Review
Originally released in 1986, this 2009 reissue offers 64 minutes of exciting electronic music. 23 of those minutes comprise bonus material not featured on the original release.
This collaboration fuses Con's quirky sensibilities with Sequenza's energized fluidity, resulting in some very gregarious electronic tuneage.
Electronics abound in diverse modes, slithering between compulsive rhythms and churning guitar effects. Con's usual assortment of blooping eccentricity conspires tastefully with more melodic chords to generate songs that are often grandiose in sonic stature. Besides this elevated density, a certain agility is present too, driving the music into extremely bouncy territory.
Plenty of rhythms are featured, propelling the gurgling diodes with their urgent tempos. Sometimes the beats go clack, other times they pitter away employing softer definition like exposed live wires skittering across the floor.
Guitars and bass contribute aspects normally not found in Con's music. Twangs and thumping swim in a turgid sea of sparkling electronics. One track is comprised of forced coughs interspliced with loops of growled snippets of Spanish conversation.
While retaining a distinct Con flavor, strong pop hints are evident in these compositions. Their exuberance can be infectious as witty riffs seep into the listeners' brain.The first nine tracks are brief and self-contained. Then follows seven sections that are strung together into a gritty opus of almost ominous character in which piercing vibrations express contention and their struggle for domination results in a mounting tension of delightful intensity.
The bonus tracks return things to the short sharp sweet motif found at the album's beginning. They display a more serious character, though, making frequent use of heavy tones to establish a demonstrative (and highly entertaining) severity.
Track Listing
1 - Von Hand - 12:37
2 - Zack Zack - 13:05
3 - Fiesta - 12:32
4 - Hommac à Gaudi - 12:35
5 - Erotik - 12:42
6 - Windmill - 12:41
7 - Alhambra - 12:45
8 - España - 1:39
9 - Kastilien- 3:36
10 - Kastilien - 2:05
11 - Kastilien - 2:10
12 - Kastilien - 2:50
13 - Kastilien - 2:30
14 - Kastilien - 2:20
15 - Kastilien - 2:02
16 - Kastilien - 2:01
Bonus tracks
17 - 4:41
18 - 3:11
19 - 3:40
20 - 3:30
21 - 3:58
22 - 4:28
