Datafreq - Fun For The Whole Family (c) 2006 Das Drehmoment
Artist....: Datafreq
Album.....: Fun For The Whole Family
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 11
Genre.....: Electronic
Rel.Date..: 04-08-2006
Label.....: Das Drehmoment
Catalogue#: DD004
Encoder...: LAME 3.90.3 Mod VBR
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.das-drehmoment.net
Tracklist:
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01 Arcade Intro 00:17
02 Just Like 1981 04:07
03 Scene Machine 03:21
04 I Desire 03:14
05 Arcade Junkie 03:04
06 Deadman Control 03:18
07 Silhouette City 04:01
08 Claudia Bruckens Lips 04:15
09 Circuitropolis 04:05
10 Diskophonic 03:58
11 I Like Japanese Girls 03:42
Total:48,4 MB / 37:22 min
Release Notes:
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First CD for Das Drehmoment records after the release of six vinyls
(four compilations, a MLP for Divider and an LP for Ich), 'Fun For The
Whole Family' is the first Datafreq album. Hailing from Toronto, Canada
and headed by a guy called Dave Rout, Datafreq isn't the project of a
youngster in love with '80s synthetic sounds. Dave already worked with
different musical projects since the mid '80s. You want to know the
names? Here are some: Methods Of Danse, Technique Berlin and Rational
Youth. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY contains eleven songs deeply influenced
by '80s synthpop, new wave and by arcade games. As you can see on the
photos contained into the booklet, Dave used early '80s gear like
Roland TR 606, Roland Juno 106, Korg MS 20, Clavia Nord Lead 2, etc. He
also used along with a vocoder, those educational keyboards called
Speak And Spell, creating a retro atmosphere that with the retro gaming
visuals of the booklet creates a particolar atmosphere especially if in
your teens you owned a Commodore computer or a Spectrum. Talking about
the songs, Datafreq doesn't sound exactly like a synthpop band because
even if on tracks "Just like 1981", "I desire" or on the instrumental
"Circuitropolis" the influence of that genre is clear, on "Diskophonic"
new wave and techno are the main references (and that is a really
catchy track) while on "Silhouette city" I can hear echoes of the early
John Foxx. Blending instrumentals, electro pop songs and new wave
sythetic tracks Datafreq succeeded into creating a multifaceted album
that convince for its freshness. Daring to experiment a little bit with
genres without sticking the songwriting on synthpop and with the right
dose of irony, Dave did the right thing and also Das Drehmoment showed
its will to produce different kind of bands always being true to the
electronic world. :)