both albums was the drums. The drums are hard, loud, intricate on the Funeral. On Neon Bible, they seem to be more in the background (maybe bc of the mixing) and seem to be more complementary rather than driving the songs' direction. Now it's the strings, brass, keys, guitars, singing that seem to guide the songs and take over the drums.

That said, this album is great. It took a few listens to appreciate it but this one is up there with Funeral.

An even more complex Arcade Fire.......2007-05-23

When buying this CD, I had my expectations. However, this album is fantastic. As all Arcade Fire songs, it takes a couple of listens to really appreciate it and once you're hooked, there is no turning back. As a die-hard Arcade Fire fan of the EP and Funeral, I hoped Neon Bible lived up to the hype. The truth is that upon the first track (Black Mirror) you can immediately notice the extinsive layers that the band has put into the album. Win Butler, the lead singer is pitch perfect and his lyrics are absolutely beautifully written. The album, granted, does not as much of an "indie appeal" as Funeral being that it's not all over the place, but yet is a must have album for music lovers everywhere. I am fortunate enough to have seen this band a couple of times live and the live versions of neon bible are identical to the album and just as complex. The new version of No Cars Go is amazing and Keep the Car Running, Intervention, (Antichrist Television Blues), and Window Sill, are all huge additions to the album. You may not find as down-right "ball busting" songs as Wake Up or Power Out, but you will find the same passion and even more terrific melodies in this one.

Average customer rating:

Neon Night Limited Edition
Diskonnected
Manufacturer: Alfa Matrix
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000BGQY8U
Release Date: 2005-10-28

Tracks:

9 am: my head hurts
Back to reality (by Fractured ft. Richter)
Natural behaviour (introducing Lemongrass)
Broken (Moonitor mix)
After Einstein (Heyaeb mix)
2 pm: aspirine
Neon Dream (v1d mix)
After Einstein (Conetik mix)
5 pm: LSD flashback
After Einstein (Delobbo edit)
Make a difference
Atlantis (acoustic version)

Product Description

Label debut for this Belgian dance - electro project.

Average customer rating:

One Night in Destiny
The Neon Hookers
Manufacturer: Double Or Nothing
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000RGUH28
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

EXPOSURE
OBLIVION
INFECTION
LORD OF LORDS
TIDAL WAVES
HUNTED
DISEASED, DECEASED, AND PLEASED
EPIDEMIC
KING OF KINGS
DEEP TROUBLE
DEAD MANS FLOAT
20. 1797 AMU'S

Album Description

In a bleak, drab scene filled with monotonous, stale bands, THE NEON HOOKERS have arrived to attempt to illuminate a world gone grey with their own brand of ripping,venomous,hardcore with a pissed-off rock and roll swagger. The debut full length CD "One Night In Destiny" is 25 minutes of raw aggression and attitude that will have fans of American Nightmare, The Hope Conspiracy, & The Warriors dying to live the neon life.

Average customer rating:

Awful

Neon Night
Diskonnekted
Manufacturer: Alfa Matrix
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000BF0DZ6
Release Date: 2005-10-28

Tracks:

Fact And Theory
Broken
After Einstein
Be Cool
Natural
Playstation
Neon Dream
Mass Production
Religion
Danger
Meeting Falkor
Atlantis

Product Description

Label debut for this Belgian dance - electro project.

Customer Reviews:

Awful.......2005-12-20

Paint-by-numbers sequenced junk. You do, in fact, need musical talent to do good EBM.

Average customer rating:

Neon at Night
Blue Knights
Manufacturer: I.C.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004WISI

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