Neuromance
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| Studio album by Dope Stars Inc. | ||||
| Released | August 22, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2003-2005 Subsound Recording Studios, Rome, Italy |
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Industrial metal EBM industrial rock |
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| Length | 59:06 | |||
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Trisol Music Group Metropolis Records |
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| Producer | Thomas Rainer John Fryer Victor Love |
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| Space Junkies Magazine |  |
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Neuromance (stylized as ://Neuromance) is the debut studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. and is also the first project by the band released under the Trisol Music Group label. Lyrically it focuses on traditional cyberpunk beliefs and themes, the album title itself a play on the Cyberpunk classic Neuromancer. Unlike their previous EP, 10,000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures, which was published by Victor Love, Neuromance was produced by Thomas Rainer and John Fryer. The album was released on August 22, 2005, as a Digipak to coincide with the release of the digital download.
Upon release, Neuromance received positive reviews and has sold out of both the standard edition and the two disc Digipak. Critics consistently praised the quick pace of the tracks and aggressive vocals provided by Victor Love. In addition, critics pointed out the tracks "10.000 Watts" and "Theta Titanium" as being some of the best tracks on the album for different reasons. Despite this, opinions on the remix tracks included on the second disc were mixed.
Following the self-produced and distributed EP 10,000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures, Dope Stars Inc. gained a record deal through Trisol Music Group to release two studio albums. Seeing as Trisol contacted the band from hearing the EP, Dope Stars were surprised at gaining a record deal such a short time after being established. Victor Love immediately wrote songs and the band began recording in Subsound Studios in Rome, Italy in early 2004. The band initially planned a spring 2004 release for the album, but recording pushed the release back to 2005. Due to scheduling, some of the album was even recorded at Victor Love's home and mixed later in the studio. Grace Khold worked with Love to create the album art. The recording wrapped up for the album, initially titled "New Breed of Digital Fuckers" before the band changed the title to "Neuromance", in June 2005.
Victor Love claims that he learned much technically from working with producers Thomas Rainer and John Fryer. Love also stated that during recording, the band chose to reorder and improve tracks right until they wrapped up, making the help of the producers essential to recording. In the same interview, Love commented on having to operate a drum machine for recording and how some of the sound creativity is lost when a real drummer is not present. For this, he intended to get a real drummer for live shows only. Also concerning the band's line-up, Love confirmed that Brian Wolfram did not leave the band, but that they chose Alex Vega of Klimt 1918 to replace him. Regarding Vega, Love also replied that "we've finally found our final line up and he contributed a lot for Neuromance even if he joined so late."
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