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A rare outing from one of CP's very own. Steve Hyland, aka Normal was invited to submit a track from his archives to bill on the Touched LP. He appears alongside some stalwarts of the electronic music scene, both new and old, such as Future sound of London, Plaid & Si Begg.
The album was lovingly compiled for a veritable cause - all proceeds from the album go to the Macmillan Cancer Support fund.
Music with a purpose and meaning. There should be more of this.
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Never Odd Or Even' is the Concrete Plastic debut for North London-based producer Bozu. This is an EP of two halves, which brilliantly showcases his split musical personality.
- 01Pocket Sized Hadron Collider
- 02Masonic Boom
- 03Just Another Dalek
- 04Deliverance
- 05I'll Never Know
- 06Finish What I Started
Up first are a trio of tracks filled with bright, arpeggiated synths and huge, swaggering beats. These tunes have a kind of confident brashness that would not seem out of place in State-side urban music; cruising palm-lined Californian boulevards with the top down and the volume up. Bozu's distinctive melodies shimmer playfully throughout, bringing a nostalgia for 90's games consoles, but there are also moments of delicate beauty that betray a more emotional side to his music.
The next three tracks are a more introspective affair. Whilst the music still bears Bozu's trademark production style, the road trip is definitely over. The glittering melodies of the first half give way to warped vocals weaving a soul-searching message through swirling synths and murky sub bass. Bozu may give us hints of a West Coast sound on the first three tracks, but it's his London roots that are showing through the electronic melancholia here.
