Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: Raphaël Foulon and Céline Signoret are active under the Datatears moniker. The French project released its debut work in their homeland on Martine Ravage Records.

Content: The title of the work clearly indicates what the 3 tracks are dealing with. This is an exploration and experiment with good-old modular equipment. It creates a minimal production featuring raw sound treatments.

+ + + : If you like the analogue sonorities from Electronic pioneers this work is definitely something for you. I especially recommend listening to the first- and last track which are more accessible. There’s a cool progression in the songwriting while the magic of the sound treatments are emerging at the surface.

– – – : It’s a pity we only get 3 tracks but I hope to hear more stuff from Datatears. It might be too experimental and/or minimal for some listeners.

Conclusion: “Modular Laments” brings us back to the early magic of Electronic music.

Best songs: “Pulse Maintenance”, “Ecstatic Truce”.

Rate: 7.

Listen to “Modular Laments”:

Artist: www.eqko.net/datatears

Label: www.facebook.com/MartineRavageRecords

About Datatears

Datatears is the French duo of Raphaël Foulon and Céline Signoret. “Modular Laments” is the pair’s first release under the name, issued on 7 February 2022 by Martine Ravage Records as a three-track digital EP.

Foulon and Signoret composed and produced the material together. Gaël Douek mastered the EP and eqko supplied the artwork. Discogs lists no earlier releases credited to Datatears, and no follow-up has been confirmed.

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