SCRYPT

Being the first album from Lithops, you have to remember that it's the bands first real try at making a variety of songs that will try to catch everyone's attension while still keeping their own sound. At first you wonder if their music has any sense as to if they tried to make certain patterns in the songs. But after listening to the album a couple of times you can see this in songs such as 'play through' which has no fluent rythm but has many subtle patterns in it, and 'shift in structure' which is a calm song which is fluent and tranquil while being experimental at the same time. A great first album from lithops.

Love of "Mouse on Mars" may tempt you to buy this...My advice? Don't. It sucks. It's pointless---juststray percussive elements that go absolutely nowhereexcept to annoy the listener waiting in vain for some creative spark.If you desire excellent other-wordly percussive electronica,explore the genius CDS of the Autechre, but leave thispiece of crap CD alone. It's really bad. The only reasonI gave it two stars instead of one is that there are novocals and I appreciate that, but otherwise this CD shouldbe hurled directly into an incinerator. It's b-a-d bad.

For noise enthusiasts or experimental music seakers, this is album is a holy grail. Scrypt is a beautiful display of electronic anarchy. Lithops (aka Jan St. Werner) has constructed a great compilation of totally botched synths and ruined samples with amp feedback and metalic screaching to produce a wonderous cacophony. Beats and rhythms are nearly completely occluded by a wall of sound effect. Its perfect for drowning your mind in. This album bears only a little resemblance to Jan's other suits -Mouse On Mars and Microstoria.