Ohgr, or Nivek Ogre, is a unique pressence in the music community. He started off making experimental electronic music that took a life of it’s own with the creepy and transcendent industrial band Skinny Puppy. He utilized his unique growl and perspective to sing/shout grotesque stream of thought imagery. Some of their music is very disturbing, but some of it is very beautiful too. Since the band’s inception the band have crossed into so many different genres, from dance, to metal, to ambient, and nearly everything in between.
After collaborating with original Skinny Puppy member cEvin Key on two albums that their fans thought they might never see, Nivek Ogre returns with another solo album following 2003′s SunnySyOp. So what do you expect from the third solo album of a man whose vocals have sent chills down the spines of many music connoisseurs? Would you expect piano and real singing? Well if the lead single off of “Devils in My Details”, “Timebomb” is any clue Ohgr is set once again to defy expectations. There’s still a significantantly creepy feel to this track, and a mind warpingly dark intro, but it’s growing musicality is mesmerizing.
Ohgr – Timebomb (Adult Language In Intro)
Toronto born Gregory De Rocher has been using the moniker “Lowfish” since 1995 to label his unique brand of electronic that stradles IDM and old school synth pop. He got his name because he prided himself on the “lo-fi-ish” sound of his recordings, and the name stuck. On his new album Burn the Lights Out, Lowfish again uses vintage technology and analog skills to make music that fans of Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Giorgio Moroder, Aphex Twin or Modeselektor will no doubt enjoy. Sometimes dark, sometimes poppy, always innovative, Lowfish has got the goods.
