Bordello A Parigi has hit 2014 running. A stream of releases are coming from the Dutch imprint with quality synthesizer music once again being the focus.
For 20 years Rude 66 has delivering his own brand over electronics. Of late the Amsterdammer has been quiet, concentrating on production for imprints like Lux Rec., Enfant Terrible and Pinkman . The Crème Organization, Viewlexx and Bunker veteran has his own unique style of EBM inclined Electro. Starting off Ruud Lekx was an Acid offender, but over the years the scraggy haired Netherlander has filleted his sound with vocodors and engaging synth rifts. Those trademarks are apparent from the outset. The title track is sleek, metallic and shimmering. Murder is the subject. Sociopath lyrics are electronically edged as keys envelope the dehumanized edge. “Answers Always Come In Dreams” is a shimmering piece of synthesizer music. Ruud constructs the most fragile of melodies, bars cascading adjacent to a rasping snare for a low key and heartening piece. The vocodor returns for the heavy hitting “Paranoia.” The themes of “The Kill” return. Stalkers lurk in the shadows, harm is omnipresent and intent is unquestionable. Nothing is certain but the threat, one painted in corrosive chords and cutting beats. Calm returns for the climax, an unsettling calm. Horror soundtrack keys freeze the mood, piano stabs slicing through arpeggios are distant samples. Pensive
In hot pursuit comes Aldo Bergamachine. Now Mr Bergamachine may not be known to all, but his Radio Cosmos imprint might ring a few bells. For some years now Aldo has been developing his sound, a rumbling and whimsical Electro Pop akin to Skanfrom or the sounds of Astro Chicken. Beams of brightened analogue brilliance open the EP. “Astromoog” is out and out charming, a warm and wholesome piece of computer music. Free flowing and emotionally fortifying, a perfect tonic for these dreary post Christmas days. Bergamachine remixes the title track. Those cheery central bars of the original are present but breaks and beats are bolstered, extending sections to help the DJ minded. The sublime “I Was A Robot” opens the flip. Ephemeral analogue bars warble and trill as strong beats add ballast. The track is wonderfully musical, melodies weaving amongst heavy elements for a superbly balanced effort. Bergamachine ends with a fine flourish. Rich, synth heavy, compositions roll and collide for the climactic “Sequenzar Dream.”
Getting Rude 66 and Aldo Bergamachine to wax is a real coup for Bordello A Parigi. Ruud Lekx delivers four quality pieces with Aldo reflecting his form. Hopefully this will mean both of these able analogue artists will be releasing more material in future.
Astromoog and The Kill are available on Bordello A Parigi.
