Word: electronica
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He’s been called the “future of sound” and “the biggest thing to come out of France since frog legs.” A prominent figure in France’s electronica scene, Mirwais now sets his sights on American stardom with his latest release, Production. Best known here for producing Madonna’s hit single “Music,” the 39-year old is clearly attempting to parlay his 15 minutes of fame into pop success. However, with an album in which the misses...
...album starts with a bang and ends with a (synthesized) whimper. In a possible bid to define himself as a new icon of electronica, Mirwais goes all out in his first track, “Disco Science.” Hardly a second goes by without some sound effect or riff slashing across the tapestry of the sample. The sound evokes leather jackets, flashy cars and a style that is as much nightclub as it is disco. With a bass that’s downright sleazy and a palette of rhythms flavored with striptease, “Disco Science?...
Just when one is about ready to turn this disc into a drink coaster, along comes the finest track in the entire album, “Never Young Again.” Rising from the sludge of bad electronica like a Yamaha phoenix, “Never Young Again” is about movement, anticipation, and energy that’s barely held in check. Strings lend a brief, ethereal quality to the music, while youthful energy pulsates, then pauses briefly before resuming again, this time with an almost melancholy maturity subtly supplanting its earlier exuberance...
...assures devotees of Babylon that his next album will "have some bouncy numbers" and will dip further into electronica. "I'd really be up for experimenting, I know that," he says. "I'd like to take my music as far out as I can." Having come this far, Gray is not about to turn back. All the lights are changing, red to green...
...bouncy energy of American pop acts, but her work is anchored in the culture of Bahia and in serious artistic intent. Max de Castro, Patricia Coelho, the band Barao Vermelho, the group Nacao Zumbi and other young acts at the festival are adding hip-hop, trip-hop, and electronica to samba, bossa nova and Tropicalia. They are drawing from abroad but creating something Brazilian. After all, as Max de Castro points out, some of the foreign music that younger Brazilian so admire was inspired, in part, by Brazil to begin with. Sting gets a Grammy nod for singing the music...