I've been enjoying those tracks a lot, especially the dub of 'I Regret
The Flower Power'. That high pitched male vocal refrain is really stuck
in my head.
On 4 May 2007, at 00:40, kent williams wrote:
I have heard over and over that Black Devil Disco Club doesn't live up
to the hype. Whatever. On payday I bought the '28 After' and 'Devil
In Dub' (you can check out the tracks at http://www.lorecordings.com)
and I've had trouble listening to anything else. It's yet another
take on Italo-disco, but is a uniquely messed up version of the genre.
Every track seems to throw every possible squelchy/silly/Dr.Who
analog synth sound into the mix, along with what sounds like
malfunctioning vocoders, helium falsetto vocals, Moroder 16th note
bounce basslines and skeletal disco beats. All without hitting the
dreaded wall of cheese that makes buying Italo records hazardous.
'Devil In Dub' applies classic King-Tubby style Echo+Mute dub
technique to strip down and further weirdify the already darkly weird
originals.
Like I said, I like this a whole lot more than some people, so since
Lo lets you hear the whole tracks, check it out.
Eevolute's web label Eevo-Next has been a favorite of mine, to the
point where I've bought the entire downloadable catalog. My latest
purchase is Terrace's "City Sounds" EP, which has more than a few nods
in the direction of Italo, but just as many towards Detroit. Solid
beats and basslines, topped with swirling sad pads. It seems like
Stefan Robbers' style hasn't evolved that much in the past 15 years,
but for me that's not a bad thing. Instead of following the latest
fads, he's stuck to his guns and evolved his compositional skills
instead. It's as though each of the tracks on this CD could have been
made in 1993 in terms of the superficial details of the sound and
beats; but it's not as though the intervening years haven't happened.
These are deep tracks, artfully arranged.
