Humanfobia x Confield - The Planet is Arrakis
Released: May 28 This latest album from Humanfobia in conjunction with industrial artist Confield is a bizarre, lurid, and exquisite tribute to the original Dune as directed by David Lynch. Even the artwork pays tribute to the era in which the original was produced, even to include that odd half-motion picture DOS-era game that accompanied it. Musically, the album is quite dark and abstract with a lot of odd synth work that varies from elongated soundscapes to noisy pieces of cacophonous mess. All of this strange sound design plays in very well with the vocals as well, which varies as well from unclear and murky vocalizations to clear and accurate reciting of lines from the movie. It feels very surreal and actually quite true to the source material. Some of the pieces seem to stick much closer to the source material while other pieces take looser inspiration. The Planet is Arrakis” feature the most iconic lines from the film including those about the spice. The musical...
