Alice Cohen & The Channel 14 Weather Team - Artificial Fairytales
Artificial Fairytales takes past decades of sound to most modern splendor. Roots of pop makings from late seventies, through all of the eighties, with conceptualization of future paths. This music is filled with dense bones of skillful artists. Alice Cohen at the heart with David Lackner and Adrian Night as The Channel 14 Weather Team. A trio melting together, smoothing musical edges to produce modern polished gems. Sounds finding places just past the time of artist morphing from folk to pop, and to the side of new wave and funk. Artificial Fairytales takes a special place, in the mix of musics many genres but holding a head above to be clearly heard.
"Keep on Keeping on" definitely slices the groove straight away. The first track and only selection co-written by Alice, David and Adrian. The remaining compositions are all Alice Cohen and her glistening wanderings through glamours illusions. "Plastic Paradise" and "Thank You" scoot forward in time, connecting with specific mid eighties sounds. Perfectly styled and not overdone, similar to the feel of one of a few Wham songs like "Nothing Looks the Same in Light" or some songs from Roxy Music's 1982 "Avalon" album. Interesting about this time in music, many bands and artists could not make an all warm and glassy album, there had to be punchy songs always pushing for the pop charts. Times have have changed with artists having more focused goals and being able to do exactly want they choose. Contracts and money are not forcing directions like in the past. This is really the most beautiful aspect of Artificial Fairytales. Nine tracks of exactly who Alice Cohen is. Probably what many artists wanted to do in the eighties hey day, but were not allowed for one reason or another. Alice and The C14 Weather Team get the pop beat brewing with subtle electric rhythms on "Hidden Staircase" and "Ravers at Dawn" then effortlessly glide into the distance with "Bubblegum Heart". There is no best comparison for Artificial Fairytales and how individually concentrated these sounds are, only bits and pieces from the past that have been over shadowed by radio hit playlists.
Released om NNA Tapes in both compact disc and vinyl. The first one hundred records were pressed with lavender color, but those are most likely sold by now. Copies are available from Alice Cohen's bandcamp page or the NNA website.
Links
Alice Cohen - bandcamp
NNA site
"Keep on Keeping on" definitely slices the groove straight away. The first track and only selection co-written by Alice, David and Adrian. The remaining compositions are all Alice Cohen and her glistening wanderings through glamours illusions. "Plastic Paradise" and "Thank You" scoot forward in time, connecting with specific mid eighties sounds. Perfectly styled and not overdone, similar to the feel of one of a few Wham songs like "Nothing Looks the Same in Light" or some songs from Roxy Music's 1982 "Avalon" album. Interesting about this time in music, many bands and artists could not make an all warm and glassy album, there had to be punchy songs always pushing for the pop charts. Times have have changed with artists having more focused goals and being able to do exactly want they choose. Contracts and money are not forcing directions like in the past. This is really the most beautiful aspect of Artificial Fairytales. Nine tracks of exactly who Alice Cohen is. Probably what many artists wanted to do in the eighties hey day, but were not allowed for one reason or another. Alice and The C14 Weather Team get the pop beat brewing with subtle electric rhythms on "Hidden Staircase" and "Ravers at Dawn" then effortlessly glide into the distance with "Bubblegum Heart". There is no best comparison for Artificial Fairytales and how individually concentrated these sounds are, only bits and pieces from the past that have been over shadowed by radio hit playlists.
Released om NNA Tapes in both compact disc and vinyl. The first one hundred records were pressed with lavender color, but those are most likely sold by now. Copies are available from Alice Cohen's bandcamp page or the NNA website.
Links
Alice Cohen - bandcamp
NNA site
