Released April 2, 2011 Label Bubblegum Records | Length 27:32 Producer Jess and Jeff DeCuir Release date 2011 Genres Synthpop, Electropop | |
Recorded April 2010 – February 2011, Uncle Buzz Studio, San Antonio, TX, Digital City Studio, Dublin, Ireland, & Planetmanda Studio, Glasgow, Scotland Candy Apple Daydreams(2010) Drastic Cinematic(2011) People also search for Dee Dee Rocks the Galaxy (Original Soundtrack) | ||
Drastic Cinematic is an LP by the American synthpop/electropop band Hyperbubble from German label Pure Pop For Now People. It debuted in Europe and North America on April 2, 2011 as a limited edition of 100 copies with handmade covers. The album includes "Welcome To Infinity", released earlier in the year as a single by UK Bubblegum Records. Guest vocals are provided by Aidan Casserly of Empire State Human for the title track. The song "Geometry" includes vocals by Manda Rin of the Scottish bands Bis and Data Panik as well as sampled sounds from her cat, Akiko.
Contents
A CD/MP3 reissue of this limited edition vinyl album, Drastic Cinematic – Director's Cut, debuted on July 1, 2011 through Bubblegum. The reissue shares the same front cover and adds three remixes by I European, Haberdashery and Mark Towns, who previously worked on Hits! The Very Best of Erasure. A music video for the single "Explosive" was released in 2013. The first track, "Vox Noir", was used in the soundtrack for a 2012 stop-motion film by Sabra Booth.
Critical reception
With Drastic Cinematic, Hyperbubble produced what was variously dubbed a tribute to soundtrack composers of the '70s and '80s, "a film-noir/futuristic soundtrack," and "a soundtrack for an imaginary Jean-Luc Goddard [sic] film" – the French director to whom the CD version is dedicated. A reviewer for ReGen magazine described the music as "evocative of ever changing tensions in its fictional narrative backbone... [that] unlike classic electronic acts occupied with film scores like Tangerine Dream, ...is not constrained by the necessity to remain committed to one mood or a singular theme." The compositions include cameo vocals "with distinctive accents ... to add foreign intrigue," including "little dialogues in English, French and German" and even the Wilhelm scream. Hyperbubble utilizes "their slick melodies as themes instead of verses or choruses, per se, and lets listeners fill in the gaps."
The album constituted a change from the band's usual cartoon bubblepunk to more dark and atmospheric moods or "black and white audio noir," though still a continuation of "Hyperbubble's commitment to retro." Peek-a-boo music magazine noted that the vocals "in combination with the drums and synthmelodies give ... a Kraftwerk-feeling." The three bonus tracks provide more conventional synthpop.
babysue called it "a non-stop fun experience from start to finish. Totally cool upbeat modern pop tunes presented with gutsy imagination and plenty of style."
Track listing
All songs written by Jess and Jeff DeCuir
Musicians
Additional personnel
Production
Songs
1Vox Noir2:31
2Night Cruiser2:45
3Drastic Cinematic (feat Beatrice Rougier & Aidan Casserly)3:31