Les Rythmes Digitales “Darkdancer” (1999)
More dance music, *le sigh*
No, this was actually pretty enjoyable. Much like Mark Ronson’s “Record
Collection” album some 10 years later, this album draws on a 1980s
synth pop sound and features singers from that era/genre. Singer
Shannon features on track “Take a Little Time”, and the catchy “Sometimes” features singer and multi-instrumentalist Nik Kershaw.
Les Rythmes is Stuart Price, an English lad with a soft spot for French
electro-pop. Price has done production and remixing work for a number
of artists including Pet Shop Boys, the Killers, Madonna, Kylie Minogue
and Coldplay.
This album features upbeat, vibrant synthesizer pop that feels like it’s dripping with fluro 80s colour. The track “Soft Machine”
has a nice jittery, off-kilter rhythm and raspy rock vocal that I quite
enjoyed. "Music Makes You Lose Control" has the kind of repetitive
loop-based approach to making music, has a fairly musical synth/bass
line running throughout.
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