Fresh from Dead Fly Recordings comes the mysterious Xevious Cuboid's Cityscapes, complete with Blade Runner-esque artwork. The album strikes a happy balance between stargazing, brooding electronica, and more playful, often heavy techno.
There are real moments of beauty in the former; 'Song For Zero' pulsates along on a simple yet satisfying bassline and enchanting lead before a swathe of melody washes over the final minute. A smooth arpeggiated guitar sound leads 'Song For Booniums', which accompanies a nice snappy drum beat. 'Dolphin Soup' has a great Acid vibe with swirling pads and dissonant bass swells.
Of the more playful side of the album, tracks like 'Twilight Racer' certainly sound like the title suggests, evoking real Tron-like imagery (and more accurately than Daft Punk's recent soundtrack at that). 'Toe Jam Football' could easily be the soundtrack to a shelved Sega classic, and houses a splendid drum solo in the mid-section.
The impressive thing about 'Cityscapes' is the attention to detail throughout. Indeed, the inclusion of a Yellow Magic Orchestra cover points to a passion analogue equipment and stereo field experimentation, which makes for a very satisfying listen.

Greetings and welcome to the "all downloadable" BigKiv archive! As I have recently upgraded to the Sybot  known as Xevious Cuboid, Mrs BigKiv insisted I prepare this vault of old stuffs. 
This page features all of my work (good and bad!) from 1992 up to around 2005, being updated regularly. 
It was a turbulent journey to get from the beauty of  "Flatulent Opulence" to  the depressing statement that is "Machoman" and I hope this page will give a snapshot of my development as a thingy. Have a rummage around and don't be shy to try random tracks - it's not all gloomy M1 electro ya know. As a heckler once shouted at me "there's a danger of too much variety if you're not careful!" Please bear in mind that a lot of these recordings have been ripped from tape so the quality may be "questionable"...

Anyhoos,  feel free to join the Facebook page and comment and I hope y'all enjoy the tunes, me eld bum chummages.

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