Comments for Exotic Birds, Equilibrium

This cd represents the original release of Equilibriumon Exotic Birds` own, personal label, Pleasureland, backin 1989. It was re-released one year later on AlphaInternational with the exclusion of track 9 and tracks11-15. For those unfamiliar with Exotic Birds, they`rea synthpop band along the lines of Red Flag and Anything Box, but original enough to be confused withneither.---Good cd.

This one was released on CD and vinyl in 1990. The Exotic Birds included then unknown keyboardist Trent Renzor. As we all know, Trent went on to be the lead man and keyboardist for Nine Inch Nails. All of the sounds on this CD are either light or somewhat epic. It uses a unique variant of your typical early 90s dance pop. I'd group this with Billy Idol - Cyberpunk.... Its got lots of complicated digital FX and some intreicate dance loops in it. The vocals are interesting, and the synthes are pretty amazing. Good album. Sure, most of its dance pop, but a lot of it has enough of an epic feel to put it into its own genre. It uses lots of string and horn samples throughout the album. Note: Renzors work isnt included on Equilibrium, but on the very obscure release in 1988 called "The Bird".

To all the Rolling Stones fans out there: Don't confuse 'The Exotic Birds' with 'The Birds', Ron Wood's first band (around 1964-66). Sadly there are no informations on 'The Birds' on this webpage. So go here: http://www.ronniewood.com/60s.aspx