Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles




Artist: Ellen Allien & Apparat
Album: Orchestra Of Bubbles
Release: 2006
Label: Bpitch Control

Tracklist:

1. Turbo Dreams
2. Way Out
3. Retina
4. Rotary
5. Jet
6. Sleepless
7. Metric
8. Floating Points
9. Under
10. Do Not Break
11. Leave Me Alone
12. Edison
13. Bubbles


Yay, Ellen Allien and Apparat have finally come to ICDT! First off, the dude she is working with is fugly-looking, but his music makes up for his fugly-ness. Apparat, Sascha Ring, is also from Berlin and is known for his genre, IDM electronic, or “Intelligent Dance Music” composition. I guess he isn’t THAT fugly, but I did my best to find the most unflattering picture of him. Maybe I’m jealous because he’s working with a hottie. Compared to Mrs. Fraatz’s Berlinette, this album is definitely something you can dance to. The beats are simple and not as harsh as before, the bass is very heavy and driving, and the vocals are smooth and beautiful. The vocals are clean and don’t sound like she is just projecting her voice and distorting it like in Berlinette.

Orchestra Of Bubbles starts out very dancey, tapers out into ambiance at “Retina,” and builds back up to electronic-as-fuck “Under.” Surprisingly, the craziness dies right afterward into the chill out, “Edison” and “Leave Me Alone.” I think maybe the male vocal track in “Leave Me Alone” is Apparat, but I’m not sure. You start to creep back to the dance floor and stalk girls at “Do Not Break” and dub-step it out at “Metric.” Haha, I did not know they were into dub-step, but it doesn’t hurt the album too much and the track isn’t that bad. “Bubbles,” the last song, completes this perfect multi-genre electronic album with gorgeous vocals and a slow electronic jam.

Y’all should check out this interesting interview with the duo talking about Orchestra of Bubbles and how they worked together to create this masterpiece.

Download Here

-Johnny B

4 comments:

icoulddietomorrow said...

someone's jealous/shallow

Colman said...

Obv. jealous/shallow but who cares. Fugz is fugz. Also, thanks for this. It is perfect for meticulous proofreading.

John said...

:D I'm pretty much equally jealous and shallow.

Johhny B

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the download! HAHA, someone's really very jealous of Sascha, I met him after a Moderat gig and he is REALLY cute.