Named for the dystopian city in Akira, "Neo Tokyo" opens the album in typical Perturbator fashion: Heavy cyberpunk synths deliver savage four-on-the-floors with soaring Gothic melodies. This is where Kent excels, for sure, but here, his sense of texture and composition gives more weight to the finer details. Crank the bass and there's something truly disorienting about those subs, which in lesser hands might just be noise. After a glitching break, a tonal shift occurs that breaks up the darkness for just the briefest moment before giving way to cacophonous strings. Kent's melody is truly woven into "Neo Tokyo" in a way he hasn't attempted before, showing the contrast of its shimmering beauty against an industrial wasteland.
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