STACCATO DU MAL
Sin Destino
Well, it is a bit silly and useless to try and put a specific tag on Staccato du Mal‘s Sin Destino. The project of Chilean-Venezuelan pianist Ramiro Jeancarlo, a musician obsessed with analogue synthesizers (Depeche Mode‘s Martin Gore has bought some of his equipment from Jeancarlo in recent years), is a maze of sensations and claustrophobia, a display of sound and space and spaciousness that many will put in the “coldwave” or “techno” or “Depeche Mode-ish” bag but that goes way beyond that. Jeancarlo is based in Miami, a place with a solid electronic music scene that somehow focuses on light and vibrant beats rather than in dark, somber and brooding landscapes thanks to the unique sound of analogue equipment. In conclusion, Sin Destino has more personality and depth than most records out there.
Is it post-new-wave? We don’t know (what does it means?). Is it synthpop? Not so pop, but probably in some way it could be. Is it electronic? Absolutely.
But in the end, this is simply a good record. Period.
ARTIST: Staccat du Mal
TITLE: Sin Destino
LABEL: Wierd
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011
TIME: 55:26 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/staccatodumal
01. Walls Fade [04:03]
02. Desespero [02:47]
03. En Sueños [03:18]
04. Salvation Through Suffering [04:15]
05. Foto Archivio [04:22]
06. Sólo Baila Sola [02:46]
07. Pronóstico Indefinido [03:44]
08. Lost Image [05:12]
09. Plea Bargain [02:07]
10. Happy Endings [04:35]
11. Kevorkian [04:02]
12. Logan’s Sleep [06:37]
get it here.