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Here we are talking about the mo.dig.liani from Turin, "modern
digital italians"! They send us their interesting work. It
is a three track demo of refined electro-pop, made around the
beautiful singer's voice. The songs are arranged with extreme
wealth and undeniable trade. The instrumental part plays well,
alternating extremely frantic times with ethereal and suspended
sounds. They suggest us an electronic music that give signs of
having well known and interpretated the Lamb and Moloko's lesson,
but also the last Meg's and the national Antonella Ruggero's from
Matia Bazar.
In my opinion the lyrics are a little bit too much soft, in some
passages maybe too much trendy-spatial, they are a little bit
stereotyped. After all, a very good work, fresh and well made
that personally I listened to various times, and that I feel to
suggest to whom want to listen some sophisticated electronic music,
but at the some time absolutely authentic. "
20/12/04
Fuzz - Cartaigienica Web
"Since
a few months from their remix cd of classic brazilian songs, mo.dig.liani
(Moderni digitali italiani) from Turin come back with a new cd
of original songs. It is a cd with three songs that describe a
bridge between the melodic italian tradition and the modern english
elettronic-pop (Bjork). The positive impressions of the old bossa
nova cd are now confirmed in thevery minded electronic-arrangements
and in singer's crystalline voice, a voice capable to cover some
inspiracions from Mina to Moloko, from the last Meg to Antonella
Ruggero.
Generally this is an acceptable work, but with some indecisions
in the compositions when
the encounter of different inspiracion sources is perceived. We
wait for new developments."
12/01/05
Massimiliano Osini - Rockit - max@rockit.it link!
"No_Ctrl,
with only three tracks, shows us the potentiality of a trio to
give an ear to. The cd starts with the title-track "Non controllo",
a song like Subsonica in the beat, but musical enough to enter
immediately in the head: "Non controllo la tua assenza, e
mi perdo in attese e dissonanze, non controllo i miei passi.../
Io prevedo il mio schianto, sciolta come cera sull'asfalto: sto
perdendo l'equilibrio, le tue braccia non mi stringono... ed io
scivolo". "In anima" try to humanize the cold electronic
music: a national Bjork surrounded by lyrical voices, alone and
in the oblivion. Without doubt the most interesting song is "Pulsar",
eccentric, electronic, distorted, spatial, phagocyted and with
childs' voices: "Obbiettivo uno: fallito". Good EP,
fluctuating between hypnotic movements and electronic rhythms.
Good inspiration, good interpretation, but more pump and energy
didn't get spoil. We wait trustful their debut album, menwhile
taking confort with an EP to be listen with the light s turned
off."
19/01/05
Ilario Pisanu - Gufetto.it - link!