Elektrostaub – We Are Dreamers (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: One year after the EP “Wake Up” featuring Henrik Iversen (NamNamBulu), German Electro-Pop project Elektrostaub strikes back with a new EP featuring Patrik Hansson (Vanguard, Uncreated). This new EP is an appetizer to Patrick Knoch’s announced album “Reliance”.
Content: The EP features 12 tracks; “We Are Dreamers” is the title song featuring guest vocals by Patrik Hansson. The song sounds as a pure fusion between classical Electro-Pop and heavier Future-Pop influences. The chorus has something powerful and catchy. Remixes have been made by People Theatre, Spektralized, We The North, Excubitors and Uncreated (solo-project of Patrik Hansson). One song features female vocals by Claudia Uhle (X-Perience).
The other song left “Loneliness” has been accomplished together with !Distain resulting in pure Electro-Pop; catchy and somewhat melancholic. Remixes have been accomplished by Technoir, Digital Factor and also People Theatre while there also is a wafting version without drums as the last cut.
+ + + : The more you listen to “We Are Dreamers” the more you gone like it. It’s a cool Electro-Pop driven song with a great vocalist on top. It sounds catchy and danceable while we also get a few cool remixes like the one by People Theatre, but also the boosted edit by Uncreated (a project which is maybe better than Vanguard) and more Future-Pop driven remix by Excubitors. The B-side “Loneliness” is another potential title track. It sounds more ‘classical’, but still totally accomplished.
– – – : I expected a bit more from the remixes of “Loneliness”.
Conclusion: Without setting the Electro-Pop scene alight, Elektrostaub has achieved a new EP, which is definitely more convincing than its predecessor.
Best songs: “We Are Dreamers – Radio Edit”, “We Are Dreamers – Excubitors Mix”, “We Are Dreamers – Uncreated Mix”, “Loneliness – Club Edit”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.elektrostaub.de / www.facebook.com/Elektrostaub
Label: www.alfa-matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix Read the news on ‘We Are Dreamers’.
About Elektrostaub
Elektrostaub is the project of German musician Patrick Knoch, who signed to Alfa Matrix in December 2020 with the “Wake Up” EP featuring Henrik Iversen of NamNamBulu.
“We Are Dreamers”, released 9 March 2021, features Vanguard singer Patrik Hansson and follow-up single “Loneliness” with !Distain. Knoch previewed the announced album “Reliance”, which arrived that October with an extended list of guest vocalists.
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