Record Reviews: Jonny Greenwood, Bishop Lamont, Melchior Productions
Blood soundtrack, Caltroit mixtape and No Disco Future
Melchior has been making techno for nearly 20 years in some form or another. (He was a member of the backing band for Deee-lite’s Lady Miss Kier on her first solo tour in the mid-’90s.) His work under the Melchior Productions alias, however, has been his main focus since 2002. Here, on his second full-length album under the alias, he reaffirms his dedication to minimalism, paring back each rhythmic element until clipped digital raindrops serve as the unyielding pulse and luscious chords pull you in. As always, though, his true talent lies in letting listeners fill in the melodic, rhythmic, and vocal blanks: On “Coming Up,” he throws you the first half of Pink’s immortal dance-floor couplet and dares you not to respond “so you better get this party started.” Thomas: I think you already did.
—Todd L. Burns
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