Artist: Triptone
Title: My Life
Released: 5th
April 2019
Triptone
is a side project of Franck Jousselin (Kick Bong) where he composes
the music … drums, bass, synths, keys and virtual guitar, as well
as vocals which are also penned by some of the guests on the
productions. This collection of tracks, two years in the making
places the focus on electro, trip-hop and pop.
The
album starts with a dark brooding synth that soon morphs into a
mellow piece of electronica on ‘Around Me’ featuring SR. While
‘Give Me A Reason’ featuring Nartingale has a bassline
reminiscent of 80’s synth-pop while Natasha’s vocals adds more of
a mellow trip-hop aspect to the piece.
If
by now, you're enjoying the style of this album it does continue in a
similar fashion throughout. The title track ‘My Life’ is a
slow burner with somewhat of a cinematic feel with Houcem Elamine on
violin, where the vocals have flipped to his native French rather
than English of the previous pieces. While my personal favourite
‘Lovely Doll’ featuring Romy on backing vocals is a sequenced
piece of electro where you can sense the 80’s influences within.
To
summarise this album may not appeal to all the fans of his Kick Bong
project, and it’s definitely drawing inspiration from other genres.
The days when releases by Depeche Mode and Ultravox, or Massive
Attack and Portishead hit the charts may well be long gone but there
influences live on.
Review
by Woodzee
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