This CD opens up with what I would consider pretty much your standard techno dance song. Repeated vocals, moving beats, and complex rhythms. The first track and at various times throughout the entire CD they really take advantage of the whole stereo speaker concept, sending sounds back and forth between your speakers. I guess thats one cool thing that many techno based bands try to do. I have to be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of this type of stuff, although I'm rather familiar with it. After all I worked in college radio for three years, a market that at times seemed saturated in the whole techno, electronic style of music.
Through my experience with various other groups that would fit into this genre I have to say Aleixa has something going on that helps them to stand apart from the crowd. I would probably attribute that to the fact that they don't base their music on one electronic style, but move around from techno, to industrial, to heavy rock. With their dual female vocals and interesting song composition they will definitely grab your attention, even if you are not really a fan of the style. After hearing this one I can start to see why people can get into this music.
B-
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Decapolis 2000Reviewed by ConradDark industrial with two strong female vocalists. What you have in Aleixa is a lot of programming, huge metal guitars, and super strong female vocalists - all of which are way above average. This kills their previous release. The programming is really complex and deep. There are even horns on this album, real horns, not synthesized ones - whoa. The guitars add that hard edge to the music…HM Magazine #79Reviewed by Doug Van PeltEver since the Stryper tribute album on Flying Tart, this band has slowly but methodically been building underground credibility. The quality vocals of Laurel Snapper meld beautifully with the looping drums and crunchy guitars. A song like "Purge," with its dance loops and techno beat would ordinarily be dismissed as dance or house music were it not for the savagely industro-metal guitars all…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Steven S. BaldwinThe main musical force behind Aleixa, Kevin 131 (don't ask about the numbers), once remarked that his band bore the sound of "Debbie Gibson in a blender." A few years later, Debbie Gibson's star has been eclipsed by even younger, peppier new teen singers. Perhaps these days Kevin 131 is referring to Aleixa as "Britney Spears in a blender." Regardless, this tongue-in-cheek description is, of…Similar sounding releases
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