Bonding by Julia Bondar
Pounding Electro with a progressive vein
Ukrainian born, Barcelona based, modular Techno obsessive Julia Bondar is back with her fourth album and it's pretty decent! Working to her strengths, coupling hardware and software, she comfortaby turns her hand to thumping Electro floor fillers (check the opening three tracks) as well as moody melody (like In Flame and Antisocial). Unfortunately, Bondar's gamble at making something more than just another decent Techno/Electro album by including a somewhat heavy-handed, spoken-word duet with (Gaël Loison? from) Maman Küsters doesn't quite pay off, even if the melody is pleasant enough.