Drastic Cinematic

Drastic Cinematic
Studio album by Hyperbubble
Released April 2, 2011 Germany
Recorded April 2010 – February 2011, Uncle Buzz Studio, San Antonio, TX, Digital City Studio, Dublin, Ireland, & Planetmanda Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
Genre Synthpop, electropop
Length 27:32
Language English
Label Pure Pop For Now People (Germany)
Bubblegum Records (UK) (July 1, 2011 Director's Cut reissue)
Producer Jess and Jeff DeCuir
Hyperbubble chronology
Candy Apple Daydreams
(2010)Candy Apple Daydreams2010		 Drastic Cinematic
(2011)		 Attack of the Titans
(2014)Attack of the Titans2014

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.[1] 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.

A CD/MP3 reissue of this limited edition vinyl album, Drastic Cinematic – Director's Cut, debuted on July 1, 2011 through Bubblegum.[2] 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.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
babysue[4]
laganzua.net[5]
music-scan.de[6]
Peek-a-boo music magazine(8.2/10)[7]
San Antonio Current[8]
ReGen Magazine[9]

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.[6][10][11][12] 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."[9] 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.[7][9][13] Hyperbubble utilizes "their slick melodies as themes instead of verses or choruses, per se, and lets listeners fill in the gaps."[8]

The album constituted a change from the band's usual cartoon bubblepunk to more dark and atmospheric moods or "black and white audio noir,"[5][7][14] though still a continuation of "Hyperbubble's commitment to retro."[9] Peek-a-boo music magazine noted that the vocals "in combination with the drums and synthmelodies give ... a Kraftwerk-feeling."[7] The three bonus tracks provide more conventional synthpop.[14]

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."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Jess and Jeff DeCuir

Side one
No.TitleGuest musician(s)Length
1."Voix Noir" 2:30
2."Midnight Cruiser" 2:44
3."Drastic Cinematic"Aidan Casserly, Beatrice Rougier3:30
4."Rue Des Dames"Gavin DeCuir1:24
5."Geometry"Manda Rin, Akiko2:16
Side two
No.TitleGuest musician(s)Length
1."Blame It On The Bot"Bryan Stanchak1:25
2."Explosive" 2:34
3."Quiet On The Set"Joachim Gaertner2:41
4."Welcome To Infinity Pt.1" 3:10
5."Welcome To Infinity Pt.2"Joli Stokes, Armand Rougier5:18
Director's Cut bonus tracks
No.TitleGuest musician(s)Length
11."Welcome To Infinity (Remix by I European)"Armand Rougier3:49
12."Geometry (Remix by Haberdashery)"Manda Rin2:47
13."Welcome To Infinity (Markymix)" 5:29

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Drastic Cinematic press release Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Pure Pop For Now People. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Whitney. "Whitty With It: Hyperbubble - "Drastic Cinematic" (2011) [Album Review]". WomensRadio. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ Sarah Booth. Stop motion film Slick with artist statement. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Hyperbubble - Drastic Cinematic". babysue. June 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Landa, Jon (June 15, 2011). "Comentario del Disco de: Hyperbubble". laganzua.net. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Kupetz, Arne (June 15, 2011). "Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematic". music-scan.de. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Ohrt, Dennis (August 12, 2011). "Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematic". Peek-a-boo Music Magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  8. 1 2 Coronado, Adam Villela (July 20, 2011). "Aural Review: Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematic". San Antonio Current. 11 (29). p. 52.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Glowinkowski, Damian (June 25, 2011). "Hyperbubble – Drastic Cinematic". ReGen Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ Lopetegui, Enrique (July 20, 2011). "Hyperbubble's silent, invisible movie coming to a radio near you". San Antonio Current. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  11. ↑ Allen, Sanford (June 29, 2011). "Review: Hyperbubble's "Drastic Cinematic" CD". Missions Unknown. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  12. ↑ Decuir, Jeff; Jess Decuir (2011). "Cast". Drastic Cinematic (CD booklet). Hyperbubble. Glasgow: Bubblegum Records.
  13. ↑ Beal Jr., Jim (August 3, 2011). "Different tack: Hyperperbubble's new album is Drastic Cinematic – Every gig is an art installation". San Antonio Express News. pp. 2–E.
  14. 1 2 Lai, Chi Ming (June 27, 2011). "Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematic". The Electricity Club. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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