Mass Manipulation is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Rezz. It was released on August 4, 2017, through Canadian record label Mau5trap. The album was released with four singles, a music video, and a world tour and gathered generally positive reviews. The album peaked at number 16 on the US BillboardDance/Electronic Albums chart on release. In 2018, Mass Manipulation won Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards.
The album plays off of the idea of how heavily people consume through the media, curating how people think and dictating how people are supposed to live and behave. Its style has been described by online critics as inspired by science fiction and as the album's genre as 'industrial bass', 'dark house', and 'alien bass'. To promote the release of the album four singles were each released a week apart and an eponymous comic book was published a month after the release of the album.
Rezz said that the inspiration for the album was "the current state of society and how easily some can be manipulated". When asked about her influences, she stated:
"We consume heavily through the media, which, in turn, tries to curate our thoughts and dictate how we as humans are supposed to live and behave. This album plays off this idea and invites people to become hypnotized, allowing their brains to be manipulated by my music in the hope they might see things through a new perspective (perhaps an outer world viewpoint). One where everyone is free from the unrealistic expectations planet earth has drawn for them. A world of acceptance and hypnosis."
— Rezz talking about the influences on her production of the album[1]
To promote Mass Manipulation, the album's four singles were released on the Friday of each week preceding its release.[2] Its lead single, "Relax", was released on July 7, 2017,[3] "Diluted Brains" on July 14,[4] "Premonition" on July 21,[5] and "Drugs!" on July 28.[6] On August 4, 2017, the album was released exclusively as a digital download on international digital stores through Mau5trap.[7]
After the album's official release, Rezz began her Mass Manipulation World Tour on September 2, 2017.[8] The tour began in The United States before heading into Asia, heading back into The United States before heading to Europe on November 22, with the tour concluding in Australia on January 4, 2018. It received support from various artists including BlackGummy, Bleep Bloop, Crywolf, Drezo, Dr. Fresch, Electric Mantis, Eprom, Haywyre, K?d, Mad Zach, No Mana, The M Machine, and Zeke Beats.[1][9]
To further promote the album's release, music videos for the first and third singles, "Relax" and "Premonition", were released on July 7 and 21, respectively, through Rezz's YouTube channel.[10][11] In September 2017, Rezz unveiled a 60-page comic book with the same name as the album and illustrated by Luis Colindres, who had previously animated the music video for "Premonition" and who had previously designed cover art for Rezz. The comic book follows Rezz as she arrives on Earth from Neptune, hypnotizing the people of Earth with her music.[11][5]
Critical reception
Rezz – "Relax"
Various terms such as 'industrial bass', 'dark house' and 'alien bass' have been used to describe Rezz's subgenre of focus.[12]
Mass Manipulation was well received by most critics. Writing for Billboard, Bryan Dellosa described the album as a sickly sci-fi journey and as an aural exploration, writing that there is "an ever-present sense of something sinister, like some monster lurking just on the periphery of your vision."[13] Reid Golden of Noiseporn wrote that Rezz had procured a sound that hadn't been exercised by anyone else, calling Rezz's signature song structure genius and saying that "there's a reason it worked so well for her."[12]EDM Identity's Tim Goth noted that although many of the tracks sounded similar and none of the tracks stood out, he felt that the album flowed together well and was easy to listen to repeatedly.[14] Writing for We Rave You, Andy Hackbarth praised the album, calling it a "pure masterpiece" and writing that the album exemplifies her "techno and bass blends that few artists can match."[15]Nest HQ's Molly Hankins noted that the album had an overall feeling of "something ominous lurking around every corner", writing that the album had revealed the "full capacity and scope" of Rezz's style.[16] Will McCarthy of Dancing Astronaut wrote that the album had put forth her "innate, authentic sound with greater strength and clarity than ever before in her career."[17]
Billboard placed the song "Drugs!" as the 38th best Dance/Electronic Songs of 2017.[18]Dancing Astronaut listed Rezz's Mass Manipulation Tour as one of the top five electronic music tours of 2017.[19] On February 7, 2018, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for its 46th annual edition of the Juno Awards, among which it, was announced that Mass Manipulation was nominated for "Electronic Album of the Year".[20] On March 25, it was announced that Rezz had beat out Blue Hawaii, CRi, Dabin and Kid Koala to win the award.[21]
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^Harcourt, Ryan (July 28, 2017). "Rezz x 13 - DRUGS! - EDMTunes". EDMTunes. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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^Jacobs, Stevo (July 11, 2017). "REZZ Announces Mass Manipulation World Tour Dates and Locations". EDM Sauce. from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
^ Bein, Kat (July 7, 2017). "REZZ Hypnotizes on 'Relax,' Announces Star-Studded Mass Manipulation Tour With The M Machine, Crywolf, No Mana, and More". Billboard. from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
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^ abPowell, Karlie (September 27, 2017). "Rezz Shows Us What Neptune Is Like In Psychedelic Music Video". Your EDM. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ abGolden, Reid (August 7, 2017). "REZZ Releases Unholy Beast of a Debut Album, 'Mass Manipulation'". Noiseporn. from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
^Bein, Kat (August 4, 2017). "REZZ' 'Mass Manipulation' Is a Sinister World of Sci-Fi Sounds: Listen". Billboard. from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
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^ "deadmau5's protégé REZZ drops epic debut album "Mass Manipulation" [Full Review]". We Rave You. August 5, 2017. from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
^Hankins, Molly (August 4, 2017). "REZZ's Fantastically Spooky Debut Album 'Mass Manipulation' Is Out Now - NEST HQ". Nest HQ. from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^McCarthy, Will (August 4, 2017). "REZZ flouts convention and asserts her musical dominance in 'Mass Manipulation' [Interview + Album Review] - Dancing Astronaut". Dancing Astronaut. from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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^"Dancing Astronaut celebrates the top five tours of 2017". Dancing Astronaut. December 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
^ Fleisher, Grace (February 7, 2018). "Here are the dance nominations for the 2018 JUNO Awards". Dancing Astronaut. from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
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^ abc "Rezz - Chart History". Billboard. from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
^ McIntyre, Hugh (March 26, 2018). "Shawn Mendes And Gord Downie Top The 2018 Juno Award Winners List". Forbes. from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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^Meadow, Matthew (October 6, 2017). "Cop Rezz's Debut Album on Super Limited Edition Vinyl or CD (Almost Sold Out)". Your EDM. from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
August 23, 2023
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Mass Manipulation is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Rezz It was released on August 4 2017 through Canadian record label Mau5trap The album was released with four singles a music video and a world tour and gathered generally positive reviews The album peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Dance Electronic Albums chart on release In 2018 Mass Manipulation won Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards Mass ManipulationStudio album by RezzReleasedAugust 4 2017Recorded2016 2017GenreElectronicLength27 38LabelMau5trapProducerIsabelle RezazadehRezz chronologyMass Manipulation 2017 Certain Kind of Magic 2018 Singles from Mass Manipulation Relax Released July 7 2017 Diluted Brains Released July 14 2017 Premonition Released July 21 2017 Drugs Released July 28 2017The album plays off of the idea of how heavily people consume through the media curating how people think and dictating how people are supposed to live and behave Its style has been described by online critics as inspired by science fiction and as the album s genre as industrial bass dark house and alien bass To promote the release of the album four singles were each released a week apart and an eponymous comic book was published a month after the release of the album Contents 1 Background and release 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 5 Awards 6 Release history 7 ReferencesBackground and release EditRezz said that the inspiration for the album was the current state of society and how easily some can be manipulated When asked about her influences she stated We consume heavily through the media which in turn tries to curate our thoughts and dictate how we as humans are supposed to live and behave This album plays off this idea and invites people to become hypnotized allowing their brains to be manipulated by my music in the hope they might see things through a new perspective perhaps an outer world viewpoint One where everyone is free from the unrealistic expectations planet earth has drawn for them A world of acceptance and hypnosis Rezz talking about the influences on her production of the album 1 To promote Mass Manipulation the album s four singles were released on the Friday of each week preceding its release 2 Its lead single Relax was released on July 7 2017 3 Diluted Brains on July 14 4 Premonition on July 21 5 and Drugs on July 28 6 On August 4 2017 the album was released exclusively as a digital download on international digital stores through Mau5trap 7 After the album s official release Rezz began her Mass Manipulation World Tour on September 2 2017 8 The tour began in The United States before heading into Asia heading back into The United States before heading to Europe on November 22 with the tour concluding in Australia on January 4 2018 It received support from various artists including BlackGummy Bleep Bloop Crywolf Drezo Dr Fresch Electric Mantis Eprom Haywyre K d Mad Zach No Mana The M Machine and Zeke Beats 1 9 To further promote the album s release music videos for the first and third singles Relax and Premonition were released on July 7 and 21 respectively through Rezz s YouTube channel 10 11 In September 2017 Rezz unveiled a 60 page comic book with the same name as the album and illustrated by Luis Colindres who had previously animated the music video for Premonition and who had previously designed cover art for Rezz The comic book follows Rezz as she arrives on Earth from Neptune hypnotizing the people of Earth with her music 11 5 Critical reception Edit Rezz Relax source source Various terms such as industrial bass dark house and alien bass have been used to describe Rezz s subgenre of focus 12 Problems playing this file See media help Mass Manipulation was well received by most critics Writing for Billboard Bryan Dellosa described the album as a sickly sci fi journey and as an aural exploration writing that there is an ever present sense of something sinister like some monster lurking just on the periphery of your vision 13 Reid Golden of Noiseporn wrote that Rezz had procured a sound that hadn t been exercised by anyone else calling Rezz s signature song structure genius and saying that there s a reason it worked so well for her 12 EDM Identity s Tim Goth noted that although many of the tracks sounded similar and none of the tracks stood out he felt that the album flowed together well and was easy to listen to repeatedly 14 Writing for We Rave You Andy Hackbarth praised the album calling it a pure masterpiece and writing that the album exemplifies her techno and bass blends that few artists can match 15 Nest HQ s Molly Hankins noted that the album had an overall feeling of something ominous lurking around every corner writing that the album had revealed the full capacity and scope of Rezz s style 16 Will McCarthy of Dancing Astronaut wrote that the album had put forth her innate authentic sound with greater strength and clarity than ever before in her career 17 Billboard placed the song Drugs as the 38th best Dance Electronic Songs of 2017 18 Dancing Astronaut listed Rezz s Mass Manipulation Tour as one of the top five electronic music tours of 2017 19 On February 7 2018 The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for its 46th annual edition of the Juno Awards among which it was announced that Mass Manipulation was nominated for Electronic Album of the Year 20 On March 25 it was announced that Rezz had beat out Blue Hawaii CRi Dabin and Kid Koala to win the award 21 Track listing EditNo TitleLength1 Relax 3 342 Diluted Brains 4 073 Premonition with knodis 4 344 Drugs with 13 3 175 Livid 3 126 Green Gusher 2 577 Synesthesia 3 098 Ascension with Kotek 3 28Total length 27 38Charts EditChart 2017 PeakpositionUS Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 22 16US Top Heatseekers Billboard 22 14US Independent Albums Billboard 22 30Awards EditYear Organization Award Result Ref 2018 Juno Awards Electronic Album of the Year Won 23 Release history EditCountry Date Format Label Ref Worldwide August 4 2017 2017 08 04 Digital download Mau5trap 24 October 7 2017 2017 10 07 Vinyl 25 December 8 2017 2017 12 08 CDReferences Edit a b REZZ announces Mass Manipulation world tour AXS Archived from the original on August 17 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Iadarola Alexander July 5 2017 The Canadian producer s long awaited record comes out August 4 on deadmau5 s label Thump Vice Archived from the original on August 17 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Hankins Moll July 7 2017 Rezz Shares The First Track Relax Off Her Forthcoming Debut Album Mass Manipulation NEST HQ Nest HQ Retrieved August 19 2018 Meadow Matthew July 13 2017 PREMIERE The 2nd Single From REZZ s Debut Album Is Finally Out Your EDM Archived from the original on October 20 2017 Retrieved August 19 2018 a b Bein Kat September 27 2017 REZZ Unveils 60 Page Mass Manipulation Comic Book amp Hypnotizing Animated Video For Premonition Billboard Archived from the original on September 29 2017 Retrieved August 19 2018 Harcourt Ryan July 28 2017 Rezz x 13 DRUGS EDMTunes EDMTunes Retrieved August 19 2018 Babaoglu Jim August 4 2017 An In Depth Break Down Of Rezz s Mass Manipulation EDM Sauce Archived from the original on August 18 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Jacobs Stevo July 11 2017 REZZ Announces Mass Manipulation World Tour Dates and Locations EDM Sauce Archived from the original on August 17 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Bein Kat July 7 2017 REZZ Hypnotizes on Relax Announces Star Studded Mass Manipulation Tour With The M Machine Crywolf No Mana and More Billboard Archived from the original on November 15 2017 Retrieved February 24 2019 Jow Sydney Megan July 7 2017 Video Premiere Rezz s haunting debut album single Relax Mixmag Archived from the original on October 7 2018 Retrieved February 24 2019 a b Powell Karlie September 27 2017 Rezz Shows Us What Neptune Is Like In Psychedelic Music Video Your EDM Retrieved August 19 2018 a b Golden Reid August 7 2017 REZZ Releases Unholy Beast of a Debut Album Mass Manipulation Noiseporn Archived from the original on August 17 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Bein Kat August 4 2017 REZZ Mass Manipulation Is a Sinister World of Sci Fi Sounds Listen Billboard Archived from the original on August 7 2017 Retrieved August 17 2017 Goth Tim August 13 2017 Album Review REZZ Mass Manipulation EDM Identity Archived from the original on September 24 2017 Retrieved August 19 2018 deadmau5 s protege REZZ drops epic debut album Mass Manipulation Full Review We Rave You August 5 2017 Archived from the original on September 11 2017 Retrieved December 23 2018 Hankins Molly August 4 2017 REZZ s Fantastically Spooky Debut Album Mass Manipulation Is Out Now NEST HQ Nest HQ Archived from the original on August 6 2017 Retrieved August 19 2018 McCarthy Will August 4 2017 REZZ flouts convention and asserts her musical dominance in Mass Manipulation Interview Album Review Dancing Astronaut Dancing Astronaut Archived from 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