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Water Shape

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Water Shape
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Genre: Electro / Indie / Trip Hop
Location Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ge
Profile Views: 153852
Last Login: 12/11/2011
Member Since 7/12/2007
Website www.monocular-music.de
Record Label VierSieben Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
(Keys 06/09). Sound: 9 von 10 Music: 9 von 10 Mit den 13 Songs seines Deb�talbums spinnt das Duo Jan & Nic Koray den Faden weiter, den Goldfrapp verloren und Portishead willentlich gekappt haben. Vom Opener „Water Shape" bis zum Schlusstrack „Splinters" verstr�mt „Somewhere On The Line" Melancholie pur. Und in der S�ngerin Nic Koray haben wir endlich die deutsche Vanessa Daou gefunden. High Voltage Magazine Monocular's sound is akin to Bjork as a mildly schizophrenic lounge singer on Alphaville. The German electro duo, comprised of Jan and Nic Koray, tempers Trip Hop into soothing soundscapes and morphs ambient noise into morbidly mellow synth pop. The enveloping darkness of their synthetic musicality is balanced with a storytale sweetness in their songwriting. At times they sound like a suicidal Brian Molko and at times like they could share a stage with the Bird and the Bee. Their 13-track debut, Somewhere on the Line, is the most exciting thing to happen the genre since the Sugarcubes reunited… okay, that's a lie… since Portishead reunited. (Zillo 03/09) Es ist schon erstaunlich, wie ausgereift und perfekt dieses Deb�t geworden ist. …Jeder Song ist perfekt austariert, klug arrangiert und gef�hlvoll inszeniert. Komponist Jan Koray versteht sein Fach – keine Frage. Gekr�nt wird die Musik von Nic Korays samtener Stimme, die mal weich, mal lasziv klingt. "Somewhere On The Line" ist das beste Deb�t im erweiterten Trip-Hop-Genre seit Goldfrapps legend�rem "Felt Mountain".
Members
Vox & Lyrics - Nic Koray Keys & Guitars - Jan Koray Bass Guitar - David Senf Drums - Sven Kosakowski
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Monocular - Water Shape EP EP / Online release: March 20, 2009.. buy CD at 47 Store Monocular - Somewhere On The Line Album CD / online release: April 03, 2009 buy CD at 47 Store