This is a 9 track EP. That's right an EP with 9 tracks. The first 5 are the title track with 4 remixes of the song by various different artists. An interesting approach to an EP that really does a good job of offering more music to the listener without incurring more studio time. Now the back of the CD lists only 8 tracks which appears to be a post production error as track 7 "Forbidden" has been left off the listing.
The original version of Seduction is the best version on the CD a tribute to FBW definitely. The other versions vary in style greatly. The Soft Core remix by battery gives a very dark slower version of the song, while Club Remix by Pivot Clowj does tend to keep a more steady beat throughout the track. Revamped Edit remix by Joshua Bourke seems to fill the category of "official trip version" nicely, while the remix by Scar Tissue dragging us back to the dark electronic industrial realm. I do in all honesty prefer the original version best probably because I'm such a lyric buff, and the remixes use the lyrics only sparingly.
Once past the first 5 tracks of Seduction we get into more material by FBW. Slave Device, Forbidden, Re-Creation and Dr. Death make up the last 3 tracks, and the styles of music vary a good deal from song to song.
Slave Device is a very dark industrial song with simply lyrics repeated so it's easy to get into this song quickly. Forbidden is an eerie electronica track with parts that sound like came straight out of the old gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. The electronic sounds continue but speeded up a great deal with Re-Creation. There's a sound in this song that is repeated. It reminds me of a CD skipping, but the sound is quick and only one skip, but is repeated throughout the entire song...it quite annoyed me. Dr. Death rounds this CD out showing that FBW doesn't require any remixing help to fully flesh out the trippy music feel, rather they are fully capable of producing it out on their own.
As for the lyrics themselves, it's hard to pin point. The songs as much of this genre are written very dark and mysteriously. Nothing is ever put full force Christian like, but then again nothing is really objectionable. Re-Creation comes the closest with the line "Take your heart and give it to me" repeated throughout.
This CD is $12.00 plus $2.00 shipping. Not a bad deal at all if you're really into this style of music. However for moderate listener of industrial/dark electronica understand you are only getting an EP with a bunch of remixes.
Not having a full knowledge of secular music from this vein and basically because there are so few Christian artist at the moment, comparing this is difficult. I do hear some Front 242 influence in parts, and I'd say some Skinny Puppy but everyone gets compared to Skinny Puppy. For ordering check out Blacklight Records.
6.5/10
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