Dear robot friends:
Please take a momentary break from defragging your C drives in order to learn about one of your new musical representatives. The information that follows will, regrettably, not be presented in binary. Please adjust your language settings appropriately.
Slap [unmodified] is the new solo project by the Canadian musician Thomas Sinclair. Sinclair, you may recall, is also one half of the electro outfit Black Turtleneck (the pun stays. deal with it), who released the excellent 2006 record Musical Chairs (the other half of Black Turtleneck, for those not in the know, is Jason Amm aka Solvent). This seven inch is also the first release from Sinclair’s new self-started label, Architecture of Sound, which I fully expect to continue releasing quality electronic music.
As a packaging nerd, I was pleased with the seven inch, as it also includes a bonus mini disc (I have an unnatural love of the mini disc format. It disappeared for awhile, it seemed. Please world, bring it back.) with two additional songs not included on the three-song EP. Score.
The music itself is equally as excellent, branching out from Black Turtleneck’s straightforward electro-pop sensibilities into more sparse, experimental dance tracks with an emphasis on machines rather than vocals. Listening to these tracks makes it easy to forget the years and years of bad electro [crapwave] that seemed to haunt the music scene in the not-so-recent past. It takes dance music back to its roots; unrelenting beats, synthesizers galore, and vocals in just the right place, its a record that does everything right. It has a definite back to basics feel, but that is simply the foundation upon which Sinclair crafts his own unique brand of electronic music. Fans of Solvent and Lowfish, people with good taste, and those that enjoy innnovative electronic music, take note. I highly recommend this release.
Thank you. This has been a robot public service announcement.
Release date: 8.7.2007
Label: Architecture of Sound
Rating: 9/10
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Comment by Sam E. — August 11, 2007 @ 10:55 am
If it’s robot approved, I’m going to have to give it a listen.