CHAOS AS SHELTER - MIDNIGHT PRAYER/ILLUSION (Crowd Control Activities - 2001): Really interesting work of this band from Israel fomed by Vadim Gusis, who is the brain behind this project, helped by Vera Agnivolok (guitara in the song "Dream") and Elena Blinder (vocals on "No More Suffering") . This release consists in two CDs, one called "Midnight Prayer" full with ambient parts and full also of synthesized sounds (listen for example "Dead Sea Song" or "Et Filii (Jesus The Swordfish)" to see what I am talking about) centered in a religious thematic (I think that Vadim could explain this better), and the second "Illusion", that is maybe a little bit more accesible (not too much) and spins around the two parts of the song that gives name to the record. This second CD is also full of synthesized sounds and the experimentation is a constant. Favorite tracks: "Et Filii…", "Et Spiritus Sancti (the Gipsy Judgement 2)" from "Midnight Prayer" and "Get Back !", "No More Suffering" and "Lullaby for the Wind" from "Illusions". Contact: crowded@relapse.com
