Robert Myers: Flow Zen – Music Review

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How do you define silence? Is it actually sitting outside and only hearing the birds, and almost witnessing grass grow?

Is it shutting down your computer, turning off your phone, and being completely unplugged?

Or maybe filling silence with strange and new sounds that flutter and buzz about like an arcade fused with vocals. However you define silence, embracing the flow and Zen in Robert Myers’ Flow Zen takes a new path to harnessing one’s energy.

“Silence (featuring Jenny D)” starts off the CD and bombards the listener with stuttering lyrics amid sweeping beats. Interwoven is a very synthetic music bed. This song has lots of starts and stops. It’s a bit disruptive, especially with Jenny D’s soaring vocals and crisp delivery. About 2:40 the song really hits its stride and the song collides perfectly.

The introduction in track two, “Why,” is a dainty piano display. The mood feels so soft and relaxed. An electronic hiccup or two later, and the mood is transformed. Myers is having on the ‘scratching’ in this track. This track is an interesting concoction, but I couldn’t help but think it was missing lyrics.

“Killer DJ” is the standout track. It has this retro, Fab Freddy vibe going for it, mashed up against some sort of athletic pump-up music. I liked the pace of it and the beats felt much tighter than “Silence.”

“Left Me Here” is another track that incorporates a moving piano bed. This song has lyrics. It’s an interesting – not necessarily easy to follow- dynamic between hip hop and crushing electronic strings that seem to be stretched as thin as they will go. It was difficult, as in “Silence” to not feel like the song kept taking sharp turns.

“Black Ice” felt like quivering (dare I say it, quivering) synthesizers raging battle.

Overall, the package had some interesting twists and turns. Very unexpected. As a listener, the challenge is to stay in the zone.

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Author: Melissa Kucirek