Transparent Illusion - Still Human (1981, U.K.) Minimal Synth

I think of this album as being what Syd Barrett would have recorded had he been born 2 decades later. Transparent Illusion is a one man project by a guy named Roy Young, one man, one synth, one drum machine and a whole lot of amazing music. The melodies here are everything, perfect little ditties, there are no weak songs here just 12 solid songs full of uplifting yet depressing synth music. The music itself is a super simple distant sounding drum beat, a fat Korg MS-20 sound playing harmonies and melodies and distant out of tune drunken englishman vocals. With albums like these though it is the characteristic simplicity that makes it have such a great impact, there is no missing the point, no overlooking anything and you can develop a full appreciation of the sound very quickly and easily. As a result virtually overnight it became one of my favourites, this one is easy to recommend because it is so easy to get into and so good at the same time.

Tracklisting:

1 Sections
2 Incubus
3 Nuclear Release
4 Killing Time
5 The Age Of Ridicule
6 Malice Way
7 Demented
8 The Human Cage (Still Human)
9 We
10 I Dream I'm You
11 Is There Hope
12 Vortex

Download Here: (Transparent Illusion - Still Human, 128kbps - sorry!)