Review of CREON's Build Your Own Thanatron by Steve Marlow of Do Not Touch This Amp

    "Dark creepy proto-industrial from the Maritimes. Corey Graves is the man behind Creon, a sound I haven’t heard since I first tuned into Frontline Assembly. Filled with obscure samples and droning, ominous electronics, Creon’s influences are clearly from the earliest days of industrial music. The feel of Cabaret Voltaire, Einstruzende Neubauten and early Front 242 is all over this disk. I love this stuff! This reminds me of how powerful industrial music can be, or was, before Trent Reznor butchered it seven years ago. Another great Canadian indy act, get this if you can!"

Review of CREON's Theta Waves by Maurizio Pustianaz of Italy's Chain DLK

    "This is cold and kinda spacial music coming from Canada: C.S. presents in THETA WAVES seventeen melancholic tracks based on analog synth sounds. Look at the cover and you'll get the sensations this music could give you, but despite the frozen trees of the cover, songs like Frost, Dream Waves and May Is Green (which gave me a sensation of light happiness: something indefinible that make you smile gently) are little moments which make me think about the old Jean Michel Jarre songs (you know, things like "Oxigen" or "Magnetic Fields") even if Creon tracks are more "light" and kinda floating. Sometimes the tracks seems to be improvisations and are a sort of sensations' soundtrack also influenced by oriental melodies (like on Blankets for example). The title is indicative of the dreamy sensation this music produces and for sure this CD is for a relaxed listening because of the peculiar sounds. The tracks are a bit similar because for the sounds used, but experimenting a little bit more could give best results to Creon tracks."

Review of Gary Flanagan: Dressed in Black by Steve Marlow of Do Not Touch This Amp

    "Gary Flanagan, creator of the Nightwaves ‘zine, has no shortage of talent. Dressed in Black is a disk of "experimental" material, but I’m not sure exactly what that label is supposed to mean. This disk is full of straight-on, mostly minimal electronics, drawing influences from all over the board. Flanagan is a synth-pop artist with a strong passion for the classic late-70s and 80s stuff, and there is no shortage of that material here. He does so bang on OMD tunes ("January Jones"), Kraftwerk ("Transcontinental") and Zoviet France style drone-noodling ("Shortwave"). A lot of the material stays upbeat and poppy. In fact, the darker numbers just don’t work. "The Slaughtered Calf" sounds like something Bauhaus left on the cutting room floor. If you like your electronics filtered through a truly gifted pop sensibility, then this disk is for you. Hell, this is better than his first disk. Grab it and buy it!"

Review of Gary Flanagan: Dressed in Black by Dave Richards of Lexicon Magazine

    "Gary's strongest release yet, and also his most diverse. Collecting 19 "uncommercial" tracks from the past five years, Gary gave the light of day to the many sides os his musical personality beyond his reinterpretation of 1981.
    In spots this is rougher than either Anthems or Another Coin, but I think that is part of the charm. The stand out track is "Dancefloor Narcotic" which sounds like something the Normal might have done, if they were the B-52's (minus the misses). And I find Dr. Funkenheimer a fascinating bit of um, well, whatever it is. Not entirely PC, but not really offensive, it is a fascinating bit of, um, okay, I already said that.
    Creon, the guy behind Eleven Wave, offers his remix of another great track "Benzadrine" to close the set.
    For those who find Gary's other work a little twee (and if you do that's your own damn problem) wil like this slightly darker version of New Brunswick's synthpop mster. Recording contains no fiddles."

Review of Gary Flanagan: Dressed in Black by Maurizio Pustianaz of Italy's Chain DLK

    "Ever wanted to discover the weird side of this website most famous Canadian musician? Well, thanks to C. S. Graves and its Eleven Wave Recordings now you can, because DRESSED IN BLACK contains some of the demos Gary recorded before releasing his two albums for Ninthwave. This huge collection of nineteen tracks (the last one is a Creon version of Benzadrine, which is a particular instrumental song very scary) will make you discover a different side of Gary's personal musical tastes and you will discover what influenced his music so deeply. You'll hear echoes of the early Heaven 17, the early experimentalism of the Human League as well as the synthpop touch of the Images In Vogue. Why don't please your ears with: the old fashioned Up The Tempo, the alien approach of Deus Mechano, the 80's dark atmospheres of The Book, the kraftey Cruise Control, etc. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a mere copy of the bands I named just before: Mr Flanagan is playing his music and by listening this CD you'll realize how he's original! This is a CD every real 80's lover should get and all my thanks goes to C.S. to make us discover all this!"

Review of Nightwaves: the Compilation Vol. 1 by Mike Parker, appearing in Here magazine Nov. 17-30:

    "Fifteen tracks of locally produced synthesized and new wave experimental electronic music, Nightwaves is not a CD for the faint of heart. Only a brave person confident of their musical tastes and with a strong musical stomach could consume what is arguably a radical departure from Irish fiddle shite popular in this god-forsaken city.
    "Produced by techno-wizards Gary Flanagan and C.S. Graves - two of the most original and determined artists ever to crop up on the Saint John scene - Nightwaves introduces the world to such sound artists as Creon, Art Damage and Andrew Duke.
"Meant to be a companion piece to Flanagan's 'zine of the same name, Nightwaves is a surprising little hello to what could be called "cinema of the ear" - experimental, synthesizer-based electronic music intended to evoke ambiance and feelings through the creative and unusual use of sound.
    "What shocked me is that each of these 11 artists featured is from the Maritimes. Frankly it is difficult to imagine an area of Canada long associated with cod fish and UI checks producing music usually found in East German nightclubs owned by guys named Gunter. I'm not complaining, I love this CD simply because it's so unusual.
    "Fans of Kraftwork or Depeche Mode will recognize the influence of synthized-beats to create a driving sense of rhythm and bass.
    "But be warned now - pop this CD into your stereo and you will be overwhelmed with feelings of alienation, joy and sadness to name but a few."

Review of Nightwaves by Maurizio Pustianaz of Italy's Chain DLK

    "If you read my Gary Flanagan's interview and review you probably heard about "Nightwaves", his fanzine dedicated to the 80's. Well, this CD is an ideal extension of the fanzine and presents nine Canadian projects: Andrew Duke (his track is static with only a drum loop and some bleeps and scratches. I have to listen more to make my own opinion), Art Damage (two very interesting tracks of intelligent ambient industrial sperimentation), Assface (rhythm and guitar decontruction) , Ribcage (as for The End Of Time and Assface, which are Rob Patey's projects, Ribcage reveals other sides of Rob's craziness), The End Of Time( one minute of track with crazy frequencies and drums), Creon (two good spatial tunes: a middle way through synthpop end experimentation), Gary Flanagan (Gary is here present with two spacey particular unreleased tracks: Hyperspace and Goodbye Part 2), Infinite Density (here with two tracks of rhythmic experimentation with electro and Scorn influences) and The Void (solo project of Joshua Darrell with an interesting electro tense track picked up from his album "Ohm Is Where The Art Is"). Discover the new Canadian music!"