Split Vision – Fall of Masses

An analogue view of the loss of control

I love the bal­an­cing act that Split Vision per­forms here: the track ‘Fall of Masses’ from the album ‘Echoes Of A New Spell’ exudes clas­sic synth pop – those ana­logue sounds that imme­di­ately con­jure up images of flick­er­ing CRT mon­it­ors and noisy VHS tapes – but at the same time it nev­er feels out­dated. On the con­trary: the pro­duc­tion is crys­tal clear, the synth pads are rich and finely bal­anced, the beats are dry and modern.

The vocals carry this song in an almost med­it­at­ive way. Harmonious, soft, without chees­iness. For me, there is a cer­tain strength in this calmness. The trans­ition between verse and chor­us is clean and flu­id, but too smooth for my taste – there could have been more tension.

What doesn't quite work for me, how­ever, is the bridge. I would have liked more con­trast, more dra­mat­ic breaks, more cour­age to irrit­ate. The struc­ture remains very homo­gen­eous in the bridge, which doesn't dis­rupt the flow of the song, but didn't really sur­prise me at this point.

Lyrically, Fall of Masses moves in a ter­rain that imme­di­ately grabbed me. "Save the brain of human­ity / for the sake of san­ity" – this is not easy mater­i­al, but it is all the more rel­ev­ant in our time. Between para­noia and loss of con­trol, the lyr­ics paint a pic­ture of mod­ern inform­a­tion overload.

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Lyrics of "Split Vision – Fall of Masses"

Looking thru the glasses
watch­ing fall of the masses
sight is distorted
the news are sorted

How can we control
dir­ec­tions of the whole
Save the brain of humanity
for a sake of a sanity

You need to step it up
you need to speed it up
don´t fall behind
or you will loose your mind

How can we control
dir­ec­tions of the whole
Save the brain of humanity
for a sake of a sanity

Viewing through the lenses
wit­ness­ing their senses
vis­ion is twisted
and the truth resisted

You’ve got to raise the pace
you’ve got to join the race
don’t lag behind
or risk a shattered mind

How can we control
dir­ec­tions of the whole
Save the brain of humanity
for a sake of a sanity

How can we control
dir­ec­tions of the whole
Save the brain of humanity
for a sake of a sanity

How can we control
dir­ec­tions of the whole
Save the brain of humanity
for a sake of a sanity