Why Don’t You EP

Why Don’t You EP

Plastic Operator [Fine Day Records]...

1 November, 2007 | 10.20AM

• Section: Music Reviews
• Written by: Lolo Van der Venne

This Antwerp/Montreal connection blossomed over an audio production course at Westminster University like some kind of geek’s wet dream — so you would expect technical frills.

Sophisticated yet sentimental, the original sounds undeniably French, experimenting with the same breed of synthesized human emotion as Telepopmusik.

It’s electronic pop; quite hollow but well crafted, a sweet digitised ballad that requires minimum emotional engagement.

The Jesse Rose and Oliver mix teeters on the boundaries of speed garage, with a treatment that has become synonymous with a Monsieur Rose remix — right down to the schizophrenic stop/start trademark that flickers between the stripped-down orchestral bit into jacking tech house.

Flag this as the dance floor arsenal of the bunch.

Dario Albiez and Mark Pearse’s take is a brash, bold electro house rework that is interesting but is too disjointed to make a definite impact.

With past releases already picked up by Sunday Best and now working with Booka Shade, it seems like Plastic Operator have a bad ass post study plan mapped out.

Struggling music graduates take note; make friends with Booka Shade and start a fucking band.

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