I don`t follow
trends and I don`t believe the hype either. I`m lying here. I followed trends
twice in my life. In the early Eighties, I caught up with the blooming UK new
music scene. I was into; Echo & The Bunnymen , Icicle Works,
Gang Of Four, Siouxie & The Banshees, The Cure, The
The and Tears For Fears. Later on, I flipped for The Seattle grunge
movement. I was into; Tad, Screaming Trees Mudhoney,
Green River, Green Magnet School, Les Thugs,
Afghan Wigs, Love Battery, Cosmic Psychos, Dwarves,
Poison Idea, Beat Happening Derelicts, and Nirvana.
Nowadays, I read a lot about what`s trending but that`s it. So, when the
electroclash movement appeared, I read about it. I heard on the internet some
songs by the likes of; Add N To (X), Chicks On Speed,
Fischerspooner, Freezepop, Miss Kittin & The Hacker,
and Princess Superstar. But that was it. It`s a cold Sunday afternoon I`m
at Renaissance Montréal, browsing through piles and piles of used CDs. Lo
and behold I find this Fischerspooner album named `odyssey `
(their second effort). I buy it, go back home, fix myself a coffee, sit down on
my big ass chair and let the games begin. After the first listen, it`s not bad
but bit seems a little bland. Sometimes a second, a third, even a fourth listens
needed in order to understand / appreciate something. It worked for me midway
through the second listen. The music is a mix of electro, rock, new wave and
synth-pop. With such amazing hits like `just let go `, `never
win `and `we need a war `. You can`t go wrong here infectious dance
floor music. There`s three hidden tracks at the end. Everybody knows I love
surprises and especially hidden tracks. Did you know Fischerspooner
worked with big names such as Kylie Minogue and David Bowie. Now
you know.
