Dat'r -Turn Up The Ghosts -HUSH RECORDS CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1: Turn Up The Ghosts Part I (4:06)
2: Turn Up The Ghosts Part Ii (2:49)
3: Yellow Cake (5:01)
4: Innercom/Inner Calm (4:46)
5: !um !hot (5:42)
6: Steam Room (4:01)
7: Silica (4:10)
8: The Bloody Lump (6:36)
9: Choice Cuts In Sauce (5:45)

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Turn Up The Ghost is an album by Dat'r, released in 2007. The album is a pop CD. -

Turn Up the Ghosts, the debut album from Dat'R, starts off deceptively. Opener "Turn Up the Ghosts Part 1" seems to be the work of a drum-happy indie rock band. There are samples in there, and the electronics come through, but the song is mostly drums and vocals, and wouldn't be too out of place on, say, the latest Menomena record. But this ruse doesn't last long. By the second track, "Turn Up the Ghosts Part 2", it is clear that Dat'R doesn't want that "rock" moniker, they want to make you dance. And they succeed with Turn Up the Ghosts. The electronics and blips and samples are meshed together seamlessly to create intricate soundscapes that are sometimes electro-pop, sometimes ambient techno music, sometimes downright funk. What brings all these elements together is the stand-out percussion on the album. Paul Alcott's live percussion meshes with the electric bumps and bass and elevates it all to shake-your-ass greatness. "Yellow Cake" is perhaps the best track here, and features Alcott's drums thudding at breakneck speed under some angular sampling and synth work. Think "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" sped up a little, complete with the smug lyric repetition ("They said 'okay', so we got the okay"). The album works best when it avoids the pitfalls of the dangerous ground that is dance music. There are influences to be found here, for sure, in new wave, in European electro-pop, in mash-up, and even a touch of hip-hop. But where so much new music has sought to retread these grounds, Dat'R use their influences as tools to craft their own, unique work. Alcott and partner Matt Dabrowiak use their time in straightforward indie band Binary Dolls to add an organic element that makes these tunes pop. The funk-chk of guitar in "Innercom/Inner Calm", the off-kilter drums in "Turn Up the Ghosts Part 1", the crunchy, wah-drenched riffs in "!Um !Hot" -- these are all elements of a band confident in their craft, and also the sort of surprising moments that keep the album fresh. There are times where the album falters, and

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HSH067

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