Oui Plastique – Fraternity Of Strangers (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Oui Plastique is a Danish duo. One of the members is also involved with Perpacity, which also released an album on ScentAir Records.
Content: There’s no other description then sweet electro-Pop music to label this album. It’s a dreamy composition with some retro elements reminding me of bands like Tears For Fears, Thompson Twins ao. The piano arrangements are delicate. I also notice some guitar playing while some parts are more danceable.
+ + + : I like the delicacy and dreamy side of the composition which resulted in a few beautiful songs. I especially want to mention “The Final Delivery”. Some parts are more danceable and I here have to mention “Impulse” which also is my favorite song. I also want to say a word about the production of the vocals which has something warm and sensual, quite surprisingly reminding me a bit of Seal.
– – – : This album is an easy listening experience although without real hits.
Conclusion: “Fraternity Of Strangers” is a gentle and enjoyable piece of Synth-Pop. This is a successful debut opus.
Best songs: “Impulse”, “The Final Delivery”, “Silenced”, “Lost Soul”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.ouiplastque.com / www.facebook.com/ouiplastique
Label: www.scent-air.com / www.facebook.com/ScentairRecords
“Fraternity Of Strangers” was released on 25 February 2022 on CD and digitally. The eleven tracks are “The Fear”, “Wish Yourself Away”, “The Final Delivery”, “Lost Soul”, “Impulse”, “Sanctuary”, “Consequences”, “Aftermath”, “Crossing Over”, “Failure” and “Silenced”. Martin Nyrup mixed, mastered and produced the album, and Janne Ervø supplied the artwork.
Four of the tracks also appear as standalone singles on the duo’s Bandcamp page: “Failure”, “The Fear”, “Crossing Over” and “Wish Yourself Away”.
Listen to “Fraternity Of Strangers”:
About Oui Plastique
Oui Plastique is a Danish electronica duo made up of Martin Nyrup and James Thomas. Nyrup also records as one half of Perpacity with Ian Harling, a project Side-Line reviewed on “Conflagration” in 2020 and “Discordia” in 2023.
“Fraternity Of Strangers” is the duo’s first release for ScentAir Records, the label that also issued the Perpacity album “Conflagration”.
The project later moved to Town And Towers Records for the covers EP ‘UnMute’ in 2025, which includes a Martin Gore cover, and returned in 2026 with the singles ‘Linger’ and ‘Spirit’.
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