textura

Albums
Alejandro & Aeron
Balustrade Ensemble
Jeremy Bible
F.S. Blumm
Cadence Weapon
Cataclyst
Cepia
Chloé
Cooler
Disinterested
edIT
Erik Enocksson
For Barry Ray
Ernest Gonzales
Grand National
Hakobune
Halou
Frode Haltli
Arve Henriksen
Ielasi & Ratti
Jumpel
Lawrence
Lickets
Manual
Melodium
Mono
My Fun
Marissa Nadler
Prints
Rekalix
Remote_ vs Ontayso
Will Saul
Sixtoo
Small Sails
Songs Of Green Pheasant
Christian Wallumrød
White Rainbow
Xeltrei
Yndi Halda

Compilations / Mixes
Paolo Mojo
Ewan Pearson
VA: 5 Years Get Physical
VA: Monza Vol. 2
VA: U-cover mix 01 [a]
VA: U-cover mix 02 [d]

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Ateleia
Pier Bucci
Cio D'Or
Cloudland Canyon
Curium
Laurine Frost
Dave Graham
Hakobune
The Infant Cycle
Lerosa
Lullaby Leagure
Mole Harness
Mowbray & Sullivan
Ontayso
School of Seven Bells
Science Teacher
Sleep Robot
Unwed Sailor
VA: Spies & Lies
Rick Wade

Dave Graham: End of Disco EP
Concrete Plastic

Dave Graham's End of Disco EP, the third installment in Concrete Plastic's Digital Plastic series, inhabits as unusual a universe as one might expect from someone involved in the “prog-pop duo Cnut and genre-bending, orchestral-noise-prog outfit Regolith” (the London, UK-based composer's own words), and who cites Messiaen, Zappa, Rautavaara, Stevie Wonder, The Flaming Lips, Bartok, Queen, Stockhausen, and others as influences. Notwithstanding the roaring electro-disco of “You're Dancing” and the electric, disco-funk grooves of “I Feel Like Dancing,” the material often sounds like some viral variant of disco, especially “End of Disco” whose spastic electro-funk has the makings of a good tune but is derailed by mercurial downbeats; a little more coherence would be preferable. The biggest detour occurs with the junkyard blues-funk of “Beautiful Lady” where Graham's vocal growl trades punches with a hot-wired electric guitar. The four tracks are royally brash and exuberant, with the EP title meant, presumably, in that “it's the end of the world so let's party” kind of spirit. Strange days indeed.

October 2007