Refrag is a mix of sounds and music style’s, with a classical influence and a kind of alternative ambient crossover with Guitars and sub bass mixed sampled live and dead,

Before I had discovered the world of Soundclick, I found films like 'Independence Day' and 'Mars Attacks!' to be nothing but mere fiction. However, after I came here and heard the Refrag for the first time, I not only believed that it was a possibility, but that it was a certainty and it was about time I started making preparations.

At the start of one of Refrag's more recent tracks, 'Sack Yourself', a manipulated, bellowing voice chants 'Let yourself go', and this seems to be the basic philosophy behind his music. This artist is one of the few who manages to be entirely idiosyncratic while never using the same trick twice. I first heard Refrag in the form of 'Fill O p N Tube', which completely blew me away. My initial thought was that this is what all modern music should be, a brilliant blend of punk, drum n bass, and space aged ambient electronica. Even in my laziest moods, this gets me frantically drumming on the desk, or jumping around my bedroom like a maniac.

What is instantly striking about Refrag's music is that it is about as eclectic as music can be. Drawing influences from classical, jazz, trance, punk, ambient, drum n bass, metal, house, leftfield, IDM, the list could go on and on. This, as far as I'm aware, means that at least some of the music could be enjoyed by round about anybody.

Much of Refrag's work is extremely moody, such as intense synth odyssey of 'Error Occured' or the slower, minimal 'Side Notes'. By contrast, a great amount of the work is more upbeat and fun, such as the short, chirpy 'Reconstructing the Mould' or 'Karangahape Road'. Some of them seem to be made souly for the dancefloor (while still remaining wonderfully original in their own right) such as the classical influenced 'We Don't Need No Stinking Badges' or the afformentioned 'Fill O p N Tube'.

As I said before, there is something here for everybody. Those who like soul music will enjoy the glitchy 'Outside a Fridge', whereas those who like great harmonies will love 'Scop Toe and Lee With Ann', and those who are into ambient soundscapes should enjoy the acoustic 'I'm Just Getting a Cold' or the eerie 'The Day After'.

To conclude, Refrag is an artist who draws influences from just about everything he hears, and turns it into an inventive masterpiece. The space age may not be here yet as Stanley Kubrick once predicted, but I myself am content waiting for it since I have Refrag to keep me going until that day.