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Neon Golden was a long time coming, as the band’s members have been preoccupied with side projects. Gretschmann also produces left-field electro under the name Console. And Markus Acher plays for Lali Puna, another well known experimental German band...
...Warp label’s most acclaimed artists, Plaid throw all pretensions out the door. Their music is quirky and experimental, even resembling some of the insectile funk and robo-talk that had preceded them. Yet it’s a perfectly logical extension of the Detroit techno, electro and old-school hip-hop that birthed virtually all of today’s electronic music. Every bone-cracking snare, shuffling high-hat and well-timed bass bomb was there for a reason—to loosen the body and spirit and push grooves to newfound heights...
Discriminating techno aficionados like their music fast and intense, sprinkled with sophisticated, layered beats and with almost no lyrics. But electro impresario Luke Slater, who has never been one to abide by mainstream conventions, has something more in mind with his latest album, Alright on Top. Encouraged by the successes of 1997’s Freek Funk and 1999’s Wireless, Slater holed up in the studio for a year. In addition to the typical array of beat machines and computers, Slater made use of vocalist Ricky Barrow, whose moaning voice turns all but two of these dance...
Goddess is not without its dead-ends and irritating re-invented rocker electro-gimmickry. “Dancing in The Starlight” sounds worryingly like Toploader’s cover of “Dancing in The Moonlight.” “Lucky Day” never really gets beyond its spaghetti western premise, despite Jagger’s idiosyncratic approach to vowels, which can turn a single syllable into an entire phrase. Then again, “Everybody Getting High” would probably be unbearable in anyone else’s hands, with its lyrically...
...Aterciopelados Gozo Poderoso (BMG/U.S. Latin) Musical mavericks often reject the past; this Colombian electro-rock duo is dragging its traditions into the present, marinating its songs in South American rhythms, including cumbia (a hot, syncopated dance music) and vallenato (a sweet accordion-led genre). This is an album that edifies even as it enchants...