The M Machine’s Metropolis Part II EP Review, a cerebral approach to electronic music
The San Francisco-based group, The M Machine, created from the remnants of Pance Party have served up inventive productions since they first appeared in mid-2011 with a mysterious teaser video dubbed "Metropolis." The group's latest outing takes their prog-electronica style and extends the ambiance over a 6-track EP that is bursting at the seams with lush soundscapes and chilling vocal cuts. More than just an EP, Metropolis Part II is a concept album at its heart, set in an alternate reality and framed by pragmatic art direction and the group's digital liner notes. While many producer's create tracks solely for the dancefloor, The M Machine takes the more cerebral approach, developing a narrative through synthetic distortion.