kim koschka: bella maniera
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kim koschka: bella maniera
(Psychotropic - 2001)
Time to hit the mean streets... multi-keyboardist kim koschka (aided and abetted by jim goetsch, her partner in crime of Demolition Squad) weaves a web of electronic noir. bella maniera could easily be the soundtrack of some neo-crime caper on the dark streets of a dirty cybercity...
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Spy-groovy bass, cool beats and action-brass combine with less-normal slurs of sound and occasionally quirky arrangements in rousing allegro vivace (drum 'n' bass for grand orchestra. Soft-spoken lyrics (of crime/brutality and love) are occasionally slipped into the similarly gritty-though-perky garcia lorca (6:06). A super-elastic lead synth wraps itself all around the quite-musical
impromptu for a friend in china.
During fibonacci dub (12:44), soft electronics sprinkle down on a steadily chattering layers of drum-and-bassisms. The quite-nice panorama evolves through various scenes, winding down with a final chill-out.. The closing tracks take a jazz-esque, seemingly-improvisational detour (while retaining an edgy sense of intrigue); hip-hop beats spatter against the melting electrosymphonics and chimes of J. G. Ballard-inspired terminal beach while softer piano/harp textures with a similarly meandering M.O. flow through more-seductive (though less beat-intensive) homage a morton f. (ambiento con una frase for chamber orchestra).
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bella maniera would make excellent driving music for nocturnal roadtripping down moody urban avenues, emphasizing the dangers that lurk around every corner. An 8.3 for evocative e-tunes.
Learn more about kim koschka at the demosquad.com website.
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This review posted August 31, 2001
The two Psychotropic discs were accidentally switched (by someone) so last month's review of
demolition squad's hit it was actually a review of Kim Koschka's bella maniera. My apologies!
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