Posted
5:21 PM
by Lindsay Hutton
It’s been very remiss of me not to write about the
“Lola Dutronic in Berlin”album before this. I’ve had it for a while and have played a lot. Their
mix of varying electronica tempos and French pop is pretty damned
exquisite. Again it’s not something that might grab you straight away.
I’m a sucker for their craft and have seen people dismiss them and then
come back to ask what that was again.
So, irrespective of
whether it’s love at first listen or something that might grow, LD are
in command of a quality product. The narrative of
“Brigitte Bardot”is something I could just listen to over and over. When I folded and
bought a cd player way back whenever, I kidded myself to think that I
might listen to more jazz. That never happened but just lately, because
of music like this I’ve taken to the highways and byeways of this kind
of cinematic synth pop.
Not
quite dance music but something that evokes time and space,
irrespective of the place. This deserves to sell in Pet Shop Boys-sized
truckloads. I remember once seeing The Pastels and Stereolab. Bob
Stanley was playing records
(or djing as the youngsters call it).The whole vibe was just indescribable, a happening in my heid at least.
This album reminds me of that experience. They even roped in ex-Martian
Spider, Mike Garson. Lola D combine these beats and offbeat
orchestration to create an infectious exotica that could well be the
soundtrack to an impromptu journey out of this world. That’s a rocket I
could do with getting on board a lot more often. File under: Dutronica.