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Black Moth
Super Rainbow:
Start a People
I don't know how they did it. Maybe that sawteeth on that vintage analog sound scraped the rust off my cynicism. Or maybe I was never sick of vocoders in the first place. Or maybe I secretly believed that Boards of Canada had left some unexplored territory in their sound. Or maybe the pastoral-electronic thing had never really gotten tired. But probably not. No matter how many layers of vintage synths, low key, distorted drums, and xylophonic percussion you put in a piece of music, you can't dilute the sort of wide-eyed fun and creativity on which Black Moth Super Rainbow base their songs. And that's the real key. Despite the fact that I've heard from this brand of warped-pop-electronics before, I've never heard it exactly like this. And when a warbly synth trill opens up into a fuzzy, new baseline or psychedelic wash, I can't help but bust out a big, childish grin. Running at just about 40 minutes, Start a People never wears out its welcome. The sixteen tracks, almost all clocking in around three minutes, are blissfully concise ideas, fully explored and wrapped up before the listener even becomes aware of his humming along. The creative efficiency of the tracks on Start a People seems to run counter to the sort of electronic noodling that makes up these songs, but it gives an insight into how Black Moth Super Rainbow comes off seeming so novel while using a toolset that is pretty well worked over.
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