 In the year 2007 Sven
Friedrich, the singer of Zeraphine and the legendary Dreadful Shadows, brought
his solo project SOLAR FAKE into being. The charismatic frontman, who is
mentioned in several lexica and reference books as the outrider for the
combination of rock and electronics in dark music, lives his penchant for
electronic music with SOLAR FAKE, a pure electro- project.
-- myspace.com/solarfake
| Solar Fake Discography
- Album / CD Reviews |
  2008:
Broken Grid
Track Listing: 01. Hiding memories from the sun
02. Stigmata rain 03. (You think you´re) Radical 04. The shield 05. Creep
06. Her I stand 07. I keep my eyes shut 08. Hero & conqueror 09. Lies 10.
Sometimes 11. Your hell is here 12. I can´t remember
"After the legendary Dreadful Shadows and his current work in
Zeraphine, Sven Friedrich goes solo, doing
everything by himself, realizing a long standing wish of pure electronic. And
surprisingly much versatile! Only provided by keys and synths 'Broken Grid'
offers a wide spectrum of electronic music and emotions. Opening track
Hiding Memories From The Sun immediately emerges as an catchy tune,
stylistically picking up the thread from the last
Dreadful Shadows record 'The Cycle', just in
a pure electronic soundrobe. Only the Atari-like sounding parts at the end of
this song are diminishing the listening pleasure a bit, a little quirk
appearing every now and then in the songs. Rather disturbing Stigmata
Rain gets stuck in your ears with its mesmerizing rhythms, which get broken
through by a much aggressive and distorted singing during the refrains. A
classic loud-quiet combination with its intensive effects. Unequally harsher
(You Think You’re) Radical strikes back; seems like Sven Friedrich
is singing much frustration off his soul in this song. Of course, one will find
many reminiscences to his other work, something you cannot avoid by such a
distinctive voice I guess. But generally speaking in SOLAR FAKE Sven Friedrich
dares to try out everything he likes and want to. He roams through all kind of
electronic fields and skillfully combines different elements without losing
himself in it. On 'Broken Grid' tensions get built up, unloading itself in
energetic dancefloor fillers, forcing up again and ending in the final,
melancholy-draped I Can’t Remember."
-- Dajana, nocturnalhall.de
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