PRESS!

“BINARIES OF MY MIND, TALKING TO MUCH…I HAD FUN WITH THIS.IT’S NOISE/INDUSTRIAL IN MY OPINION.YOUR SONG MAY SEEM UNLOGICAL BUT I FEEL ONE INSIDE, THESE HASCHED SEQUENCE MAKE A “RELAXING” NOISE MUSIC IN MY HEAD.BUT THIS ISN’T A SONG AT ALL.COOL EXPERIMENT.”
– PPB MENTAL RESEARCH, INTERNETDJ.COM (MAR 17, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “NIGHTWATCH I” A VERY EXPERIMENTAL SOUND TO THIS PRODUCTION, THE PIANO MIXES WELL WITH STRINGS, NOT TOO SURE ON HOW HIGH THE NOTES GO ON THE STRINGS AT THE END OF THE TRACK, MAYBE IF THEY WERE AN OCTAVE LOWER IT WOULD SOUND A BIT LESS HARSH OR SPIKEY, BUT GOOD WORK ANYHOW! ”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 10, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “8-BIT WAR” ITS LIKE 8 BIT GLITCH, BIT OF APHEX TWIN INFLUENCE I RECKON, NOT MY PREFERD GENRE BUT A GOOD JOB PRODUCTION WISE ”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 10, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “THE SPASTIC SYSTEM” MADE ME THINK MY COMPUTER WAS BREAKING OR A VIRUS IS BEING TRANSMITTED TO MY COMPUTER. OOPS, THAT’S NOT JUST THE INTRO. ”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 10, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “NIGHTWATCH I” KWL MUSIC X ”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 10, 2010)

“YOU FUCKING ROCK IMA FEELING THE MUSIC ITS TALKING TO ME KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK”
– NORTHWESTKILLERZ, REVERBNATION.COM (MAR 13, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “NIGHTWATCH III” TAGS: MYSTERIOUS”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 18, 2010)

“LIKE THAT INDUSTRIAL KINDA SOUND A LOT… ”
– DIGITS, GOTSEEN.COM (MAR 11, 2010)

“GREAT TRACKS DUDE!!! NICE ONE!! ”
– JASON, GOTSEEN.COM (MAR 10, 2010)

“SPINUP REVIEWS FOR “NIGHTWATCH III” COMMENTS: WOULD MAKE A GOOD SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER SONG. OR MAYBE PART OF A MOVIE SCORE. ”
– ILIKE.COM (MAR 19, 2010)

“THE NIGHTMARE MACHINE RATING: 8/10 WELL IT FUCKING MADE ME SHIT MY PANTS M8….WELL DARK AND NASTY. WOULD WORK GREAT IN A HORROR FILM OR AS AND INTRO FOR A REALLY DARK INDUSTRIAL TRACK.”
– DJMATTRIX, INTERNETDJ.COM (MAR 21, 2010)

“PERSONAL:KILLING:AGENDA IS A FEATURED ARTIST IN THE APRIL EDITION OF THERE ONLINE MAGAZINE.”
– HTTP://WWW.MUZICNOTEZ.COM/, MUZICNOTEZ THE MAGAZINE (APR 23, 2013)

“WELL, THIS IS AN ODD ONE. PROGRAMMED AND DIGITALLY EDITED, COMPRESSED AND DISTORTED, SEQUENCED AND CHOPPED UP… ITS LIKE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC FOR A VIDEO GAME I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. ITS BACKGROUND NOISE FOR THE WORST MOMENTS OF YOUR LIFE… THEMES SONGS TO EPISODES OF ‘CRIMINAL MINDS’ THAT I HAVE NEVER WATCHED… ITS A SPOOKY ALBUM TO BLAST AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY AFTER THE CROWD IS TIRED OF LISTENING TO THE MISFITS. THIS IS AN ALBUM YOU CANT REALLY PUT ON TO GROOVE ALONG TO… IT ISN’T SOMETHING YOU LISTEN TO, TO ENJOY THE DAY WITH… ITS SOMETHING THAT CREEPS IN FROM BEHIND WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND WARNS YOU OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THIS IS A SOUNDTRACK TO SOMETHING, AND HOLY HELL, IT IS A SPOOKY ONE.”
– CHARLIE J.J. KRUGER, HORROR-PUNKS.COM (MAY 06, 2013)

WELL, I AM ACCUSTOM TO THIS BAND’S PARTICULAR BREED OF ELECTRONIC VIDEO-GAME INSPIRED NOISEY ELECTRO NIGHTMARE JAZZ. AND REALLY PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THAT IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU JUST THROW THIS ALBUM ON EXPECTING SOME FUN PUMPKIN ROCK, WELL… YOU WILL BE CONFUSED, ANNOYED, AND PROBABLY EVEN SHOCKED. THIS ISN’T… NORMAL. THIS IS AN 8BIT VIDEO-GAME ON STEROIDS, WITH A WHOLE LOT OF THE OCCULT, A WHOLE LOT OF DISTORTION, AND A LITTLE TOUCH OF THE UNEXPECTED.

EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS GROUP IS STRONG, SOLID SOUNDTRACK WORK. I WOULD PLAY DOOM 95 TO THIS. NO QUESTION. THIS IS THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR A LATE-NIGHT ROUND OF HEXEN. DARK, BROODING, BEEPING, SHARP, SHRILL, BLUNT, SOUR, SWOLLEN, AND FURIOUS.

SONG LENGTHS ON HERE ARE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL, A FEW OF THE SONGS ARE PRETTY BEEFY CHUNKS OF TIME, BUT THAT IS A GOOD THING, I FEEL. IT SHOWS THAT THIS PROJECT ISN’T JUST ABOUT RINGTONE LENGTH GROOVES AND FRIGHTS, BUT CAN PLAY IN THE MORE 2-3-4 MINUTE RANGE. I AM IMPRESSED WITH THIS DIFFERENCE, AND I HOPE THIS ISN’T THE LAST OF THE PKA ALBUMS TO PLAY WITH LONGER SONG LENGTHS.

RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF THUNDERSTORMS, VIDEO-GAMES, AND THE UNEXPECTED.
– CHARLIE J.J. KRUGER, HTTP://HORROR-PUNKS.COM/ (MAY 31, 2013)

THIS MUSICIAN USES A LOT OF SPECIAL EFFECT SOUNDS WITH A MIXTURE OF RAW, AUTHENTIC HEAVY METAL INSTRUMENTALS. IN THEIR FIRST TRACK, I CAN TELL THAT THEY WERE USING A TURNTABLE. THIS MUSICIAN IS PRETTY MUCH FOCUSING HIS SOUNDS TO THE HEAVY METAL GENRE. HE USES REALLY THICK, HARD DISTORTED GUITAR CHORDS AND LOUD DRUM KITS. 8 BIT WAR SOUNDS REALLY UNIQUE. IT REMINDS ME OF SKRILLEX IN A WAY, AS WELL AS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FIRST GENERATION DIAL UP INTERNET. IT’S VERY EXPERIMENTAL WHICH I REALLY LIKE. YOU GET TO LISTEN TO DIFFERENT SOUNDS THAT YOU’RE NOT USE TO LISTENING TO IN MUSIC. I THINK THE PIECE; “NIGHTMARES” MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PIECE OUT OF THE OTHER THREE. IT SOUNDS REALLY MYSTERIOUS, BUT YOU HAVE A SENSE OF CONSONANCE, WITH A MIXTURE OF DISSONANCE. YOU CAN HEAR SOME HARMONY BEHIND ALL THE DISSONANT SOUNDS. IT’S EXOTIC IN MY OPINION.
KEVINCABANAYAN FROM HTTP://STAMPTHEBAND.COM

THE HORROR-NOISE OUTFIT, PKA IS BACK AGAIN. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED THIS PROJECT, AND MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A SOFT SPOT FOR NOISE/GRATING/GRING-INDUSTRIAL. AS EVER, THE NEW PKA ALBUM IS COLD, MECHANICAL, ELECTRONIC, SAMPLE AND PROCESSOR BASED, AND UNFLINCHINGLY LOUD. WHILE I WENT INTO THIS ALBUM EXPECTING THAT, I WAS SURPRISED BY THE SONG LENGTHS AND THE GENERAL COMPOSITION OF THIS ALBUM. INSTEAD OF SOME OF THE SHORTER BLASTS THAT PKA’S SONGS USUALLY TAKE FORM AS, THIS ALBUM IS FULL OF 4-5 MINUTE SLABS OF PLANNED OUT AND DELICATELY ARRANGED ELECTRONIC FRENZIES. FLOWING AND MORPHING, THESE SONGS ACTUALLY HAVE REFRAINS, CHORUSES, REPEATED ELEMENTS, AND… ALMOST CONVENTIONAL SONG STRUCTURES. I WAS SHOCKED. AND I WAS PLEASED. THIS IS A BIG EVOLUTION IN WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM PKA. THAT ISN’T TO SAY THAT SUCH STRUCTURE HAS NEVER EXISTED IN THE MUSIC, THAT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO SAY, BUT NEVER BEFORE HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO HEAR SO MUCH OF IT. THERE IS A MORE METAL-INDUSTRIAL APPROACH TO THE MUSIC THIS TIME AROUND. AND I AM PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. I WAS ACTUALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THE COMPOSITION AND USE OF A LEAD MELODY IN THE TRACK ‘CODE 10-56A’, THAT I HAD TO LISTEN TO THE SONG TWICE EVEN BEFORE GOING ONTO THE NEXT TRACK. THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS IN THE ENTIRETY OF PKA’S RECORDED OUTPUT. IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT PKA WILL BE GOING IN, I AM HAPPY. HORROR-NOISE JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE.
REVIEWED BY: CHARLIE J.J. KRUGER (HTTP://HORROR-PUNKS.COM/PROFILE/CHARLIEJACKJOSEPHKRUGER)