Ingenieria Inversa
I was recently contacted by Ono Sanchez from Mexican band Ingenieria Inversa to see what I thought about his music. A one man band, the music is based around physical science and mechatronic systems, engineering, steel structures, calculum, bio-androids and superior algebra – which all sounds insane to me! Taking inspiration from these aspects of life and putting them into his work, this is a guy whose music is in Spanish, but is that going to be a barrier!
Donde El Eco Pierde Su Voz (Where the Echo Loses His Voice) opens proceedings, fuzzy and disjointed from the outset and not getting any more logical throughout, this is some stuff which is beyond me! The guitar line is fast paced, the drums electronic and the vocals Spanish, I mean this is something which quite simply, I don’t understand – which is a problem. I think there’s something here which could be worked on, but it’s not quite finished if that makes sense, like there needs to be more put into it to pull the whole thing together. Sharing this around I found a differing response coming back, with some people saying it doesn’t work for them, but others commending the work on the musical style which has been adopted. For me, I don’t know if I’m sure – as a track to open a selection there’s a lot going on, so let’s see what follows.
Apuntes Durante el Caos Electromagnetico (Notes for Electromagnetic Chaos) comes up next and initially suggests better things than the opener, this time basing the intro around a sludgy guitar line before bringing in a chaotic lead line – and once again I’m lost. The guitar is fast over the drums which creates a feeling of chaos through things, not really pulling it together at any point during the track and so leaving you with an uncertainty as to what is going on. There’s a cool bit about 2 minutes in where the electronic bass hits a roll and the guitars match it, but otherwise this simply once again doesn’t work as a track, it’s too disjointed for the mainstream. Base de Datos de Andoirde Irina Idonia Alsu (Android Database Irina Idonia) follows on and once again, doesn’t fill me with confidence I’m afraid. There’s a closer link between the timing on this track which is good to hear, but throughout once again there’s a sense that this is a hastily put together track which hasn’t been fully thought through. Again, this is a track which has caused controversy amongst the people I have played it to, with some questioning what it’s about and others talking about the use of diminished and ‘advanced’ scales akin to Michael Romeo from Symphony-X.
Izolda finishes the selection from the band and once again, doesn’t really hit the mark for me. There’s once again a sense of disjointedness throughout which harks to the likes of Aurora by the Foo Fighters initially, before returning to the more technical scale set up again. I genuinely just don’t understand this or know what is going on. The lyrics are spoken this time which suggests this is more of a heartfelt track, but the language barrier is one which prevents me from knowing for sure. As a track, the use of different methods of playing would be further enhanced by more musicians behind him as the electronic backing simply doesn’t do the track as a whole justice.
This has been one of those moments which I wasn’t sure about how to deal with at first. Simply, I don’t understand the music as it’s a little beyond me, but then I spoke to some other musicians about it. One in particular told me that to fully understand it, I had to shut off my rock ears and listen to it as a piece of music – something I’ve tried to do over the last few days. There’s a lot of technical ability on display here but I can’t help but feel that it’s a little let down by the lack of live recording behind the front instruments. With some live drums and bass, this would take on a whole new feeling and would probably work better, something I will listen to again once it’s done!
In all – I don’t know if this is for me - but I'm sure there are people out there who will get on with it.
Check out for yourself at: http://www.youtube.com/user/sanchezrockproject?feature=mhee#p/u/0/J5ywVOIDaXc and if you feel different to me, let me know!
Donde El Eco Pierde Su Voz (Where the Echo Loses His Voice) opens proceedings, fuzzy and disjointed from the outset and not getting any more logical throughout, this is some stuff which is beyond me! The guitar line is fast paced, the drums electronic and the vocals Spanish, I mean this is something which quite simply, I don’t understand – which is a problem. I think there’s something here which could be worked on, but it’s not quite finished if that makes sense, like there needs to be more put into it to pull the whole thing together. Sharing this around I found a differing response coming back, with some people saying it doesn’t work for them, but others commending the work on the musical style which has been adopted. For me, I don’t know if I’m sure – as a track to open a selection there’s a lot going on, so let’s see what follows.
Apuntes Durante el Caos Electromagnetico (Notes for Electromagnetic Chaos) comes up next and initially suggests better things than the opener, this time basing the intro around a sludgy guitar line before bringing in a chaotic lead line – and once again I’m lost. The guitar is fast over the drums which creates a feeling of chaos through things, not really pulling it together at any point during the track and so leaving you with an uncertainty as to what is going on. There’s a cool bit about 2 minutes in where the electronic bass hits a roll and the guitars match it, but otherwise this simply once again doesn’t work as a track, it’s too disjointed for the mainstream. Base de Datos de Andoirde Irina Idonia Alsu (Android Database Irina Idonia) follows on and once again, doesn’t fill me with confidence I’m afraid. There’s a closer link between the timing on this track which is good to hear, but throughout once again there’s a sense that this is a hastily put together track which hasn’t been fully thought through. Again, this is a track which has caused controversy amongst the people I have played it to, with some questioning what it’s about and others talking about the use of diminished and ‘advanced’ scales akin to Michael Romeo from Symphony-X.
Izolda finishes the selection from the band and once again, doesn’t really hit the mark for me. There’s once again a sense of disjointedness throughout which harks to the likes of Aurora by the Foo Fighters initially, before returning to the more technical scale set up again. I genuinely just don’t understand this or know what is going on. The lyrics are spoken this time which suggests this is more of a heartfelt track, but the language barrier is one which prevents me from knowing for sure. As a track, the use of different methods of playing would be further enhanced by more musicians behind him as the electronic backing simply doesn’t do the track as a whole justice.
This has been one of those moments which I wasn’t sure about how to deal with at first. Simply, I don’t understand the music as it’s a little beyond me, but then I spoke to some other musicians about it. One in particular told me that to fully understand it, I had to shut off my rock ears and listen to it as a piece of music – something I’ve tried to do over the last few days. There’s a lot of technical ability on display here but I can’t help but feel that it’s a little let down by the lack of live recording behind the front instruments. With some live drums and bass, this would take on a whole new feeling and would probably work better, something I will listen to again once it’s done!
In all – I don’t know if this is for me - but I'm sure there are people out there who will get on with it.
Check out for yourself at: http://www.youtube.com/user/sanchezrockproject?feature=mhee#p/u/0/J5ywVOIDaXc and if you feel different to me, let me know!