Chab
Booka Shade's 3rd studio album The Sun & The Neon Light will be released on Get Physical on May 26th, 2008. If you enjoy Hybrid's breaks, Depeche Mode cold electronica and Chab's space disco, this is one for your collection.
The first bulk of the album contains Outskirts´ acid bass line and strings leading onto Duke's mood settler and introducing the first 4/4 track of the album before launching into Dusty Boots' country-ish guitar.
Control Me opens the next section upping the tempo and toughness while introducing the first vocal effort with a huge nod to the mid 80s from New Order's Hooky's bass line to Camouflage tecnno pop sound. Solo City drum patterns and guitars join the dots with the first section and Redemption closes the trio with some micro drums sounds, ethereal synths and all the Booka Shade trademark sounds.
Charlotte is perhaps the chirpiest song of the bunch with some twisted disco chord changes, brassy sounds for the dancefloor and a familiar melody. Lots of remixes possibilities here.
The Sun & The Neon Light is another bridge track of electronic soundscapes leading to another grey-ish slice of techno pop: Sweet Lies. Karma Car was taking of their Dj Kicks album and has a memorable melody that sticks after just a few listens.
Psychameleon is another track with a dark vocal that will remind you of Underworld's Karl Hyde's deliverance and sound effects.
Planetary comes from their
Planetary / City Tales EP and I recommend you to get the full EP that includes the great City Tales (Neon Dub).
Comacabana is definitely not the stand out track of the album and it only starts making sense when the guitar comes in. To close You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (J's Lullaby) is a wave goodbye affair with breathing samples.
All and all, a good album that has the right structure and tracks that most of the electronic/dance artists fail to deliver.
Tracklist
01 Outskirts
02 Duke
03 Dusty Boots
04 Control Me
05 Solo City
06 Redemption
07 Charlotte
08 The Sun & The Neon Light
09 Sweet Lies
10 Karma Car (Album Version)
11 Psychameleon
12 Planetary
13 Comacabana
14 You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (J's Lullaby)
The first bulk of the album contains Outskirts´ acid bass line and strings leading onto Duke's mood settler and introducing the first 4/4 track of the album before launching into Dusty Boots' country-ish guitar.
Control Me opens the next section upping the tempo and toughness while introducing the first vocal effort with a huge nod to the mid 80s from New Order's Hooky's bass line to Camouflage tecnno pop sound. Solo City drum patterns and guitars join the dots with the first section and Redemption closes the trio with some micro drums sounds, ethereal synths and all the Booka Shade trademark sounds.
Charlotte is perhaps the chirpiest song of the bunch with some twisted disco chord changes, brassy sounds for the dancefloor and a familiar melody. Lots of remixes possibilities here.
The Sun & The Neon Light is another bridge track of electronic soundscapes leading to another grey-ish slice of techno pop: Sweet Lies. Karma Car was taking of their Dj Kicks album and has a memorable melody that sticks after just a few listens.
Psychameleon is another track with a dark vocal that will remind you of Underworld's Karl Hyde's deliverance and sound effects.
Planetary comes from their
Planetary / City Tales EP and I recommend you to get the full EP that includes the great City Tales (Neon Dub).Comacabana is definitely not the stand out track of the album and it only starts making sense when the guitar comes in. To close You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (J's Lullaby) is a wave goodbye affair with breathing samples.
All and all, a good album that has the right structure and tracks that most of the electronic/dance artists fail to deliver.
Tracklist
01 Outskirts
02 Duke
03 Dusty Boots
04 Control Me
05 Solo City
06 Redemption
07 Charlotte
08 The Sun & The Neon Light
09 Sweet Lies
10 Karma Car (Album Version)
11 Psychameleon
12 Planetary
13 Comacabana
14 You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (J's Lullaby)
