Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Belgian musician Eric Vandamme aka ‘Enzo Kreft’ was mainly active during…
Genre/Influences:
Electro-wave,
minimal-electro.
Background/Info:
Belgian
musician Eric
Vandamme aka ‘Enzo Kreft’ was mainly active during the 80s and early 90s. A few
years ago he got back into business unleashing interesting albums such as
“Wasteland”. “Control” is the new sonic brainchild of the artist revealing
twelve songs.
Content:
If
you’re already familiar with the work of this artist, you for sure will easily
recognize the minimal-electro approach, which clearly sounds inspired by
good-old 80s electronics. It’s retro-electro with a contemporary touch. The
songs are alternating between danceable minimalism and experimental-atmospheric
cuts, which have something cinematographic like. The vocals are somewhat half-spoken like
creating a sterile effect fitting with the music.
+
+ + :
Enzo Kreft is an artist definitely deserving a wider audience! His music
brings good-old magic back to life, but is never a copy. The minimal sound
treatments mixed with dry snare drums and great synth lines are pretty
old-school and yet refreshing. Enzo Kreft is an artist with a proper sound
resulting in a few great cuts such as the already familiar “Disobedient”,
“Biometrics” featuring robotic vocals passages, “Scanned” and the darker
“Connected” and “In My Head”. Next to the cool songs, “Control” is also dealing
with an intelligent and clearly dystopian vision about mankind. Last, but not
least, I also want to say a word about the sober, but cool digipak.
–
– – :
I personally would have preferred to get a few more ‘danceable’ cuts
instead of the atmospheric ones.
Conclusion:
There’s
a reference to George Orwell in the album and the only thing I can say is that
“1984” was fiction (or prophecy), but “Control” is reality! It’s an intelligent
work in the writing and the thematic.
Best
songs: “Disobedient”, “Biometrics”, “Scanned”, “In My Head”, “Connected”.
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