Christopher
wer Next Projekt
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New pleasure, new pain, a new sound... Mixtures of world music, industrial metal, avant garde art, and Christopher's own unique writing style.
tracks
- 1 Nokturne
- 2 Wakeuplove
- 3 Fall Into It
- 4 Between Love & Lucidity
- 5 Un Joi
- 6 Waiting For Pussy.....willow
- 7 Not There Anymore (for N)
- 8 You're So Sexual
- 9 Concubine Crush Factor 8
- 10 What is Your Threshold For...
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New Album - SMOKE AND ORIGINATION: NOVEMBER 21, 2006
Christopher completes mixing of next album, announces title and tracklisting:
Toronto based solo artist Christopher issued the following release:
'After 5 years, the follow up to "wer Next Projekt" is complete. The follow-up album is called "Smoke and Origination".The mixdown was completed
on June 25th and it is being mastered this week. We're hoping for a late October/Early November release.'
Describing the sound of the album:
'If music had feet, it would kick your ass. But music doesn't. Therefore, you're safe. It's lop sided, it's clumsy, it's a confused bullying child. The best
comparison I can come up with is that it's a "Pet Sounds" style of record. Risks were taken, for better, for worse. Unlike "wer Next Projekt," this isn't an industrial meets world music album. This is a loosely conceptual
piece that has more in common with artists like Porcupine Tree & Opeth.'
Clocking in at just under 70 minutes, Smoke and Origination is an ambitious work for listeners tired of the usual retro-obsessed pap of the mainstream.
'The album is in one key, but this wasn't a conscious effort initially. It didn't take very long to notice that that was to be one of the "themes" of the record. So I went with it. It was a challenge to write a whole album in one key and have it be interesting to hear.'
Tracklisting is as follows:
1. The Summoning Vector
2. This is Your Plague
3. Sunday is Falling Apart
4. The Following Vision Was Staged
5. Spaghetti Terrorist
6. Sharp Knives
7. Frailty Scan
8. Purpose?
9. An Addendum
10. Wraith's Progress
11. Derivative Hearts
12. Again
Christopher released `wer Next Projekt' in 2001. In the interim he has been scoring soundtracks, auditioned to replace JP Leppäluoto in Poisonblack in 2004, and released a mailing list only compilation called `Abandoned in Situ'
in 2006.
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Christopher: wer Next Projekt - By Garry Sharpe-Young
CHRISTOPHER has crafted the soundtrack to a movie no censor board in the world would dare grade. Imagine if 'The Exorcist' & 'Blair Witch' were really as frightening as all the hype…and that's just the trailer. Unquenchable, incurable plagues that stream on solar winds, grains of antimatter that can annihilate whole universes. Are you sitting comfortably? Are you getting the enormity of this yet? Opening track 'Nokturne' is all this and more, certainly not music to play in the vicinity of impressionable masses or along corridors of urine streaked padded cells. Its violent, its truly, unnervingly tribal and far exceeds the rush mere music alone can engender.
'Wakeuplove', submerging into Gothic-Pop, provides a much needed antidote just as the tunnel of white light seems inescapable. From this juncture the album takes on a whole new character, 'Un Joi' is positively pastoral, that until an avalanche of drum n' bass kicks in and simply buries you. 'Waiting For Pussy...Willow' teases the listener between bliss and ominous dread.
CHRISTOPHER has pulled the Industrial genre out of the synthetic, cold digital quagmire it had become embroiled in post NIN and breathed new life into the genre. Indeed, is this 'Industrial' in any sense of the word? It seems criminal to place such a cheap tag on a vital, living (if bloody dangerous) beast such as this. Wailing Eastern vocal influences dominate throughout, interwoven with ethereal choirs. CHRISTOPHER has travelled deeper than the tack bazaars and Gregorian gift shops though offering up some real hardcore, under the counter cultural clashes. 'Wer Next Project' pulses with the raw unforgiving instincts that only the very elite of predators and parasites employ.
A truly remarkable piece of work. One to listen to on a wind swept Skeleton Coast,…when the only hope of life left is in the batteries of your Disc player…
Credit: Garry Sharpe-Young
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Does not disappoint
author: amberzonone of art's finest.
Like a dark angel preparing for war...
There are few bands who seem to be able to mix the dark and the graceful nowadays... you guys seem to do it beyond the point of any compliment. So morbidly tranquil that it seems to make you feel as if your in slow motion.
very strong disc! now where's the sequel?
author: davidicusfinally bought this. more like 4 1/2 stars for me. wanted it for years on the basis of hearing Nokturne, the 17 minute opening opus. film-score or soundtrack metal is hot. i actually think the disc suffers a little from the more vocal, structured songs; i prefer the evolving intrumentals. especially since they tend to be pretty balls-to-the-wall. however, the variety is a plus. anyone who likes the "you're so sexual" stuff may like the Canadian band Tea Party too. i'd love to hear this at a club.
An Exotic Collage of Sounds!
author: Anden LylanThis is some of the most original and provocative music I have ever heard.
Beautiful Dark Music
author: CeruleanFireA wonderful collection of music,every song is superb. I especially reccomend Love and Lucidity....stays with you in your head long after the song ends.
Great dark side of music!!!
author: Keith YanSuper cool and great dark side album!!!Give me strongest feeling that i never try b4!!
Very cool...
author: TimWorth your money, this cd wreaks of creativity. I'm not into dance or techno or any electronic music that much, but christopher takes a very interesting approach to it, and has made me a solid fan. The opening track is enough to earn it 5 stars, it's quite an adventure. Thankfully, the rest of the CD is just as good. BUY THIS NOW
Christopher's 'wer Next Projekt' - Wickedly Powerful Mojo!
author: DeraIn a wickedly powerful, genre of it's own, Christopher's 'wer Next Projekt' awakens primevally fundamental emotions from deep within the human psyche. Imperiously true in beauty, yet feralis in nature, 'wer Next Projekt' takes you to a place that envelops your imagination...like no other. A masterfully recorded primordial, emotional ride you'll never erase from your mind...truly a must share mojo of the new millennium!
Classic yet experimental--best I have heard in ages....
author: AmbrosiaaXoXoWOW!! That is the first thing that comes out of my mouth when I hear this album again and again (it doesn't leave my CD player often). Christopher is a one-man-wonder. All vocal tracks, intruments and mixing is done by him alone. The music is like a roller coaster ride taking you from classical overtones to industrial dance undertones. There is a hint of east-asian ethinic music mixed in as well as a tribal drum beat that flows under the music the whole time. It can make me smile and cry at the same time. It is felt thru a mix of emotions and no words do it justice. Check it out if u are a fan of the 4-AD style music or looking for something new and exciting on the outskirts of gothic-influneced music. U won't be disappointed.
WER NEXT PROJECT IS POWERFULL HEAVY AND DARK
author: PhilWer Next Project is powerfull heavy and dark giving the listener an incredible feeling of love, loss, dispar, anger and hope. When listening to this, one becomes involved as if they are the main charactor in an unforseen intense adventure. The music is theatrical almost like a film score with vocals voices and a diverse range of music from trance to industrial to prog and metal. Influences include Nine Inch Nails and Dream Theater. Personally this music is far better than any act I've seen and hear out there now. The CD begins with Nocturne, a 17 minute epic and the more I listen to this the better it gets. The Production is incredible and the CD spans to over 79 minutes. Personal favorite tracks are Nocturne, Wake up love, Un Joi (for it's compelling beauty with yet the emense feeling of loss), Willow, Your so Sexual (My personal favorite), and the final track What Is Your Threshold For(Which Has lots of kebord work, effects and an ending that is very cool indeed. Anyone can learn to love this music simply mind blowing what this artist does. WELL DONE!