THE GLITCH MOB MEMBERS SERIES
The Glitch Mob ‘See Without Eyes’ is out now.Anomalie is the live electronic project of Nicolas Dupuis, a classically trained and highly versatile keyboardist and producer based in Montreal, QC.Īfter the release of his style defining project Metropole in June 2017, Anomalie will release the highly anticipated follow-up, Metropole Part II, in May 2018, completing the EP series inspired by his hometown of Montreal. This could turn out to be one of 2018’s best releases. With their live show which seems like a visual extravaganza, The Glitch Mob are truly are back with a vengeance. ‘ See without Eyes’ is most definitely a welcome return for The Glitch Mob. On ‘ Interbeings’ TGM jams lightly with there instruments which gently skips along to a proper glitch beat, and ‘ How Do I Get to Invincible’ is a soulful-sounding jam featuring vocalist Ambre. It’s not all epic strings and arrangements though. Adventure people, this is what we are dealing with here. It all evolves into an orchestral string orgy before the end. A huge distorted riff antagonises a melancholic synth before breaking out into slow 4/4 beat. If Queens of the Stone Age made dance music this might be the result. ‘ Disntegrate Slowly’ is probably the most aggressive track the album, and to these ears it might just be the album highlight too.
THE GLITCH MOB MEMBERS FULL
Same goes for album opener, ‘Enter Formless‘, which perfectly sets the mood for what’s to follow. On ‘ Go Light’ we are treated to another full scale production class, and another reminder to why we missed TGM so much. ‘Take Me With You’ starts off as an upbeat and inoffensive number with a sugar-high melody and pitched vocals before breaking down into a percussive jam. Massive stadium-sized dance music melodies are offset by huge organic bass lines and immaculate beats in fact, the whole album sounds like it was done by a live 4-piece band. ‘ See Without Eyes’ is no different.Īcross 11 tracks the LA-trio work their way across crystal-clear sound design, which is as impressive as it is immersive. With production knowledge like that to draw from it is no wonder that a newly released Glitch Mob album always cause a stir. Boreta moonlights as Slidecamp, edIT is… well edIT, and Ooah produces under PANTyRAiD. That could be due to The Glitch Mob not being the only project its three members focus on. Yet, when you take all of the above into consideration, they have never really achieved the lofty popularity heights reached by their successors: TOKiMONSTA, Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer and Shlohmo all seem to have a bigger profile (well, in Australia anyway). Not too bad for an act who is credited as starting up the Los Angeles beats scene and also breathing life into the then unknown genre of glitch-hop. They have licensing deals with brands like GoPro, Audi and Amazon Echo, and have achieved chart success on the Billboard Independent and Dance/Electronic charts (their combined album sales total over 300,000 to date). The Glitch Mob are one of those rare acts who have managed to achieve mainstream success while still holding on to their underground credibility.