As soon as I heard this track for me it had an instant effect, one of those rare tracks that actually makes you stop what you’re doing until you’re sure it’s finished.The elements of staccato chords and effects which sound like members of the Starship Enterprise moving from room to room are brilliantly layered, to the point where it’s only if you listen closely to its individual components does its simplicity become clear.
With all the funk of a band like Friendly Fires, but swapping percussion for synth, Fenech-Soler are ones to catch live as well – check out their All Saints Basement Sessions on YouTube.
Although from the start it has a very strong electro production, with the kind of heavy bass line which would have shaken the very core and plastic interior of my previous old Clio and its dodgy stereo speakers, it’s what I lovingly call a ‘head-nodder’. Go on, listen and try to stop yourself bouncing (and for some reason for me, pouting).
From the album ‘Fenech-Soler’ (2010) / @FENECHSOLER
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