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AFTER A REFRESHING SUMMER HOLIDAY, FRONT END SYNTHETICS RETURNS TO BUSINESS WITH A STUNNING COMPILATION OF SOME OF THE ABSOLUTE CREAM OF IRISH ELECTRONIC MUSIC. SYNTHETIC ALLSORTS DRAWS MATERIAL FROM VARIOUS FACETS OF THE IRISH MUSIC SCENE, WITH SUBLIME SUB-BASS DRIVEN MINIMAL ELECTRONICA FROM DAVID DONOHOE (D1/MINIMISE), BUSY DUBBED-UP BLIPS AND BEATS FROM AMBULANCE (U:MACK/FES) WITH DA PARAMEDICS, SERIOUSLY UNSETTLING SPACIOUS ELECTRO FROM DECAL (U:MACK/TRAMA/PLANET-MU ETC.), TRUNDLING DEEPLY MELODIC HOUSE MUSIC FROM BOOGER (U:MACK/FES) AND TOPPLING HOUSE OF THE WEIRDER VARIETY FROM MR. DEASY. SPECTAC DELIVERS HIS DEBUT TRACK FOR THE LABEL WITH APLOMB, A RHYTHMICALLY COMPLEX YET INTRINSICALLY PRETTY PIECE, AS DOES MICHAEL MORRIS WITH A BEAT-LESS, EASTERN FLAVOURED SLICE OF PURE CALM. MCUT DELIVERS MORE PARANOIA-TINGED ELECTRO UNDER HER AMERICHORD MONIKER, AND ROD SERVES UP A SLICE OF CHILLED BREAKS AT IT`S FINEST, WHILE AMBULANCE MAIN-MEN DUNK AND TREV`S SOLO TRACKS ARE TWO OF THE BEST ON THE ALBUM. IN SOMETHING OF A COUP WE MANAGE TO ROUND OFF THE ALBUM WITH A NEW TRACK FROM ACCLAIMED IRISH COMPOSER/PRODUCER DANIEL FIGGIS (ROUGH TRADE); A WONDERFULLY HYPNOTIC PIECE CALLED `S LEAP. THIS MARKS THE SECOND ALBUM RELEASED BY FRONT END SYNTHETICS, DOCUMENTING AN EVER-BLOSSOMING LOOSE COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS WORKING IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST, THE GROUND FLOOR IS NOW SOLD OUT, HAVING RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS AND HERALDED AS SOMETHING OF A LANDMARK. WE EXPECT SIMILAR REACTIONS FOR THIS ALBUM AS THE STANDARD IS EVEN HIGHER THAN BEFORE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS THINGS PROGRESS. WE ARE VERY PLEASED. PAUL AND JOHN AND EVERYBODY ELSE, |
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