For some, the foreign sounds of electronic music still pose a threat. But in the right hands, synthesizers and drum machines can breathe with their own life, and the wheezier the relics the better. The Wisdom Of Harry is more organic, and therefore more natural, than most electronic music, in part due to the background of Pete Astor, the band's sole member. A bit late to the digital game, Astor had more than enough experience making music by more conventional means, as a player in classic-era Creation bands The Loft and The Weather Prophets.
Guitars slink in and out of the soundscapes, while canned percussion percolates menacingly.
There's a man pressing all these buttons, not just a machine, and the result is far cooler than chilly. Copyright 2001 Onion, Inc., All rights reserved.