- Electro pop
- Electronic pop
- EBM
- Alternative pop
- Ambient pop
- Industrial electro
- Electro-indie
- Acid pop
- Alternative dance
- Dark electro
- Leftfield pop
Comment: it has always been great delight to go back to
the discography of the Manchester, UK-based Hippocamp of which list contains a
bunch of gems. Indeed, Manchester is being the home city of many crossover
groups between electronica, alternative dance and guitar driven music. The only bad habit by the imprint is not to release the coverprints of albums. Dubsy
Asylum`s 6-track issue is the sort of. It is an instance of great
electro/electronic pop, however, having not forgotten its indie and art pop
roots. It could be said it is an example of indie music either. Even more – the
artist explores the interface between the aforesaid genres in a more profound
way thereby it could be considered as a cutting-edge artist. For instance, Something for The Oldies chimes like a
chill-out composition where the light-hearted guitar chords constitute fabulous
patterns with overdriven acid synth whiffs and shuffling drum brushing. It is
followed by l' infacto which is an
astonishing cut-up electro propulsion with acid pop synapses and tumultuous
rhythm changes. The issue is finished off by a blissful glimpse called Morte e Sorto which shows up fondness
for subtle ambient pop and post-classical music thereby slightly reminding of a
mid-period Kraftwerk (Ralf & Florian),
for instance. Moreover, these 23 minutes (almost 24 minutes in total) involve many
audible dark shards which would be an integral part of a quintessential industrial,
EBM, and dark electro combo. In a nutshell, the outing is a pre-eminent shift
between the approaches of electro, indie and experimental music.
