Word: downtempo
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...Alison’s incredible vocals. While “Head First” may not be Goldfrapp’s most innovative or exciting production yet, it’s a near perfect soundtrack for a retro dance party. After Goldfrapp’s sudden detour into a downtempo, folksy, ambient haze on their last album, the ever-changing duo have come back to life. It’s just a little disappointing that this new life is so fervently fixed in the past...
Although Laika’s fourth record seems easy to pigeonhole on first listen, it’s defined by contradictions—an accessible beat-driven album that takes its title from a poem by Poet Laureate Mark Strand; a downtempo album that actually has lyrical content; an electronica album comprised largely of organic instruments. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler even lends wispy guitar sounds to the mix, and with skittering electronic beats complemented by drummer Lou Ciccotelli, Laika seem to move in spheres close to those of their Russian cosmodog namesake...
Regardless, it’s clear that the downtempo rock ballad is Ashcroft’s specialty—and for good reason. Few rock artists can so effectively wield an orchestra as thematic element, and even fewer have (as Ashcroft has done) managed to compose memorable instrumental lines that utterly complement the vocals...
Despite the seven years of work that went into Furious Angels, though, Dougan’s best song is still “Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Mix),” a standout on the soundtrack to The Matrix. The downtempo classic featured a simple but alluring combination of rising strings and hip-hop beats that was immediately recognizable...
...he’s gone on to remix the likes of Depeche Mode and New Order. Queen of the Highway, then, is intended as his claim to fame, or at least musical autonomy. Apparently designed to showcase the breadth of his abilities, it sets mid-tempo guitar numbers and downtempo head-nodders next to the progressive house for which he’s best known...