Mascara & The Present Moment - Stealer (music video)

THE PRESENT MOMENT

Some albums really do need to come with a warning. In the case of The High Road by The Present Moment, it would read a little something like: This album may cause withdrawl symptoms from the slightly dizzying effects of strobe lights; the dusty, lung-filling scent produced by smoke machines and the general heart-palpitation-inducing atmosphere of night clubs. It's true, I'm a few years past the socially acceptable age of clubbing, but I very nearly grabbed my last pair of these and hit the town after listening to this.


Hailing from LA, artist Scott Milton has produced an album that, in terms of musical scope, fairly well epitomises that night club scene, the kind where nary a braindead pop hit is heard and music doesn't just add to the ambience, it is the ambience -- and the people are thriving on it.

The primary forces of The High Road draw on some of the more subversive elements of that scene -- namely dark wave, goth and industrial. Opening with the nicely ominous ARRIVAL, an intro glazed with drone, the tone is set for a slightly jaded, occasionally cynical eye to be cast from the observervational point of a dark corner of the room, while those being observed remain completely oblivious as the beat goes on.

Tracks such as No Pieces Fit and the title track itself, The High Road, lean more towards synth numbers with subdued melodies and energetic rhythms, though things do get a little more sinister and occasionally aggresive. From the murky, droning bass in EMILY, to the outright frustration displayed on THE DAMAGE IS LOVED, where the frantic industrial core drives it to the point vehement despair.
Biografie
http://thepresentmoment.bandcamp.com/
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The Present Moment is Scott Milton
Live Band:
SM- Keys/Vocals/Toms
Isul Kim- Bass/Guitars/Vox
Gspider Drums-Pads


Vinyl Picture Disc-Cd and Cassette available via DESIRE (France)http://desirerecords.bigcartel.com/
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The High Road

Electro-infused gothic new-wave industrial-drone. The Present Moment came out of just that. A moment in time where change was influx and it was a chance to venture into new territories musically. Scott Milton, The Present Moment main man, wanted to start giving birth to the musical ideas inside his head out of the band construct. An ever evolving page where he could start this idea and watch it grows out of intention and into a real living musical organism. For now he choose to create and let the process unfold on its own.


THE TIME IS NOW, THE PRESENT MOMENT.


In the heat of LA under his black hood, Scott Milton, member of bands Catalog and Moodorgan, made a mixture of electro pop music sprinkled with dark glow under the name of The Present Moment.
With influences ranging from the electro-glam sound of bands like Visage, Human League, Heaven 17 to the more industrial beats of Nine Inch Nails, COIL, Ministry and Throbbing Gristle with a haze of gothic rock (early Adam & The Ants, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Alien Sex Fiend), The Present Moment is releasing The High Road, his first full length album. Originally released on the US hype label Disaro as a limited edition CDr, The High Road is now out on desire. This very first pressing is out on limited edition CDr, very limited edition real-to-real cassette and unlimited digital downloads.
The High Road contains 10 tracks penned and produced by Scott Milton with the help of his longtime friend Phillip Muench (The Rorschach Garden, Synpscape) on the title track and The Damage Is Loved. It also includes two great covers: Candy-O, originally written by Ric Ocasek for The Cars and Season Of The Witch written by the English psychedelic troubadour Donovan.

Album Recorded Jan-Mar 2010
Present Moment Studios/ L.A
Mastered by Phillip Muench/Germany
Art direction/Photography: Alexander Binder/Germany
All songs written by Scott Milton
Phillip Muench of Synapscape/ The Rorschach Garden
Synths/Drum Programming on The High Road/The Damage Is Loved
Devin Pinter/Merricks Model-Guitar on LOW DEAD
Thankyou to Robert Disaro for backing this project and giving it a proper release on the Disaro label.
Alexander Binder for his amazing images.
Phillip Muench for who I wouldnt have been able to finish this without his loyalty and hard work.
Hope you enjoy the record.
Scott
April 13th 2010-Echo Park/ L.A

Los Angeles
E-mail
presentmomentelectro@yahoo.com