MP3DB.pro - Funker Vogt - Aviator (2CD Limited Edition

Limited edition comes in a digi-pac with a bonus CD!Little over a
year since Funker Vogt released Navigator, they are back in the
cockpit with their follow-up, Aviator. Navigator indicated Funker
Vogt's new direction and Aviator continues that by presenting to
the fans what they have been longing for: 12 brand new tracks for
the dance-floor.

Just as with the previous album, Aviator follows an overall
concept: eventually, through time, memories of history and war
fade away. Starting with the title track and flowing through each
one after, the theme extends throughout the cover artwork,
booklet, and band photos as well. The cover shows an old airplane
and many more are found throughout the booklet, but not as a
whole. Individual pieces are shown to illustrate the ideas of
time, history, decay, aging and abstract ideas through the
details of cracks, peeling paint, and crumbling rivets of these
planes that are rusting away into obscurity and will soon be gone
forever. With their passing, memories will fade into obscurity
(much like the soldiers whose memories are vanishing) and only
pictures will remain without a direct link to the physical
manifestation. All of which symbolically illustrates the subject
matter.

The lyrics deal at least in part or collectively with the theme.
Highlights include: "Blind Rage" (discusses past wars),
oThanatophobiao (deals with the fear to die and finally be
forgotten), oChild Soldierso (kids fighting in wars), oCity of
Darknesso and oBabylono (the dark and gloomy outcome of the end
of the world), and oParalyzedo together with oDarwin?s Nightmareo
(talk about current situations facing humanity). Finally, along
with oMy Fortuneo and oFrozen in Timeo which are more personal in
nature, oHostile Waterso can be seen as the missing link between
oNavigatoro and oAviatoro by alluding to reformation, the
obstacles along the way and the long awaited landing on a new
shore.

A big undertaking went underway to diversify the sound structures
within Aviator. Over all, the album is fast and beat driven, with
more emphasis placed on the sounds and samples to make it a much
more pronounced album. This can be seen with Aviator's club
tracks like "City of Darkness" (136 bpm) or "Paralyzed" (130 bpm)
which are seemingly mid-tempo songs when compared to
"Thanatophobia" (144 bpm), "One" (140 bpm), and "My Fortune" (139
bpm). All in all Aviator comes across as fresher, more aggressive
and diversified than Navigator but still encompasses Funker
Vogt's signature elements. Which is how Funker Vogt should sound
in 2007!