Beneva v Clark Nova follow-up on joint How Is Annie/Fenêtre release
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Label: How Is Annie/Fenêtre
Year: 2009
Format: CD
Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed debut album, single cuts and 3” CD and each their own debut, solo album, Beneva and Clark Nova have got back together for their second album – Dramadadatic – which is out these days as a joint release effort between Oslo-based labels How Is Annie and Fenêtre Records.
The duo is surely one of the most exciting outfits on the Norwegian electronic music scene at the moment, and have recently displayed they work just as great on their own with their solo ventures on How Is Annie. Here they are back in familiar style, but also with surprises and new tricks up their sleeves, as the energetic and unpredictable production duo with looped guitar and synth goodness, mashed up beats and crazy, electronic noises and weird, slightly distressing vocal samples at times. Their take on production bears witness of the unorthodox, producing a highly captivating 12-track album of diversity – no element is banned from use and across the duration of the album, the sounds sway from the most frenetic beats, jittery samples and sounds to wear you out, to the more melodic, ambient pieces set to warm and fuzzy guitar and accordion-like drones. And quite often the constituent pieces are just mashed together all at once and you are left quite mesmerised by how well it works.
As difficult as the sequel supposedly is, Beneva v Clark Nova do not need to feel concerned at all about their production and are clearly back with a loud bang… and some melancholic drone.
Web Resources:
Beneva v Clark Nova on myspace
Fenêtre Records official website
How Is Annie official website
