Mind In A Box finally continue the bottom-up sci-fi story around 'Black', 'Night' and 'The Agency' with their long awaited release 'Revelations'. Hardwiger's sophisticated lyrics invite for intimate reflections. The dark fragile mix of Trance, Ambient and Electro throw the listeners out of their course of life, into a musical parallel existence, the 'Dreamweb'. After their first three albums were extolled by the press, their last album was an ode to the early C64 computer days. With their album Mind In A Box raised the Bar and enhanced their album in all matters, without losing recognition value. Not only the Character Black is going to find his revelation in this album...
Since their early days, the ...
Since their early days, the duo is concerned by the systematical observation of society and the consequence on individu-als: Lonely beings are burning out and encapsulating themselves from the society. Focusing the matter, they created a continuous story in a notional universe, corresponding to films like Matrix and Bladerunner. In it, nebulous characters like Black, Night, The Informer and The Friend situated in a reduced dark world between Dreamweb and reality, the fight between the Agency and the Sleepwalkers. The listener as person always in focus. The plot in it's fourth sequel deals with the revelation of the main character Black, who was searching himself, his memory and his truth the first three sequels. Sci-fi author Andreas Gruber tells us the story in the eclectic booklet! The ten compositions are more harmonic, rhythmically complex and still danceable. And precise and touching at the same time. Melodies and rhythm melt into an atmospheric and melodic universe.
