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Secret Synthi : Katzchenkollision
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Lo-fi synth trio with girl gang vocals, a psychedelic pulse and pop song structures.
Genre: Electronic: Pop Crossover
Release Date: 2003
Katzchenkollision Record Label: Rink-E-Dink Records
  • Buy CD - $12.97
Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Kitty Fang 3:40 Album Only
Pop Pop Fire Power 4:19 Album Only
Alright Mitten Fight 2:43 Album Only
Panickin Mannequin 1:57 Album Only
Here Comes the Disco Machine 2:33 Album Only
Digital Derby 1:54 Album Only
65th Modulator 3:40 Album Only
Machinery and Motorcars 4:48 Album Only
Shrinking 2:28 Album Only
More Digital Derby 0:45 Album Only
Candy Song 1:50 Album Only
Lair of the Sequined Genius 6:12 Album Only
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Album Notes

Formed in the summer of 2001, the San Francisco based Secret Synthi is comprised of Heather Ottaway (keyboards, drum effects, vocals), Jaimie Lock (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Melinda Lacy (keyboards, vocals). Armed with countless vintage synths (including the EMS Synthi AKS, for which they are named) and hard-wired effects, Secret Synthi delivers warm analog tones layered with sugar-sweet vocal melodies. With influences like early Brian Eno, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Neu! and The Cars, Secret Synthi's unique style of music incorporates a psychedelic pulse with pop song structures. Drawing on elements as diverse as the innocence of ABBA to the melancholy ambience of Joy Division, Secret Synthi has just written and recorded a full-length album entitled Katzchenkollision that discovers the lost secret that is analog music.

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REVIEWS

Electronic music with humm-able melody
author: M Russell
I heard the song "Candy Song", on a college radio show. It has a nice quirky melody with structure similar to the so-called bubblegum pop of the 70's but with electronic instrumentation. Once, I got the album, I found a couple other songs that were in the same style, including "Kitty Fang", and "... Disco Machine". I figure if you are more used to electronic music, then you will likely enjoy this more. I do not have much of an electronic music experience, so some of the instrumentation was not to my acquaintence. That may be why I only liked three or four of the songs on the album; those that had a little more of the campy bubblegum rock stylings. So, for me, the low rating is just a compromise of how much I like the songs I like contrasted with the 4 out of 12 liked.
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