A1: Teen Beats Highway () A2: Theme from Don Henley () A3: Yum Yum Yellow () A4: Valley Nights (Burnin') () A5: Mid-Tempo Neophyte () A6: Radio Staccato () B1: Diamond Boombox () B2: Abstract Daddy Vol. 1 () B3: Allison In Neon () B4: Midnite Rogue () B5: VHS Nemesis () B6: Magic Ears () B7: Floppy Disk Symphony ()
Number of discs:
1
Extra-Infos:
Pink
Description:
??I am OBSESSED with the 80s. I love the loud neon colours and fashion and the kinetic energy of the music. It??s uplifting and bittersweet with a ton of keyboards, what??s not to like?? reasons Morgane when asked what it is she likes about the decade. This exuberance is brightly reflected in the mirror ball synthpop of her third album released at the end of September. It is her second long player to appear on vinyl after the release of Between The Funk And The Fear debut on the Polytechnic Youth label.
Morgane was the keyboard player in Stereolab between 1995 and 2001 during which time they released Emperor Tomato Ketchup (her favourite) and Dots And Loops. As a teenager though she first played the drums, then guitar and bass. She only learnt the keyboards one month before joining the group. ??They gave me 40 songs to learn, it was a baptism of fire?.
After leaving Stereolab, Morgane first moved to New York for nine years; she??d always planned to move to America having spent a lot of time there with her parents and of course those space-pop pioneers. The warmer weather of LA enticed her though and you can hear its pulse in Day-Glo Chaos. The album??s thumping heart is pumped by the city??s night sky and when asked she cites three particular albums as her favourites: the oddball analogue electro of Jacno??s 1979 debut; John Carpenter??s ??Escape From New York?? and The B-52??s ??Cosmic Thing??. There??s also a strong nod to the playful computerised harmonies of Yellow Magic Orchestra whilst she??s somewhat partial to the synth prog of Yes and Soft Machine. ??I actually created a synth on Ableton Live named after Rick Wakeman??. I should create one after Mike Ratledge next!?
Throughout her work (but especially on this record) you can hear the influence of computer games. ??I??m an avid gamer and have been one since I was a teenager and fell in love with my Commodore 64?. Though not a fan of Hotline Miami or the GTA series (??too violent?) she liked Hang On and loved Outrun which she used to play a lot on her Sega Master System. ??I just got the soundtrack reissue from Data Disc and it is beautiful? she enthuses.
You??ll see and hear such influences on the lead single from the album ??Midnite Rogue?? the video to which pays (im)perfect juddering homage to such arcade culture. Car tyres glued to sticky tarmac, French pop music lost in the air. The title was inspired by a Fighting Fantasy book which she adored as a kid. ??I love the idea of this entity causing mischief during night time?, she beams. It??s not hard to see why.
Tracklist: 1) Teen Beats Highway 2) Theme From Don Henley 3) Yum Yum Yellow 4) Valley Nights (Burnin??) 5) Mid-Temp Neophyte 6) Radio Staccato 7) Diamond Boombox 8) Abstract Daddy Vol 1 9) Allison In Neon 10) Midnite Rogue 11) VHS Nemesis 12) Magic Ears 13) Floppy Disk Symphony
- PINK
Limited edition (100 copies) on translucent pink orange vinyl. Come with a cat print by Bobby Klang.
All tracks composed and produced by Morgane Lhote
Mixed by Jonny Oso
Mastered by Leaf Troup
Additional keyboards and vocals on "Theme From Don Henley" by Rich Bennet
Artwork design by Julian Montague
Thank you to Guy Sirman, Allison Tate-Cortese and Gilles Lhote
This album is dedicated to the memory of of Donovan Lhote and Erika Lhote-Hilt.