Time travel the easy way: just follow the beat and dive into nostalgia.The early 80's are present just like Vicious Pink Phenomena (ViciousPink later on) or Ensemble Pittoresque never went away. As hommage, TheHacker (Michel Amato) incorporates parts of Memorabila (Soft Cell) andI Feel Love (D. Summer / G. Moroder), but that`s about it withwellknown reference points.Cheap sounding drum boxes, syn-drum effects, synthetics that don'tpretend to be anything else but a synthesizer, minimal sequencer linesand the deadpan vocals of Caroline Herve make up a charming differenceto all the 'greatest hits' stuff everyone gets confronted with toooften from that period.
The irony in the lyrics and song titles like "1982", "Frank Sinatra" or"DJ Song" makes it more believable this French duo took a sidestep fromcurrent music to follow their obsessions. The result is a sleazy newwave disco tech noir album, danceable, enjoyable and if you get thedrift - nearly pnotizing.
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