When I read that Boris Blank, co-founder of the Swiss band Yello, plans to release a solo album, I was excited. And of course I had to get it. It is called 'Electrified'.
This contains a collection of sound tracks from the last 4 decades of Boris' work. Unreleased tracks and experimental pieces which were the foundation of some Yello songs. As such it is not a regular album like the Yello records we now. Unusual was also the realisation of the project. It was funded through a Kickstarter campaign, managed by Ian Tregoning.
Of course I had to get the deluxe set which contains some extra material and offers the music on 4 (!) different formats: Vinyl, cassette tape, CD and digital download.
In addition there is a DVD with 12 videos and a beautiful booklet with photographs from Boris Blank. Everything exquisitely packaged. Cassette tape, CD box and booklet are laid into the right side of the box:
On the left side there is a sleeve which contains 3 vinyl records.
Although I don't even have a casette deck any more, this is a cool touch to include it as second analog format besides the records. The digital download and CDs come in handy for listening in the car. But of course what I'm most interested in are the vinyls.

The recording quality is excellent. As far as you can talk about sound quality of purely electronic music. Huge detail, extended frequency response with silky treble without any trace of harshness. Some tracks have a huge artificial soundstage which almost has a psychedelic character.
Many gems to be discovered in this collection! Thanks a lot to Boris Blank and Ian Tregoning for realising this project.
Best regards
Thomas
Hi Thomas,
ReplyDeletesehr interessanter Tipp! Kennst du diese hier auch:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/Boris-Malia-Blank-Convergence/hnum/2420132
Könnte dir gefallen :)
LG, Peter
Danke Peter, die besorg ich mir...
Deleteauf der malia-LP hat's übrigens auch eine knackige version von «fever»… :-) zudem wurde dieter meier gestern 70. jetzt aber yello! lg, ©
ReplyDeleteJa, die Malia hab ich auch. Als ich Fever darauf hörte musste ich an Dich denken ;-)
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