It’s interesting to ponder the effects that geographical location ultimately has on a person’s musical state of being. Speaking personally, I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, which means that a faint yet permanent go-go rhythm now soundtracks everything that I do. It’s most obvious when I’m practicing my strut in an open field somewhere, and most annoying when I’m fornicating. Have you tried thrusting to a go-go beat? It’s not sexy at all.
On the cooler side of things, Cologne-based electronic duo Coma (Georg Conrad & Marius Bubat) had the luxury of going through their formative years just as the now well-established label Kompakt was gaining a reputation. Rather than sit back and bask in the comfort of the label’s distinct, generally minimal techno sound, the two embraced their creative, newly sequencer-based aspirations and took to the stage.
Word then spread, contracts were signed, and EPs were released. On April 15, Coma will release their debut full length In Technicolor, to much enthusiasm from their label overseers. As a press release notes, “The duo have a fresh, new energy that captures the essence of the label’s signature sound but makes you feel like your hearing it for the first time all over again.” I find myself in full agreement with this statement after revisiting their contributions to the most recent Total editions, and after listening to the single “Hoooooray,” listenable for you, below.
In Technicolor tracklist:
01. Hoooooray
02. Maybach
03. Cycle
04. Les Dilettantes
05. Missing Piece
06. #
07. Out Of Control
08. My Orbit
09. The Great Escape
10. maximal MINIMAL
11. Scales
12. T.E.D.
• Coma: http://www.coma-music.de
• Kompakt: http://www.kompakt.fm
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