lindstrøm • six cups of rebel

The year is off to a slow start for me, though this is often the case with music. Plenty of exciting releases on the horizon, but only a few trickling out this early. I figure some of you might enjoy the new Lindstrøm if you need something upbeat and happy to help you power through the rest of winter.



From Amazon:

Five. four. three. two. one.With the latest album from dance producer Hans-Peter Lindstrom, Norway's latest entry in the space race has been launched out of the wooded outskirts of Oslo. Six Cups Of Rebel, Lindstrom's fourth solo album, is a super-sized cosmic disco rocket that burns up a galaxy of eclectic influences in its wake, from Bach to Deep Purple, from Prog rock and arpeggiator disco to Acid House, while sounding sleek and utterly contemporary. He may worship at the temple of godlike European DJs from the 80s like Daniele Baldelli and Beppe Loda, but the relentless, occasionally monumental scale of Six Cups Of Rebel has the power to move mountains all by itself. From the opening "No Release" - a five-minute coitus interruptus of cascading cathedral organ - to the pumping Detroit pistons of "Call Me Anytime" and the wah-wah stabs and fizzing 808 basslines of the title track, Six Cups Of Rebel acts like a star map of Lindstrom's own voyage to the outer limits of electronic music. When he holds back, as on the ten-minute "Hina", it's only to let rip with added propulsion, like a satellite using a planet's orbit to push it to the next level.