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After three years of live/studio recording Manic Circuit is finally through recording their first album, which according to their MySpace page will be entitled "The Fashionable Tactics of a Superiorly Keen Paul Kim." (Damn, I was going to use that for my next album
title.)

Here are my reactions to their sonic conflagrations:

Dominator
Ahh, such nice, soft, gently echoing guitar. Oops, there's a hint of some psychotic drumming. Okay, now we're back with soothing keyboards. So pretty. . .
Then the off-kilter fx kick in and we're suddenly in a whole other world of modern age freak-out rock. There is NO WAY this is ever going to be played on smarmy, working class, middle-of-the-road programming like American Idol. And that's a good thing.

Crystal Mel Part 2
Monstrous. An assault on your sense and sensibility. Must be like injecting adrenaline. If you fondly remember those attack-your-brain guitar-driven super
jams on the early Funkadelic albums, you will love this.

Neo Gaia
There are phrases that capture the attitude of the guys in Manic Circuit. Phrases like "anything goes!" And "energy is infectious!" And, based on this track, "runaway jet engines can be fun!" Think PiL meets Captain Beefheart. (Too esoteric for ya? Hey, I can't help it if you lack any appreciation of music history.)

I'm addicted to the pulse-pounding bass, frentic-fun drums, and mile-a-minute

guitars of Manic Circuit. Oh, another thing about those guitar and bass lines: their highly amp'd string work deftly bridges the gap between '60s psychedelia and today's Red Bull-fueled nightclub experience.