Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest
Seductive Dutch language synth-pop from Brussels linchpin Victor De Roo, hitting left of centre to CS + Kreme, Organizatsiya, Bochum Welt
‘Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest’ (trans: If only it weren't such a party) makes up the 5th release on Kontakt Group, the Brussels studio, label and radio show revolving Victor De Roo - a keenly crafty song-writer and also affiliate of Belgium’s ace Stroom label (Prutser, Vanderschrick). On its six pearlescent synth-pop charms, De Roo underlines the wistful vox of Ricky Cherim with classy updates of original synth-pop styles, nipping and tucking Dutch, UK and US tape-wave templates to a trim modernism, but with traces of pop-as-folk simplicity, IDM electronica tunings and hints of medieval European chamber music in its make-up.
It’s a strange and high pleasing confection of styles, with the nimble electro-pop of ‘Ampersand’ channelling nods to mid-‘90s AFX and N64’s Goldeneye soundtrack via John Bender, while the puckered harpsichord of the title tune and funereal procession of ‘Alsof het regent’ scry a sort of European early music thru synthetic prisms. There’s a certain soupçon of Detroit electro secreted in a very Dutch/Lowlands style on the electro-pop swagger of ‘Storing’, and the shine-eyed wist of ‘Rennen als de wind’ recalls CS + Kreme’s blue beatdown, with ‘De mogelijkheid bestaat’ an ideal kiss-off of bittersweet melody and Dutch vocals that have, by this point, really endeared themselves to our lugs.
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Seductive Dutch language synth-pop from Brussels linchpin Victor De Roo, hitting left of centre to CS + Kreme, Organizatsiya, Bochum Welt
‘Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest’ (trans: If only it weren't such a party) makes up the 5th release on Kontakt Group, the Brussels studio, label and radio show revolving Victor De Roo - a keenly crafty song-writer and also affiliate of Belgium’s ace Stroom label (Prutser, Vanderschrick). On its six pearlescent synth-pop charms, De Roo underlines the wistful vox of Ricky Cherim with classy updates of original synth-pop styles, nipping and tucking Dutch, UK and US tape-wave templates to a trim modernism, but with traces of pop-as-folk simplicity, IDM electronica tunings and hints of medieval European chamber music in its make-up.
It’s a strange and high pleasing confection of styles, with the nimble electro-pop of ‘Ampersand’ channelling nods to mid-‘90s AFX and N64’s Goldeneye soundtrack via John Bender, while the puckered harpsichord of the title tune and funereal procession of ‘Alsof het regent’ scry a sort of European early music thru synthetic prisms. There’s a certain soupçon of Detroit electro secreted in a very Dutch/Lowlands style on the electro-pop swagger of ‘Storing’, and the shine-eyed wist of ‘Rennen als de wind’ recalls CS + Kreme’s blue beatdown, with ‘De mogelijkheid bestaat’ an ideal kiss-off of bittersweet melody and Dutch vocals that have, by this point, really endeared themselves to our lugs.
Seductive Dutch language synth-pop from Brussels linchpin Victor De Roo, hitting left of centre to CS + Kreme, Organizatsiya, Bochum Welt
‘Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest’ (trans: If only it weren't such a party) makes up the 5th release on Kontakt Group, the Brussels studio, label and radio show revolving Victor De Roo - a keenly crafty song-writer and also affiliate of Belgium’s ace Stroom label (Prutser, Vanderschrick). On its six pearlescent synth-pop charms, De Roo underlines the wistful vox of Ricky Cherim with classy updates of original synth-pop styles, nipping and tucking Dutch, UK and US tape-wave templates to a trim modernism, but with traces of pop-as-folk simplicity, IDM electronica tunings and hints of medieval European chamber music in its make-up.
It’s a strange and high pleasing confection of styles, with the nimble electro-pop of ‘Ampersand’ channelling nods to mid-‘90s AFX and N64’s Goldeneye soundtrack via John Bender, while the puckered harpsichord of the title tune and funereal procession of ‘Alsof het regent’ scry a sort of European early music thru synthetic prisms. There’s a certain soupçon of Detroit electro secreted in a very Dutch/Lowlands style on the electro-pop swagger of ‘Storing’, and the shine-eyed wist of ‘Rennen als de wind’ recalls CS + Kreme’s blue beatdown, with ‘De mogelijkheid bestaat’ an ideal kiss-off of bittersweet melody and Dutch vocals that have, by this point, really endeared themselves to our lugs.
Seductive Dutch language synth-pop from Brussels linchpin Victor De Roo, hitting left of centre to CS + Kreme, Organizatsiya, Bochum Welt
‘Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest’ (trans: If only it weren't such a party) makes up the 5th release on Kontakt Group, the Brussels studio, label and radio show revolving Victor De Roo - a keenly crafty song-writer and also affiliate of Belgium’s ace Stroom label (Prutser, Vanderschrick). On its six pearlescent synth-pop charms, De Roo underlines the wistful vox of Ricky Cherim with classy updates of original synth-pop styles, nipping and tucking Dutch, UK and US tape-wave templates to a trim modernism, but with traces of pop-as-folk simplicity, IDM electronica tunings and hints of medieval European chamber music in its make-up.
It’s a strange and high pleasing confection of styles, with the nimble electro-pop of ‘Ampersand’ channelling nods to mid-‘90s AFX and N64’s Goldeneye soundtrack via John Bender, while the puckered harpsichord of the title tune and funereal procession of ‘Alsof het regent’ scry a sort of European early music thru synthetic prisms. There’s a certain soupçon of Detroit electro secreted in a very Dutch/Lowlands style on the electro-pop swagger of ‘Storing’, and the shine-eyed wist of ‘Rennen als de wind’ recalls CS + Kreme’s blue beatdown, with ‘De mogelijkheid bestaat’ an ideal kiss-off of bittersweet melody and Dutch vocals that have, by this point, really endeared themselves to our lugs.
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Seductive Dutch language synth-pop from Brussels linchpin Victor De Roo, hitting left of centre to CS + Kreme, Organizatsiya, Bochum Welt
‘Was Het Maar Eens Niet Zo’n Feest’ (trans: If only it weren't such a party) makes up the 5th release on Kontakt Group, the Brussels studio, label and radio show revolving Victor De Roo - a keenly crafty song-writer and also affiliate of Belgium’s ace Stroom label (Prutser, Vanderschrick). On its six pearlescent synth-pop charms, De Roo underlines the wistful vox of Ricky Cherim with classy updates of original synth-pop styles, nipping and tucking Dutch, UK and US tape-wave templates to a trim modernism, but with traces of pop-as-folk simplicity, IDM electronica tunings and hints of medieval European chamber music in its make-up.
It’s a strange and high pleasing confection of styles, with the nimble electro-pop of ‘Ampersand’ channelling nods to mid-‘90s AFX and N64’s Goldeneye soundtrack via John Bender, while the puckered harpsichord of the title tune and funereal procession of ‘Alsof het regent’ scry a sort of European early music thru synthetic prisms. There’s a certain soupçon of Detroit electro secreted in a very Dutch/Lowlands style on the electro-pop swagger of ‘Storing’, and the shine-eyed wist of ‘Rennen als de wind’ recalls CS + Kreme’s blue beatdown, with ‘De mogelijkheid bestaat’ an ideal kiss-off of bittersweet melody and Dutch vocals that have, by this point, really endeared themselves to our lugs.