Computer Soul EP

Stuart Argabright (Ike Yard, Dominatrix, Death Comet Crew) is joined by Black Rain founder member Shinichi Shimokawa as well as more recent recruit Soren Roi and Zanias, vocalist on 2015's Dark Pool (BLACKEST 009CD/LP, 2014), making for the most group-oriented iteration of Black Rain since its earliest days. Sonically too, there is a sense of evolution but also of coming full circle: the cyberpunk techno of Argabright's celebrated William Gibson soundtracks, and extrapolations of Dark Pool's neuromantic yearning cut with glimpses of the thrash and industrial rock energies that animated Black Rain's incendiary live shows in the early '90s.