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An awesome Electro-Trip/Clash album with fantastic vocals. Tracks 1 thru 5 are hands down the best track of the album.
Some really good music here. A bit of trip hop and other types of modern music all mashed up. Some nice grooves on this CD, a good addition to a trip hop collection.
I think this album shows the best of modern techno sounds, good songwriting, synthesized textures, and very nice vocals. Since this album didn't really go anywhere commercially, I suspect that is unlikely.Comparisons to other bands in the reviews are bound to fail, as Puracane and those mentioned in comparison all have their unique sounds, but they are in the same ballpark. Lately he seems to have moved to production, for example working with Natalie Imbruglia on the song "Troubled by the Way" from the soundtrack to 1999's Go.Ali Rogers makes a nice complement with her vocals.
Unlike the usual techno where you set up a groove and jam with it, songs on this album have a lot of dynamic, and one song sounds different from another. She sang with "Barbie Complex", on their one album "No Brain No Pain". Deep, strong, soaring.
I find her voice beautifully expressive and vulnerable, sometimes soft and sometimes with an edge. After a few listens I was rewarded by finding I like nearly every song.David Biegel seems to be the production brains behind it, and I suspect he plays most of the instruments and writes a lot of the songs. He's been around awhile; he was half of the band "Bugs" which produced one album "Infinite Syndrome".
Ali's voice is also used as an instrument through electronic modification and echo.Both are talented, and I would love it if they would get together for another album. There isn't another band that sounds quite like these guys.
My only complaint about this band is that they don't perform and produce enough. I was shocked when I heard them play, by the caliber of the music and their high-energy and engaging delivery. If you enjoy deep, oldschool rock like Zeppelin or Free, as well as modern electronic, you'll dig their sounds. And besides great music, it's a great looking band.
Wow. Ali Roger's voice is truly astonishing, and I feel like I'm in a total different dimension. This CD is probably my fave CD out of all my CDs. It is so hypnotic and relaxing, I can listen to it what ever my mood. Only negative thing about Puracane is that they haven't released any other album. I don't know if they are planning to or not, but I truly hope they do cuz they rock.
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