The Billy Von Project - By N.L. Belardes

I was on JR’s site today and read about Billy Von looking for a guitarist. Have you been to his MySpace site? It’s an anthem to the creative mind and what it does as artists search for their place in the creative world… Billy’s got some experimental music going on that’s worth a listen; 4 tracks worth. ‘I am a manSSATW’ is mellow self-reflective, self-judging piece of music that gets a bit Vangelis-sounding as if dragged from the Blade Runner soundtrack. I really like it; very dark and ominous. ‘The 5th that we shared’ is an anthem about man meeting self, getting to understand who we are as people… 'Devil’s Mark' is filled with samples, echoing drumbeats and a keyboard-made groan of various textures. The sampled lyrics remind me of Edward Humes novel, Mean Justice and the molestation case witch hunts that took over the nation in the 1980s (many later overturned). I will leave you to the last song to figure out what it’s all about… definitely a sadistic look at what it’s like when we peer into the darker side of the human experience…

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