SONG: BIG BOX

GENRE: ELECTRONIC / INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC

SIMILAR: NONE

HUGE DRAMATIC PROFESSIONAL SOUNDTRACK-TYPE MUSIC THAT YOU CAN DANCE TO…

According to artist Mars Lasar, the genius behind Big Box (the CD and its title song), his project is “dream cinema for your ears.” He is right, and I wish everyone could make music this cool. I urge you to start listening to it right now as you read this review.

To start with, production sound on “Big Box” is top-notch. We have things moving between speakers (tastefully, not overdoing it), a variety of sounds, and not only techno/dance musical elements but also sci-fi sound effects. This would be a phenomenal movie soundtrack piece.

Mars knows when it’s time for a change and is able to bring one about that fits with the other themes in the track. At times he breaks up the songs and turns up the drama with effective variations in rhythm. Returning to the original theme we know where we are. It makes sense and it’s not too repetitive. We are constantly refreshed here. We don’t get rammed in the head with or tired of  any of the themes.

It sounds like a lot of attention was paid to this track, as if it has been gone over again and again by a perfectionist so that nothing is too bare and nothing is too repetitive. Or it could be that with his years of experience and well-honed skills this is just the level at which he now works (he has said that the Big Box project practically flowed out of him without effort). I may just be projecting but this track seems a perfect example of the kind of values I hold in composition: variety, coherence, production quality, interest, excitement, and, of course, coolness.

Take a listen and rest assured you will be hearing some of the best electronic music out there.