REVIEW: DTECH05 EVESTUS @ Regenmag.com

http://www.regenmag.com/Reviews-874-Evestus-Wastelands.html

A journey through Wastelands is well worth the trip. No gas mask required!
Evestus didn't let the idea of nuclear holocaust get him down. Instead, he took inspiration from the end of the world as we know it and created his own ode to death and destruction, adding a bit of humor, reverence, and sound clips from the Mad Max franchise. Structured like the memoir of a journey across a vast and desolate wasteland, the listener follows our lone hero as he encounters a strange and hostile new world. In "Intro - Leaving the Vault," heavy beats illustrate the mood and provide a fitting backdrop to the narrative dialogue that explains that the end of the world went exactly as expected. The somber mood continues in the vividly instrumental driven "Reflection," and seemingly Nine Inch Nails inspired "Outdoorsman" as our hero trudges through the heat, wind, and stinging sand toward some semblance of normalcy and civilization. What he finds is a reality in only the most nightmarish sense. The whimsical "Health Guide" inspires images of a deserted saloon where the only movement is a nearly destroyed robotic display, reading off the items necessary for survival in the wastelands. "Thunderdome," while typical of the end of the world fare, avoids becoming trite by keeping the listener fully engaged with industrial beats and surprising orchestrations. Well crafted and executed, Wastelands is a beautiful piece of near future science fiction illustrated through musical imagery and haunting dialogue. Now even the apocalypse has a soundtrack. -Charity VanDeberg

REVIEW: DTECH05 EVESTUS @ Chaindlk.com

http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=2789

From Evestus’s biography: "My biggest influences are Cartoons and videogames... screw that: FALLOUT! FALLOUT 2 changed my freckin life! The world I experienced playing that game is what I’m trying to bring to people through my music! I bring you the newwave of Electronic punk, Post apocalypse pop." That sounds about right. I must admit that I have a special place in my heart for the post-nuclear holocaust genre. I actually remember the drills and having to know where fallout shelters were (yeah, I know that this dates me a bit). The packaging is greatstraight out of 1950’s civil defense propaganda ("duck and cover" and the Civil Defense logo on the CD are nice touches). On to the music. Mad Max movies and other post-apocalyptic sources are heavily sampled in this album. This is beat driven, but if you are looking for hard and fast, you will be disappointed. In fact, "Health Guide – Featuring Stitch" is a nice swing track. "Visions of Before" is nice militaristic neo-classical with snare drum and synthesized strings. "Jet Flight part 2 – Bad Trip" begins with good harsh noisy beats, but then becomes more laid back. Overall, this is difficult to pigeonhole into a particular style, which is often a good thing. There seems to be a bit of everything here. That is not to say that the disc is random and inconsistent. The tracks all work together to make a cohesive whole. The samples also seem to work well with the music, creating a story rather than simply using them as a kind of shortcut as usually happens. This is a good album, but not terribly club friendly if that’s the kind of thing that you’re looking for. This is the first that I had heard from D-Trash or Evestus. So far, so good.
id#2789 Review by: eskaton

[DTRASH068] EVESTUS - Destiny In Life

[DTRASH068] EVESTUS - Destiny In Life
Irreverent and unusual Estonian project EVESTUS gives us this first DTRASH release, armed with a beltload of samples and his tongue in his cheek - An awesome digital rock'n'roll soundtrack of sickbeats, samples and twisted stereo - you'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll change your life!

Genres: Breakcore, IDM, Abstract, Noise, Experimental
Release Date: 2005/5
Length: (47:56)
Track Info: Discogs.com

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