Totakeke is the work of Frank Mokros who hails from New York and records under a host of other names, including Ativ, which had a disc on Inner Demons and Synth-Etik, who released several albums on Hands and Frozen Empire Media (now there's a blast from the past). I really enjoyed Ativ's disc "From Now On," so I was interested to see how this project differed. Let's dive in and see what we have here.

This is one track titled "Subjects of Assimilated Consciousness Vol. 1," but it is broken up into three movements. The first, "Reshapable" is some interesting heavily layered ambient soundscape. But just when you're ready to sink into it, it shifts gears significantly with "In My Image, But Not Me," which is a techno-industrial beat-driven number with an interlude of heavily processed vocals. You could put this in your next DJ rotation and it would fit right in. "Staying Completely Within" shifts gears once again with some spacey, dissonant drone before kicking in with some distorted vocals and a beat over a sparse synth line.

Overall, this is well constructed music that does a good job of showcasing Mokros' versatility as an artist. The three movements fit well together and nothing seems out of place. Well worth picking up if you like rhythmic noise. Now we'll have to wait and see what volume 2 has in store for us. This album weighs in at around 21 minutes and is limited to 42 copies.