Earthy sequencers pummel on this debut release by Manchesters The Christophers. The dodgy name is the only negative on this showing though. Shades of Bowie, Early Ultravox, Hot Chip and Talking Heads spring to mind as the energy driven 'Plans' glides through the portal betwixt analogue synth lo-fi and sweaty underground new york ultradisco.

 

Alison is more angular and evoked more than a passing resemblance to Devo's Jocko Homo. In the best pssible way The Christophers conjure up visions of the early electronic movement, the earthy pioneering reverby growl of synths now sadly replaced by clean cut computer software and precision quantization, a fact maybe unintentionally explored in '186T' and the quest for the latest gizmo's.

 

It's all eminently danceable and it's no wonder they sold out Academy 1 in Manchester recently. In what is becoming a saturated genre their stripped down electro may be enough to raise them above the parapets.

 

Rating: 4/5

 

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