Bring Out The Imps - IMPS

Bring Out The Imps

IMPS [Mule Electronic]

#15 in this month's The 20

• Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
• Written by: Terry Church

Minilogue duo Markus Henriksson and Sebastian Mullaert have mastered the minimal techno form, so it’s very exciting to hear a new direction on their LP ‘Bring Out The Imps’, which is the result of a collaboration project with Australian jazz outfit Decoy.

By combining Decoy’s live jazz instruments with the repetitive undulations of Minilogue’s techno the foursome have managed to create an album of resolutely funky freeform music.

For Beatportal, minimal techno has always represented a lack of boundaries and constraint, and in that way the genre is quite similar to jazz.

‘Bring Out The Imps’ was recorded during a two-week studio session and the improvisational nature of those jams can clearly be heard.

‘Get A Grip’ and ‘Lost In Rostanga’ are shining examples of the album’s lack of rules with guitar solos, electronic feedback and strange drum loops flowing freely like separate musical elements.

Yet despite their individualism, the parts gel together with surprising clarity.

Unexpected twists, suspense and hypnotic moments are in abundance.

For Minilogue, ‘Bring Out The Imps’ is a brave attempt to break down the walls of electronic music, and they’ve done it in style.

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