Frantic Bleep - _Fluctuadmission_
by: Pedro Azevedo (4 out of 5)

With some discs that arrive in my mailbox it's just obvious it's
going to be at least a mildly weird experience, and Frantic Bleep
are one such case. Describing this demo is not easy, as it mixes a
lot of influences with considerable creativity by the band to
produce a varied yet consistently unusual result. The music is never
very extreme and generally hovers towards the experimental, with
sound effects and jagged riffs everywhere, but it can get reasonably
heavy and feature some distorted vocals as well as the more common
clean ones. Some of the guitar and keyboard leads and vocal passages
vaguely bring to my mind present day Arcturus, some others even more
vaguely Solefald or the reasonably obscure Oxiplegatz, without ever
really being close enough for any of these bands to really come
across as a major influence for Frantic Bleep. These Norwegians are
obviously determined to do their own thing and unleash their
creativity. This isn't to say the music is so overly experimental it
will leave you bewildered and confused throughout; in spite of
all, it does remain reasonably focused and chaos never really
takes control. Sound quality, songwriting complexity and technical
execution are all perfectly acceptable for a commercial EP, let
alone a demo; add to that a considerable level of creativity, and
I'm impressed.

Contact: http://www.home.no/franticbleep/