|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LP
|
|
ENCH 048LP
|
Jaffna, the melodic deep-house duo formed by Bravin and Stan, is finally releasing its first album after four years of existence. Their debut EP Ripples in 2017 surprised everyone with over nine-million plays on Spotify and they opened for Thylacine for two years. Jaffna was created on a trip to Oslo ("Oslo"). Odyssey is a sonic travel diary, going from Sri Lanka ("Roots", "Bhairavi"), to Germany ("Sturm und Drang") through London ("Hackney Boy", "You Got Together", "Rival", "Manifest") in the footsteps of the childhood of Bravin, classical pianist and keyboard player of Thylacine. "Headlines" or "Outro" retrace their Parisian life more. Stan has been a DJ and house music producer for several years in Paris. Their subtle and airy mix of melodic deep-house tinged with a few forays into Indian vocal harmonies is a gentle immersion in their very singular universe ("Oslo", "Hollow Fields"). On stage, they add a touch of power propelling their melodic techno or UK house/future garage tracks. Jaffna is to be classified between Rone, Bicep, Ross from Friends, French 79 or N'To. Rediscovering the minimalism of their early career, Jaffna surprises again with aerial melodies in duality with a melodic future garage/house rhythm. Mastered by Alex Gopher. 180 gram vinyl.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
2LP
|
|
ENCH 018LP
|
Midnight Resistance is the The Toxic Avenger's fourth album. And undoubtedly the most solar, where his musical signature is the most accomplished, integrating all his influences, from kinematic electro to pop, from song to enjoyable replay of house '90s, from neo-classical piano revisited to the current synth-pop. An album where the technique is less conspicuous, but where the emotion is more simple and direct. It is also the most open of all his albums, with real pop singles assumed as the heady "Lies" (featuring Look Mum No Computer), the '80s nostalgic ballad "Mandala" (featuring Ornette), or the pop song sweet bitter "Rent Boy" (featuring Jay- Jay Johanson). The musical turn of Toxic Avenger is also reflected in the very emotional song "I Need You" the unifying power of the introductory song "Americana", captivating it "On Sight" while keeping a crunchy production on a few songs like "Midnight Resistance" or "ЧЕРНОЕ ЛЕТО" ("Black Summer" in Russian), as markers for the continuity of the "Toxic" sound. One of the jewels of the album is the collaboration with Maxence Cyrin on the very delicate track "On My Own". And the surprise of this album is to find Toxic Avenger singing himself to sing his first song, "Les Heures". Finally, two somewhat special guests come to close this album, the aerial and hedonistic participation of Simone on the track "Falling Apart" and the spoken and always offbeat flow of Diamond Deuklo on the aptly named "L'Avenir d'Avant" where the absurd here becomes an art. His learning for over two years on modular synths guided his new research into sounds, making synthesizers more "alive", more organic. Finally, it is necessary to underline a real work of "sound surgeon" in the processing of the voices, complex but fluid in its rendering, adding again a strong melodic research always in the service of songs. Blue and red vinyl; gatefold sleeve.
|