2011, Cooperative Music
VINYL FORMAT. Featuring a track co-
written with Strokes frontman Julian
Casablancas, new album I Love You,
Dude has Digitalism dragging the
indie kids back to their electronic
party. Ten tracks, each with their own
vibrant identity, this is the sound of a
band welding dance floor pugilism onto
crafted sonic sculpture. "Circles," with
its Who-ish keyboard and apparently
existential lyrics, sets a new bar for
them. "The first album has an outer
space style," muses Jens Moelle, "but
this one arrives down on earth, it has
more
songs, more humanity, more depth." Like
all energized rockin' music there's a
heavy seam of madness in Digitalism's
sound. The track "Reeperbahn," named
after their native city's notorious red
light district, is a festival-friendly
breakbeat monster that will give The
Prodigy a run for their money. There's
lethal dance floor weaponry throughout;
"Antibiotics" is a techno explosion
reminiscent of the KLF, while "Miami
Showdown" is equally epic, an acid-fest
they hope will conjure visions of
Miami Vice. There are more gems,
including the cracking new wave electro-
pop song devoted to and named after
Forrest Gump co-written - via
email - with Julian Casablancas after an
introduction from a mutual friend. Like
the Tom Hanks character who ran and ran
and ran, it's about, "constantly keeping
on moving, otherwise you'll be in some
sort of psychic peril."
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Stratosphere |
| 2 | 2 Hearts |
| 3 | Circles |
| 4 | Blitz |
| 5 | Forrest Gump |
| 6 | Reeper Bahn |
| 7 | Antibiotics |
| 8 | Just Gazin' |
| 9 | Miami Showdown |
| 10 | Encore |
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