HEARTTHROB | DEAR PAINTER, PAINT ME
As you sink deeper into the album and your thoughts gradually unravel, you slowly begin to decipher his way of hearing things. Blind Item (CD and digital only) is another complex yet uncomplicated linear groove that relies on an endlessly morphing, hypnotic hookline. Simple in structure but embellished with lavish harmonics and efx, the pounding beats don’t let up until the final breakdown slowly drifts out of view. As mentioned earlier, the album draws on the full range of emotions and Interference is where the lights go out. It’s a breathtaking, example of edgy, paranoia inducing techno - a tipping point where the gloves come off and things get uncomfortably real. The raw beats are in full effect while the discordant howls summon up memories of dark days gone by. As Aldous Huxley once said ’The Christians enter the arena together but are crucified alone’. The emotional turmoil initially bleeds over into Slow Dance with its beautifully ugly main theme, pumping bassline and call and response percussion fills. Raucous, drunken, with a devil may care attitude there is however, a resilience at work here that stands defiant in the face of a sometimes unjust world and brings us full circle to the final track. Heading for a Heartbreak doesn’t completely tie up all the plot lines, deliberately leaving a few questions unanswered but it does put everything back on track with its quirky, acid overtones giving the piece the feel of a 1960’s sci-fi pilot theme tune that was just too far out to make into a series. It’s a warm, satisfying end to an album that not only hints at so much more to come from this increasingly influential producer but will without question be one of the highlights of the summer and beyond.
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Artist/Title: HEARTTHROB | DEAR PAINTER, PAINT ME
Catalogue No.: M63
Label: MINUS
Format: CD, LP, MP3, WAV
Distribution: Wordandsound / MDM / Beatport / M-nus.com
Barcode: CD: 881390716326 LP: 881390716364
Release Date: JUNE 30th, 2008
Track Listing: CD
1. Futures Past - 8:47
2. Confession - 10:56
3. Signs - 8:02
4. Out Of Here - 5:10
5. Blind Item - 6:10
6. Interference - 7:04
7. Slow Dance - 7:11
8. Heading For A Heartbreak - 8:28
Track Listing: LP
A. Futures Past – 8:50
B1. Interference – 7:04
B2. Slow Dance – 5:53
C. Confession – 11:03
D1. Heading For A Heartbreak – 7:57
D2. Out Of Here – 4:52
Tour Dates:
May 14 - Rex, Paris/ France
May 25 - Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, Detroit/ USA
June 7 - Ozono Club, Las Palmas/ Gran Canaria (tba)
June 13 - Spain (TBA)
June 14 - Spain (TBA)
June 15 - Sunday Adventure Club, Berlin/ Germany
June 20 - CONTAKT at Sonar (Pub), Barcelona/ Spain
June 23 - MINUS at Cocoon Club/ Amnesia, Ibiza/ Spain
June 28 - MINUS at Loft, Ludwigshafen/ Germany
July 5th - MINUS at Renaissance, Hertfordshire/ UK
July 18 - MINUS at Dour, Dour/ Belgium
July 19 - MINUS at Extrema, Eindhoven/ Netherlands
July 22 - CONTAKT at 10daysoff at Vooruit, Gent/ Belgium
August 8 - MINUS at Sonne, Mond & Sterne, Bleichlochtalsperre, Saalburg/ Germany
