| on their album "no p. or d.", released on morr music in october, ms. johnsoda have taken unusual steps towards a new pop direction, where the melody,clarity, emotional directness and timelessness of song structures supersedesthe importance of aural experimentation. at the same time they wanted toemploy classical instruments such as bass, guitar, drums and keyboards andthey wanted to rock with a constant glance at the careful balance betweeninstruments and electronics.now the e.p. "drop scene" is a straight continuation of this idea, and likeno other track the heated "žgo check" distils the basic gist of this album."done twice", on the other hand, explores the other end of this band´seclectic spectrum as it is possibly the one track most committed to theexploration of electronica, a unique static miniature while still a song."solid ground" and "elusive", on the other hand, were reworked by otherartists. roberto di gioia is a jazz pianist who pursues electronic projects(both his own mars mobil and together with e.g. martin "console"gretschmann) - his "solid ground" piano version is closer in spirit to aclassic cover version than a remix, a tightrope walk between reduction andkitsch, overexposing the track´s melancholy while steering the accentuationof the melodic essence into a poppy direction |
