Gorillaz

Reviewed album: Heligoland, By the Massive Assault

Seven years after their epic 'the Window 100', the Massive Assault returned with another medmorandum fantastically of changeable mood. Employ a selection of well confirmed singers as Damon Albarn Of The Gorillaz, Guy Garvey Of The Elbow, Sandoval of Hope of Etoile of Mazzy, and Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio, the masters of trip jump British created a really magnificent album. What's more, 3D and Dad G always produced ambient anxiety mixing wonderful the airs of in high tempo with the motivations of changeable mood in their unique manner. And this is exactly that they do in "Heligoland".

The presence of deep and rhythmic drum on the principal track 'Taken For Rain' anchored by Tunde Adebimpe vocal melancholic gives a fluting falling that sweeps the listener with his minimalist strength to the air. The measure drums mix with the voice of tednor of Adebimpe producing a melody hypnotiquement powerful that, agreed, does 'To Pray For Rain' one of the better tracks of Massive Assault.

"Babel" is one in high tempo, an air of cold jittering softened by the soft vocal one of topley-oiseau, that contributes also to the "Psyche" a lot of vivacity. The "Babel" grazing is the forerunner of the celebration dreamer and dark of 'Splitting THE Atom' where Damon Albarn Of The Gorillaz finds a big occasion to show his extraordinary, recall melancholic vocal a lot to the voice of first bowie.

Intensify the proof that "Heligoland" is probably the project the better in collaboration of the last decade, Sandoval of Hope of sparks of Etoile of Mazzy with to attract, smooth murmurs anchored with the strings of applause and rope in the threat almost 'the Circus of Paradise'. All the same, in 'Flat of the Blade', Guy Garvey Of The Elbow expresss his hot voice between the electronic progressions. What's more, the associate since a long time Horace Andy ready his soft vocal one to 'the Girl I Like You' and 'Splitting the Atom' adding to the album a copper of reggae.

The album has also its melancholic moments with 3D to deliver on 'the Minute of Haste' and Damon Albarn Of The Gorillaz showing his vulnerability on 'Saturday Came Slow' anchored by the guitar progression dry. Albarn plays with the currents of the to scold low low key vaguely as the synths creates a curious atmosphere that exchanges between crunchy and fuzzy.

For a lot of Massive Assaults edvente, "Heligoland" is the successor to 'the Window 100' from the viewpoint of the atmosphere, on the mood and on the electronic tempo. Idle Etre for so long and having rejected so many airs until chooses these ten airs to include on their last relacchement, "Heligoland" seems as the decade work. The massive return of darker Assault, darker, and more complex, offering nevertheless the unbelievable music to their fans. With an album that took his name after the German archipelago in the North Sea, the masters of trip jump prove again that they are rather flexible in their music and really powerful in their sounds. And this is pretty to fascinate.