De/Vision – 13 (Special Edition)

devision_-_13_1000pxA potential candidate for the album of the year 2016

It will be hard for me to write this review without using a super­lat­ive word in almost every sen­tence while talk­ing about the album. Here is a spoil­er: "If you like Synth Pop music then this is a must have album".

Average are most of the songs in the mid-tempo. In addi­tion, they sound very gloomy and ser­i­ous. But for their latest pro­duc­tion, 'De/Vision' has put a lot of energy, lifeblood and unboun­ded cre­ativ­ity on the album '13'.

Full performance in zero seconds

'Who Am I' is a gor­geous open­er and a truly club hit. From the first beats, the song feels right in my chest. The track is full-packed with unique and extraordin­ary elec­tron­ic sounds. The lyr­ics became quickly an ear-worm to me. What an awe­some start for the new album!

The second track con­tin­ues with the 5‑star rat­ing. 'Essence' is a typ­ic­al clas­sic 'De/Vision' Synth Pop song in a superb mod­ern style. It sounds very diverse through the dynam­ic in the loud­ness and speed vari­ation. 'Starchild' comes a bit quieter around the corner. But the song exudes a lot of emo­tion in a really beau­ti­ful way.

'13' seems to be De/Vision's lucky number

De/Vision press photo 2016
De/Vision press photo 2016

An album nearly full of hits. It almost sounds like a "best of" album. We also give the song 'Where's The Light?' full 5 stars. Here you get a dreamy track with heav­enly sound­ing samples.

Followed by anoth­er full rated score song called 'Synchronize'. I guess this will become soon a hot rota­tion club hit. 'Synchronize' is a bril­liant catchy song that cor­res­pond with my syn­apses and con­nects eas­ily with my brain.

We skip the next two won­der­ful tracks to go for­ward to anoth­er high­light of the album '13'. 'Their World' has the poten­tial for a Single to us. The sound comes with a fruity and euphor­ic vibe, while the lyr­ics have a much dark­er twist.

Above-average

The rest of the tracks except the last one are all scored with an incred­ible 4 star rat­ing. As you can see the album '13" is far away from being a mediocre long-play­er. The songs are all very var­ied, they sound con­sist­ent and har­mon­ic and the lyr­ics are all togeth­er at the highest level.

The 'Special Edition' tracks

The last five tracks are only avail­able on the spe­cial edi­tion of '13'. You don't have to worry, these aren't b‑sides! Qualitatively they are valu­able as the album songs. The song 'Transit' is an instru­ment­al track that is the reas­on for the only 2 star rat­ing on the whole album.

Our verdict

The album drew me with the first sounds into the spell. And yes, I'm almost about to say: "That's the best De/Vision album ever!". All songs are super catchy and the samples and effects sounds like from anoth­er world. I just can say: "Buy the album and spread the word. De/Vision's new album '13' is def­in­itely a poten­tial can­did­ate for the Electrozombies album of the year 2016.".

By the way, this album also made it into our art­icle ‘The best Synth Pop and genre-related albums 2016‘. Read now.

Track By Track Rating

De/Vision – 13 (Special Edition)
Who Am I
Essence
Starchild
Where's The Light?
Synchronize
Prisoner
Read Your Mnd
Their World
Gasoline
The Firing Line
No One's Land
You Don't Mean Anything
I'm Your Son
Black And White
Transit
Recommend
Who Am I
Synchronize
Their World
Instrumental
Transit
4.2
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Who Am I
Essence
Starchild
Where's The Light?
Synchronize
Prisoner
Read Your Mnd
Their World
Gasoline
The Firing Line
No One's Land
You Don't Mean Anything
I'm Your Son
Black And White
Transit
Final Score