With all the buzz, both positive and negative, about AI, this seems timely. Jackson discovered a synthesizer function called "Natalie" that simulates a human voice. As he put it, you tell it the notes and lyrics you want to use, and it will "sing" the song. That's the simplest angle of it, but he tweaked and played with it from there. Then he wrote songs that are lyrically speaking for an AI. The music is often synthetic in texture, too. It's an intriguing combination that makes for an album that's unusual, intriguing and entertaining. Now, this comes with a CD and a Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray is an audio, rather than video, disc, featuring several audio configurations of the album. Since the songs are the same throughout, I've just done one set of track reviews here.

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More organic and rock related, this has some great prog vibes at play. This is a great prog piece that is moody, but also so interesting.

There is a sad sort of feeling to this. The cut is rather stripped back, and the vocals feel electronic. This is tastefully odd and very much art music.

Here we have more of a mainstream prog rocking tune. It gets some rather funky guitar later, but still works within a progressive rock template. There are some hints of world music at times, too. This is one of my favorite tracks here. It's so cool. There are some symphonic vibes later in the piece.

Coming in trippy and rather freaky, this has some psychedelia and space rock vibes merged with art rock. This builds out in dramatic and powerful ways. There is a creepiness to it, but also a lot of magic. This dissolves into trippy space at the end.

The rhythm section is prominent as this gets going. The track has a cool moody prog vibe at play. There is a cool rock groove at the heart of this. It's one of the most mainstream things here. That said, it's still got a twist to the art side. This is also one of my favorite songs here.

There is a noisy art rock vibe at play here. This has hints of King Crimson. Pink Floyd is another valid reference point. There are definitely psychedelic things in the mix. This is freaky, and so cool.

At about ten-and-a-half minutes long, this is the epic of the set. Strange, trippy electronics get it going, and it builds outward from there in a gradual way. Around the two-minute mark a rubbery bass heralds the entrance of a more rocking movement. This has some talk box type vocals at times. The lyrical vocals are pretty. This piece has a lot of great melodic prog at its heart. It's another highlight of the set. It works through several sections and moods and has some rather Pink Floyd like stuff at times.