Standing On Top of Utopia
Download links and information about Standing On Top of Utopia by Kasper Bjørke / Kasper Bjorke. This album was released in 2010 and it belongs to Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop genres. It contains 13 tracks with total duration of 01:02:39 minutes.
Artist: | Kasper Bjørke / Kasper Bjorke |
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Release date: | 2010 |
Genre: | Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop |
Tracks: | 13 |
Duration: | 01:02:39 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Animals | 4:12 |
2. | Young Again | 4:58 |
3. | Dasko Vanitas | 5:13 |
4. | Efficient Machine | 5:05 |
5. | Melmac | 4:47 |
6. | Alcatraz | 3:47 |
7. | Great Kills | 5:53 |
8. | Heaven | 4:50 |
9. | Fido & the Friendly Ghost | 5:37 |
10. | Fasano | 4:01 |
11. | Hold Your Horses (Bonus Track) | 4:11 |
12. | Søndagsgøjser (Bonus Track) | 4:56 |
13. | Porcelain (Bonus Track) | 5:09 |
Details
[Edit]Kasper Bjørke's lengthy career through 2010 had only produced one full-length album by that point, but his second proved to be something spectacular. Perhaps the strongest full-length electronic release from Denmark since Trentemøller's The Last Resort, Standing on Top of Utopia found the DJ/producer creating not merely a solid album but a strong and surprising one. If anything, it had the sense of being the equivalent to the Lindstrøm/Prins Thomas and fellow travelers empire — only instead of "beardo disco" imagining a never-never world of space rock/disco Ibiza, Bjørke looked instead to a wired, early electro-disco that was far more Gina X than Italo disco. Steady, cold beats that often felt like carefully restrained energy from a greater source — best heard on "Melmac," taking now well-established glitch elements and matching them to a thrilling, strong rhythm — were still shot through with a gentle calm that didn't suggest the depths so much as easily gliding through them with a calm, upbeat grace. The light synth melody on the opening "Animals," the chilled tropicalia of "Heaven," and the closing mood-out of "Fasano" all bear testimony to how well Bjørke works this balance, though the absolute winner may be "Dasko Vanitas," a tense punch of a song that never fully lets go of somehow being a classic instrumental dance effort for a moody time. The inclusion of vocals at various points from fellow Danes like Louise Foo and Tomas Höffding — as well as Jacob Bellens, whose tour de force portrayal of a slick character served as the leadoff single — adds to the rich variety throughout a remarkable album.