TURNTABLE LAB

the lab review

Bottin's been releasing some awesome stuff this past year on the revered Italians Do It Better label, hypnotizing us with his affinity for smooth, sexy, Italo synth sounds. Well, his full album is finally here and is 14 tracks, consisting of all brand new material, with the exception of "No Static(1)." It's called Horror Disco, but it's not as dark as it seems. In fact, it reminds of when Emperor Machine and Padded Cell were releasing material in '07 and people were calling it "horror disco" for their deeper, darker take on new synth based disco. This album isn't too far away from that. For the most part, it's jam packed with extended new disco tracks that lie somewhere between pumping dance tracks that are perfect for elite fashionable crowds to balearic synthscapes with a driving beat. For a taste of some of more hype tracks check, "Horror Disco(2)," "Theme from St. Mark 30124(3)," "Disco For The Devil(4)," "Sciarando El Scuro(5)," "Roger Bacon(6)" and "Undercover Monkey(7)." My personal faves are more on the more tasty side such as, "Auricola Judae(8)," "Mary Lewis(9)," "Bianca(10)," and of course "No Static." Overall, I wish there were more of a "hook" to some of these tracks, but I can't cry too much, they are pretty useful for the dancefloor.

reviewed by snackmaster 09/02/2009

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