Notes And The Like
Morr Music
ELECTRONIC
- MS. JOHN SODA stands for an analogue idea of digital music - or precisely
vice versa.
- The sound not too far removed from label mates LALI PUNA or a slightly
more synthy NOTWIST a more lush DNTEL or our own local NEW BUFFALO.
- The aim here is deceptively simple: a blessed union of the classic
and the modern gives birth to blissful pop. Glitches and clicks lie beneath
calmly plucked strings, while a lone piano quietly navigates a sea of hisses
and hums; the organic and inorganic pieces flow together in crests and troughs,
but the whole is never less than seamless.
- The joy and deception of 'Notes And The Like' lies beneath a mild,
melodic veneer. Like most great pop works, this can be enjoyed with as much
or as little of the brain as desired.
- This album is a fantastically accessible pop outing flaunting IDM
lingerie.
- STEFANIE BHM sings through her and our world beyond all too
simple truths. She shows us images. More clearly she shows how these images
become blurred and fade.
- "Scan The Ways" is a hungry track with an almost nervous start.
Basses whine, electronics squeal, the vocals are performed via spoken words,
and, it addresses you. Clearly. "A Million Times" begins as a
chamber musical excursion, silent and indulging. It shows how far Ms. John
Soda have gone on this - their second - album. Finally "Plenty Of" closes
this album nearly cinematographically. Like the last picture of an Italo-western
movie, the heroes ride into the sunset.
- Advertising in the next CYCLIC DEFROST (NAT)
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A Nod On Hold
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02 |
Hands
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Scan The Ways
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A Million Times
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No One
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06 |
Outlined View
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07 |
Line By Line
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08 |
Sometimes Stop Sometimes Go
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Plenty Of
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MP3 (320k) Individuals AU$1.69 per track
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