| Artist: | Roz Vitalis |
| Title: | Painsadist |
| Label: | self produced/MP3.com |
| Length(s): | 37 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 2003 |
| Month of review: | [07/2003] |
| 1) | Painsadist | 10.43 |
| 2) | Visions Of Loving Fire | 4.49 MP3 or RealAudio |
| 3) | Play With Everlasting Fire | 4.15 |
| 4) | Exodus | 5.11 |
| 5) | Miles Inside | 2.03 |
| 6) | Smile Tonight | 2.42 |
| 7) | Painsadist (Ascension DreaMix) | 7.56 |
Most of the following tracks are all not half as long as the opener. The first, Visions Of Loving Fire, opens with beautiful piano playing, a very telling melody and instantly recognizable. Then the music drops away and we get some singing as if an in a very dark, large and empty space. This guy knows how to build an atmosphere and if the melodies are then in order as well, something very good comes out. The melody which dominates the second part of the track has elements of Jobsons Theme Of Secrets, to which the music might sometimes be compared. That is unless the vocals and drums set in. The spoken vocals right here for instance, are somewhat monotone, in Russian and with the repetitive triggered drums remind more of the dark RIO bands.
With Play With Everlasting Fire we continue the RIO line, yet a bit frolic. I expect at any moment Deborah Perry to start singing. This, by the way, is a more repetitive tracks with dissonant elements and keeping the tension up well. Melodically it is somewhat less interesting. The power surges back into the music when wobbly keys and church organ set in. I would have liked that to continue. Now instead we get rather weird horn sounds.
Exodus opens in a tense fashion with repetitive runs of keyboards, high paced and full of foreboding. I guess it is Natalia doing the vocal duties here among all the low percussion. Again, the RIO connection is strong. A busy track full of percussion and estranging synths.
Miles Inside is a rather short one, with occasional wind instruments, and some synths in between. Smile Tonight is a bit lighter, again quite percussive and a bit ehm meditative again. There is something world music like in here. The melodies are less overt on these later tracks.
Painsadist (Ascension DreaMix) is as one would expect a mix of the opener. The opening has some female vocals and the organ builds a church like atmosphere. Then the friendly piano comes in followed by Russian vocals. Then the thematic part returns again, making this song a less dark and brooding one than the original version. Only after five or so minutes does the percussion set in and we are in for some high pitched noises. They continue more or less until the end.