Driver Drive Faster (Dylan, Yuri, Peet, David) de Manchester
Debut EP del grup de Manchester d’electropop o el que sigui, estan força be i els remixes molt be
New band Driver Drive faster make a notable entrance with this great single for Lex, equipping themselves with a top notch synth-pop remix courtesy of hotly tipped outfit May68. Taking a more slanted approach, Pariah injects some two-step swing to the track, slicing up the original’s rhythm with satisfyingly askew beats. The outcome at times recalls Thom Yorke in solo mode. The biggest surprise of the bunch has to be the Young Knives remix, which panders to the song beautifully whilst giving it a stirringly epic quality.
The Girl & The Robot (Deadbeat & Plastique) de Nora-Sverige / Berlin-Deutschland
Un altre debut de grup nórdic i el seu minimal electropop, cada cop les clasificacions fan riure mes, tots es una mescla de tot. Te el so nordic, molt fins. I el nom? homenatge a Royksopp ‘The Girl And The Robot’?
Minimal electropop from Sweden. THE GIRL & THE ROBOT unite COVENANT’s elegance with CLIENT’s sexy style, with melancholic tracks like “Howling Winter” also pledging allegiance to the solitary soundscapes of LADYTRON or ROYKSOPP. With remixes by DIE PERLEN and JAVELYNN FATE (the new project of former ASHBURY HEIGHTS stunner Yasmine Uhlin) on board, THE GIRL & THE ROBOT head for the future, entering a new era of the relationship between man and machine.
Atenció a aquest ep debut dels parisencs The Kiwi’s, french-electro-pop-synth, molt be, temes molt bons.
The Kiwi’s “14 Years Old” was released January 30 and is a mixture of dancefloor electro and experimental electronica. I prefer the title track and the alluringly beautiful “Vovenciatra” which is a strange mixture of electro and folk music.
Shy Child (Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith) de New York
Deixant l’electro-rock que els va donar a coneixar, i trobant-se amb el synth-pop, pop electronic amb elegancia, amb molts records del passat i amb un resultat molt bo, amb un so molt particular.
New York duo Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith first gained attention in America’s nu-rave scene, wearing orange hoodies and scoring
a cult hit with jerky 2007 electro-stomper Noise Won’t Stop. However, they seem to have matured, their fourth album delivering a
sound somewhere between the Scissor Sisters’ exhilarating falsetto and the edgier global funk of Remain in Light-era Talking
Heads. On tracks like the terrific Disconnected, Shy Child they reach that elusive collision of dancefloor exhibitionism and existential introspection.
Visage (Steve “Strange” Harrington, Ross Tregenza, Rosie Harris, Sandrine Gouriou, Steven Young) de UK
Recopilatori de Visage, el grup de Steve Strange, tots els seus hits dels 80 i algun remix 2009, …Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey) devenir gris….
After a long absence away from the music industry, VISAGE mark II are about to make a welcome return. Pioneers of the new romantic movement, spearheading bands such as SPANDAU BALLET, DURAN DURAN, DEPECHE MODE, SOFT CELL, etc. VISAGE emerged in early 1979. All the above mentioned played at the very original, innovative night club Blitz where Steve Strange became a very glamorous, yet very strict doorman and Steve`s musician partner Rusty Egan was DJ.
As the new romantic movement was vastly growing in size, Steve was not idle in the music scene as he once sang lead vocals in a power-pop-band THE PHOTONS. He seemed the obvious choice as the lead singer when MIDGE URE and RUSTY EGAN split from THE RICH KIDS, therefore asking Steve to embark on a new music project later to be named VISAGE. After a slow start and a very luke warm reception, their first single release named TAR did not do very well but is now a collective classic.
