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Silicone
[Yellow Productions/East West]
There isn't only the group Air who lives in Versailles, there's also Xavier Jamaux who, after working with the duo with Alex Gopher in the group Orange, created Bang Bang, an electronic project not to be confused with the Icelandic band who surprised us in 2003 (see our chronicles of November 12). His second album, "Silicone", which is released like the previous one on Yellow Productions (Bob Sinclar's label), evokes the icy and decadent VIP's universes of the hip night-clubs that could have been taken from Brett Easton Ellis' "Glamorama". If the nostalgic melodies and the mechanical rhythms of some tracks (Silicone, Stranger at Your Side) will inevitably remind you of the eighties' spirit, it would be unfair to summarize Bang Bang's music to a simple tribute to the past: because from the amazing Shoot the Model where an imaginary David Bowie sings to Auntie Aviator (of John and Beverley Martyn) and the irresistible groovy beats of Don't Care or the superb pop ballad Tao, we feel that all is mastered from begining to end. Mixing glamour melodies and acid humour in an open, elaborated and inventive electro, "Silicone" is a record we'll remember and probably one of the best French electronic album of this year.
Renaud Martin |
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