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Warm electronic atmospheres saddle up close to sad-boy pop on Notwist's Neon Golden: Warm synths meet banjos, turntable styluses drop on sandpaper and synthetic orchestras swell alongside skipping CDs. What keeps it from being a crackling mess is Markus Acher's sweet, plaintive voice pushing these selected ambient works toward song structure and melody. The German former punk-metal band keeps it eclectically real with straight-up Eighties synth pop ("Pilot"), alternative-rock angst ("One With the Freaks") and a bluesy techno freakout ("Neon Golden") that sounds like Robert Johnson dueling Jeff Mills down at the crossroads -- innovative and catchy.
ANDY GENSLER
(From RS 918, March 20, 2003)
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Track List
- One Step Inside Doesn't Mean You Understand
- Pilot
- Pick Up The Phone
- Trashing Days
- This Room
- Solitaire
- One With The Freaks
- Neon Golden
- Off The Rails
- Consequence
- Scoop
- Propeller 9
- Formiga
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