NamNamBulu - Distances
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NamNamBulu - Distances
01. Memories/ 02. Beaten / 03. Now or never / 04. Guardian angel / 05.
Deception / 06. Surviving / 07. Hunting / 08. Answers / 09. Pause / 10.
Ignorance / 11. Apart
Infacted Recordings / 14 July 2003
say about it, except "I really like this record!" ? Well, "distances" is one of
those records..Then again, it would be a shame to hide this little treasure.
So:
The Swiss based duo, consisting of Vasi Vallis (music, production)
& Henrik Iversen (lyrics, vocals), made an impressive entrance to the
synthpop scene about a year ago with their e.p "blind?", just a small taster of
what to come..."Distances"...
O.k, the debut NNB album is not breaking
ground. Not at all. It wasn't intended to do so, but is refreshing the synthpop
scene just in time and overall is a damn good record!
Beautiful melodies
& catchy tunes in the tradition of Depeche Mode or Camouflage, dressed with
the future pop synth sounds of Vasi & the deep emotional vocals of Henrik.
His voice made me reminisce the good old early 80's singers, like a young Tony
Handley maybe (yes, the Spandau Ballet one!)..Throat-like singing that is more
effective on the low keys, though a Deine Lakaien comparison would seem very
possible, like in the moody opening of "Guardian Angel".
The opening
track of the album is a definite club-hit that moves body & soul from the
very first hearing. Furthermore , it's about "memories"..selective ones!
A "screen-memory" song..really touching.
The same goes for the melancholic
"answers" & "surviving" that are emotionally tripping you to
past relationships, when songs like "now or never" or "hunting"
are more relaxed & careless. The synth sounds on "hunting" are very 80ish,
which i really like. A touch of early Human League or Yazoo, groovy beat and
naive lyrics. Makes you smile.
"Pause" is one of my favourite tracks
here, with a great hookline & the vocoder effect so well-fitted among the
warm voice of NNB's singer.
"Distances" is definitely a very promising
debut, that doesn't sound at all like a debut and distinguishes NamNamBulu from
the "synthpop crowd".
And more important, what i really wanted to say about
it, is that "I really like this record!!"
