French electro duo Zombie Zombie pay tribute to John Carpenter on an EP which turns out to be a worthy work in its own right.
France
Edges – A New French Electronic Generation
If you’re in the market for a French electro compilation, you could (probably) do worse than this.
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix seem to be channelling some sort of mysterious energy from another dimension where everybody is cool and French and hangs out with Daft Punk. And if that’s starting to get old, they really don’t seem to care.
The Dø – A Mouthful
An oddball French/Finnish co-production, this album throws folk, pop and hip hop (!) at us all at once.
Murcof – The Versailles Sessions
Murcof is the moniker of Fernando Corona, a Mexican born Spanish based electronic artist, who has been releasing work since 2002. His music has so far explored minimalist, austere, glitchy, sample based loops, which draws inspiration from 20th century composers such as Arvo Pärt.
Orouni – Jump out of the Window
James Dalrymple discovers that there is a fine line between quirky and irritating, and it is a line that Orouni flirt with dangerously throughout ‘Jump out of the Window’.
