PLATONOS, Lena - Galop - Vinyl (LP + insert)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Lena PLATONOS Galop(LP + insert) Dark Entries US
Cat: DE 086. Rel: 14 Oct 19
Coldwave/Synth
Side 1 - Track 1. An Unsolved Exercise In Physics Side 1 - Track 2. What's New Pussy Cat? Side 1 - Track 3. And We Hear "I Love You" Side 1 - Track 4. Markos Side 1 - Track 5. Love In Summer Side 2 - Track 1. Rumanian Immigrants Side 2 - Track 2. Liqueur Side 2 - Track 3. Witches Side 2 - Track 4. The Number 9 Side 2 - Track 5. Bloody Shadows From Afar Side 2 - Track 6. Gallop
By now, we've come accustomed to Dark Entries digging deep to find curious material to reissue. Even so, few would have expected them to turn to the Greek synth-pop/new wave scene for inspiration. Gallop, the sixth album from Greek musician Lena Platonos, originally came out back in 1985. It remains an impressive, if unusual, set, with Platonos variously speaking and singing over backing tracks that veer between spooky, piano-laden oddities, sparse but seductive drum machine grooves and thrillingly spaced-out synth-scapes. Those without a grasp of Greek will no doubt wonder what she's musing on, but in many ways it doesn't matter; aesthetically, Gallop is a thrillingly imaginative and out-there album worthy of further investigation.
