Album Review

Vitalic
Bells EP
B-

Bells is a dark alley of sounds where infectious, haunting grooves weave with eerie underwater megaphone chants. Mechanical buzz and blips, dancing keyboard riffs, and pounding bass lines bounce about to incite head bobbing, even body rocking. The title track with Linda Lamb is a swirling, thumping, stomping, rave-ready monster. The foggy, dark "You Are My Sun", suggests Pascal Arbez has been listening to Swedish brother-sister duo, The Knife, or maybe it's the other way around. Either way, it's a good thing. "Fanfare" could pass for Lucifer High School's marching band during homecoming, or a cyborg military parade.
This is three am music, smoky dance club with lasers music. For me this equates to; clean the house music, or spin the elliptical at Gold's Gym music. A little disjointed, and a remixed hook or two, but any fan of Vitalic's flawless OK Cowboy will not be disappointed. Electronica isn't my bread and butter; but authentic and inspired music always transcends its traditional audience and genre. Zombies rave on.

Listen to:
Bells
Candy

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