The Analog Roland Orchestra – Dinsync – (Pressure Suit)
DMC World Magazine
Michal Matlak, man behind The Analog Roland Orchestra, is not your average synthesizer geek. So great is his love for the firm that he has recently co-authored a book, ‘R is for Roland’, that looks at key instruments from the manufacturer. It is to his credit, then, that ‘Dinsync’ does not sound like a heavily processed album – it lives and breathes, using the potential of its equipment to make some striking music. There are some heavy, murky textures used here that present a darker outlook of the world, and these bring a slight menace to ‘202 Heroes’, with its “destroy” vocal sample, and even more to ‘Safe!’, which reeks of LFO and turns really creepy in the central breakdown 4 minutes in. The heavy, doom laden beats of ‘Burned Earth’ show just how these instruments could do grace and aggression with a flick of the switch – and it is to Matlak’s credit that this album shows not just how amazing Rolands are, but how strong his own sense of musical occasion has become.
