Cyber City

Released in 2013, Cyber City represents a pivotal moment in Poison's discography, leaning heavily into the 'cyberpunk' aesthetic that was gaining renewed traction in the early 2010s electronic underground. While the artist is based in the Czech Republic, the sound is global and futuristic, drawing on the legacy of industrial pioneers and the melodic sensibilities of 80s film scores. The album is structured with a clear narrative arc, beginning with the 'Switch Off the City' intro and concluding with the 'Hadron' outro, suggesting a journey through a digital ecosystem. Despite the Last.fm tags incorrectly associating the name with the 80s hair metal band, this Poison is a strictly electronic project. The production is characterized by its 'digital clarity' and 'maximalist' approach, utilizing glitch techniques and bit-crushing to simulate data corruption. It stands as a definitive example of dark, high-energy synthwave before the genre became more formulaic in the mid-2010s.