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5.0 out of 5 stars
VERY SWEET, 14 Feb 2005
By A Customer
Another new gem from the Warp label. Its not electronica, its much more organic, using double bass, strings, piano and so on. It captures the niavety and simplicity of films from the 1930s, and in doing so is very authentic. Also, perhaps film noir from the 50s? Either way, its beautifully old fashioned, and very addictive.I'd say that most of the influences here are Serge Gainsbourg, Air, and Angelo Badalementi (A film composer who works with David Lynch). In fact, listening to this album immediatly transports you into a David Lynch film, or possibly some lost 1930s classic film noir. In any case, its hypnotic, jazzy, bluesy, funky, cool and sleazy. Hard to pick out a standout track, but personally I'd go for Optigan, Departure Lounge, Paranoia and Pianet 54, although the album DOES work well as a piece and is a delight from start to finish.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Play it again... whilst watching CEEFAX, 10 Mar 2005
Harmonic 33 would be the fastest to admit that they aren't the first with a modern tribute to vintage electronica, lounge and elevator music. The influences of Jean-Jaques Perrey, Joe Meek, Walter Carlos, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop and their like can already be heard in the works of Air, Broadcast, Blue States, Stereolab and the various Stereolab side-projects. "Music for Film...", however, provides a chilled, purer, interpretation of the genre, that really wouldn't sound out of place accompanying the BBC2 testcard. You could be cruel and complain that this is a CD of noodling and tunes that don't really go anywhere, but in fact it can be haunting and addictive, and true to its roots throughout. Stand-out tracks are "Carousel", "Marionette" and "Optigan", but the album is best taken as a whole. And, perhaps unsurpirsingly, "Optigan" sounds almost identical to Blur's "Optigan 1" from their "13" album... and that's not a bad thing.
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