Blatant Propaganda CD:

Gavin Dennet, "BMA (Bands Music Action)" magazine Canberra, Australia, April 1999:

"... an assortment of demos and remixes from 1992 through to 1998. To say that the collection of tracks on offer are excellent would be an understatement ... eclectic ... as the variety of electronic sounds on this is amazing.

EYE is described as "propaganda-laden-industrial-acid-grind"... certainly does have that distinct acid crunch... EYE material borrows from every genre imaginable with chaotic, yet very listenable, results. Each track has a distinct cold, clinical, industrial feel, with layers of sounds ranging from electronica, to acid, to hardcore, to synths.

Combine these elements with the consistent beats, bass sequences, new wave vocals, and cutting-edge sociopolitical lyrics (sounds like a musical thesaurus doesn't it?) and you have one hell of an original and clever CD. It is worth it for the insightful propaganda info. alone!"

Review from Last Sigh magazine, 1999:

"If someone had described this CD to me, I would probably not give it any heed. A lot of vocal samples, poltiically oriented lyrics, a hefty amount of beats, etc. Another FLA clone. Big deal.

But this band is way better than that. Comparing them with almost anyone in the "industrial" scene would be not giving them enough credit.

I consistently found this album (or more appropriately, collection of demos) to be surprising, fun, listenable, and most importantly, interesting. These guys are definitely talented and know how to use their gear.

A fair amount of the disc follows a similar pattern: beats, insane electronics, vocals and some samples here and there. They pull it off EXTREMELY well, especially in such tracks as "blind progress through blind faith" and "kadoish (x3) adonai tseybeyoth." So far my only real complaint, other than the vocals (which weren't really to my liking), is that they used samples from 1984 in the track "Grave New World" -- a play on the novel "Brave New World." Cute, but no cigar. But maybe I'm being retentive to the point of not letting poodle-sized feces out.

Not only can the boys from EYE do dancey industrial crazy-music. They can do noise collage. "room 101" is one of the best tracks I've heard in a while. It's one of those "you must hear it to believe it tracks."

It's followed by "does this look like silence to you?," which is another noisey track, although it seems more focused on vocal samples than the previous.

Also to note is the webpage, which is home to Eye, Aya (I presume a sideproject of the guys from Eye), and Blatant Propaganda.

Blatant Propaganda is basically an alternative information source for more "enlightened" (depending on your defnition of that word), socially conscious people. You'll find material on vivisection, pharmaceuticals, the media, and a host of other topics, with a lot of information that you'd be hardpressed to find anywhere else in such a well-researched, organized manner."

Ian Vaughan, "Revelations" (now called "Flesh & Wire" magazine), issue 2, July 1999:

"This collection of 16 songs from Canberran industrial-acid-grind act "EYE" is rather hard to pin-down. A frantic, frenetic, chaotic mix of songs that defy easy description, given instant recognisability by the consistently cutting socio-political lyrics. Musically complex, with a huge variety of fascinating electronic sounds, explosive, maniacal drum machines assaulting your senses and some of the tightest guitar playing you'll ever hear. Lyrically poignant, funny and thought provoking ... compel you to listen, to experience this unique combination of social conscience and intricate electronica ... Eminently listenable, compulsively danceable, this is music with a message. If you choose to ignore that message, you still have some brilliantly constructed dance music to burn off those calories from your last McDonalds meal"