Actress - Splazsh (Honest Jon’s)
Friday, June 11th, 2010 | Sounds
‘Splazsh’, the sophomore album from Werk Discs head honcho Darren Cunningham aka Actress, picks up from where debut album, ‘Hazyville’, left off, pushing sounds and ideas that where hinted at on the first album. The album is very much a product of what is happening musically in London right now, bringing together a wide range of styles & influences and giving it a unique twist. The album kicks-off with the hypnotic, ‘Hubble’, which (along with ‘Bubble Butts and Equations’) reminds me a lot of the synth ladened sounds of fellow Londoner’s Subway. You can hear echoes of Detroit’s Terrence Dixon and Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir on ‘Lost’ and ‘Let’s Fly’, while ‘Always Human’ and ‘Senorita’ sounds like a mutated Todd Edwards production. ‘Get Ohn’ taps Steve Bicknell’s Lost style of techno (another uniquely London sound). The album even in places sounds like the forgotten soundtrack of a John Carpenter movie. ‘Splazsh’ is a engrossing listen from start to end. Highly recommended.
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