While I find alot of Kammerer's stuff a little too loungy, I really liked this album for some reason, and in particular "Gauntlet Charge". There's something about this track that just has me hooked.
Nice work. I'd prefer more on the dancey end of lounge, but hey, that's just my humble opinion.
This is great! On initial listen I thought, this is a little lightweight for my liking, but it seriously grows on you. The voice is really appealing to me, distinct without being grating... without it, the music would lose much of its appeal. But to say such a thing would be to distract from the great songwriting, which results in seriously catchy tunes.
My pick - "Tux". But quality throughout.
Thanks for the great listen.
Good stuff. A little too country or too commercial or too something for my tastes, but really enjoyed 'Sleeping Pills and Asteroids' for some reason.
Anyway, congrats on a polished piece of work.
You think you've scooped up all the quality on Jamendo and then you stumble across something that makes you go WHOA. This is WHOA. Where the hell did this come from? This grungy, retro, indie, melodic album just comes from nowhere. Listen to Solar System and How To Breathe and you'll get my drift. The guy's voice is amazing... vaguely reminiscent of Nick Cave for some reason?
Read on their website that the band is breaking up. Based on this evidence, one can only hope we will see quality like this again from its constituents.
Gee this one is fantastic. I do love listening to music in other languages, and listening to tracks one and four make me want to learn... Taiwanese is it? Even if you're not into languages, listen to the cool, smooth, catchy, bumpy, sexy, exotic beats of this infinitely varied album. Superb.
Following up the last album is a tough act, surely. But there is as much quality here as the last, with possibly more variation. Fascinating listening with plenty of appeal.
Nice work.
Loved it. So much to like here - real depth and variation, and very polished. Read the Professor's Blog - obviously a real advocate of Creative Commons, which wins extra points in my book.
Well done Prof, this one is one of my more played albums. If you like big, beefy electronic, this is well worth a shot.
I've officially given up waiting until I have something deeply profound to say until I write a review. I figure artists would more appreciate a dumb-sounding "I liked it! It was awesome!" than wait forever to hear anything.
Very nice work. As I said, catchy, quirky. Can't stop playing "Blankets". Pleasingly, found it through Professor Kliq's blog - I trusted his tastes and was rewarded.
Well done guys, keep up the good work.
Another quality piece of work from FBS. Walking the line between industrial rock and indie pop almost flawlessly now, Doctor X adds a little more electronic elements to the mix to interesting effect.
'Can't get enough' is a return to the more industrial sound of FBS, but is highly appealing. 'Enjoy the Apple' sees a touch of the electronic with the hard-edge to interesting effect. 'Doctor X' revisits 'My Artficial Sun', remixing the guitar riff with some electronic beats, in a strange but not-unlikeable track. 'Need some glue' delves deeper into synthesised sounds, but doesn't quite hit the mark for mine. 'Angry Machine' slightly tweaks the great track from the earlier album, 'Make This End'.
All up, more quality from FBS. Fans of this group will lap it up; if its your first taste of FBS, perhaps sample an earlier album beforehand before returning here.