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Showing posts with label mental groove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental groove. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
REVIEW: Sinner DC - Future That Never Happened
8 out of 10
One of the most consistent artists of the past 10 years would have to be Sinner DC. Those who follow this site regularly know EIC has been a long-time fan/supporter of this project. Since 2007's 'Arkle Parkle Avenue' (the album where Sinner DC introduced themselves to computers;), Sinner DC have been on regular repeat around here. For those of you unaware of SDC (shame on you), their sound can best be described as "Post Modern Electronic bliss mixed with washed out guitar sounds, hazy dance beats and sensual vocals. Or "Dance music for Shoegazers", if that makes more sense..
Here we are again, another (few) year(s) has passed and Sinner DC are back at it with another luscious offering of sleek Electronic productions that display exactly what I am looking for when I say I like "Chill meets Futuristic". 'Future That Never Happened' is a yet another bookmark to behold in SDC's awesome catalog of nearly flawless sounds. Picking up where 'Crystallized' left off and incorporating a few more "Ambient" atmospheres, 'Future That Never Happenced' is sure to please any hardcore SDC fan, as well as entice a few new ones. Although it's sad to see AI die, it's great to see Sinner DC have found a pleasant/fitting new home on Mental Groove. Hopefully a future DOES happen, a very promising and scopious one for Sinner DC at the very least.
It's Sinnner DC and EIC will always recommend this artist (money back guarantee even). ..seriously though, the wait in-between new Sinner DC albums is pretty unbearable.
Standout Tracks: Hey Girl, Day/Night, Where She Goes, The Horizon (evoking the song's title perfectly)
REVIEW: Sox - Birth Etcetera
Sox (a.k.a. Julien Sens) has been a busy guy. For the past few years, he's been slowly popping up on music-radars everywhere, especially in the French music scene. He's lent his beats to a handful of artists as well as notable remixes for acts like The Polyphonic Spree and Passion Pit. In the midst of all this (2009 to be exact), he released a self-produced EP titled 'How To Picnic'. This got the attention of Switzerland-based, Mental Groove Records, in-which (last June), his first full length album was born.
'Birth Etcetera' is a delicate yet raw album. Delicate in reference to the seamless marriage of synth, piano, synth, acoustic guitar, and synth. And raw in reference to the pure innocence and honesty of it all. This innocence is most present on the album's introductory track appropriately titled "Birth". A playful piano melody is supported by the sound of a film reel giving the album an immediate nostalgic undertone. The piano dominates once again on the following track titled "Awake". A matching synth and a simple electronic rhythm evoke a self-awareness that often comes with childhood. And from here on, like any good story, you're hooked. Sens' influences for this album are present and accounted for. There are more than a few nods toward Sebastien Tellier, Yann Tiersen, Daft Punk, Air, Modeselektor, etc... His friends are not far behind him either, featured on the album are Chicros and Kumi Solo, a couple of fellow vocalists whom he had the pleasure of previously remixing. But Sens' roots are far from absent, although most tracks here are fairly mellow and groovy, he very much sounds like he's well within his comfort zone on the head-bobbin' track "Daikanayama". which serves as kind of a reverse pallet-cleanser. It feels like a throwback to his "Hip Hop beat producing days".
The closing track, "Etcetera", is the most beautiful way one can possibly say "Thanks for listening" through the use of synths, a pleasing conclusion that is soon followed by a secret track that plays over the credits in your mind. This is one story you're going to want to revisit again and again until his next.
Standout Tracks: Birth, La Violence, Watching TV
Friday, August 31, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Soon.
Sinner DC's 'Future That Never Happened' comes out in October (yes, I know the video says September--I believe it got pushed back, although I'm not sure why:[) via Mental Groove Records.
The wait in-between SDC albums always seems to be unbearable..
Saturday, April 9, 2011
NEW Sinner DC track..!
This track is from the recent Mental Groove compilation, which you can find HERE. The band tells me they are hard at work on a follow-up to 2009's "Crystallized", look for that soon(?).
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