Comments on: Who does this remind me of?

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:13:20 +0000

That doesn’t get me a great deal further than “Kraftwerk crossed with Air”, you know. :-)

By: euqsam

euqsam — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:44:07 +0000

For some reason, it reminds me of the Buggles crossed with early Prodigy.

I can’t defend that, so take it or leave it. :)

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:15:59 +0000

Electroclash! That’s the word I’m looking for. Console sounds a lot like (French) Daft Punk with a German aesthetic, I think. Maybe. And this tune and “One More Time” both date to the electroclash revival around Y2K.

Console isn’t big enough to have an “Influences” section on AMG, and their “Similar” section is pretty tiny, but you can get from Daft to Console via Ladytron or Les Rhythms Digitale, so I think that might be what it is.

I see someone else has described them as “Kraftwerk combined with Air”. I’m listening to Air’s Moon Safari now and I’m inclined to agree.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:57:07 +0000

That’s New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”. I think you’re right about it being so generic, except there’s still one specific tune. Playing this one and switching to Bizarre Love Triangle and back doesn’t make them sound very similar though.

I’m beginning to think that the beats and voice processing are a ways beyond the first wave of New Wave. It’s vaguely close to Daft Punk’s “One More Time”, so that might be it — I don’t listen to Daft Punk that often anymore, so that plus some misremembering might have done it.

By: genericus

genericus — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 21:49:07 +0000

I may have something, but I don’t know the title or who did it.

‘Every time I see you darling
I get down on my knees and pray’

That’s the only snippet. I think the reason it’s so hard to tell is it’s utterly generic ‘new wave’. It sounds like it could be about 5 80’s syth-pop bands at once…