Voyager - Tjade (Bordello A Parigi)

 

Title: Voyager

Artist: Tjade

Label: Bordello  A Parigi

Cat Number: BAP170

Genre: Italo

A1: Voyager

A2: In Contact

B1: Shut Out

B2: Voyager (Marlon Hoffstadt aka DJ Daddy Trance Remix)

Bordello A Parigi really is a label I should indulge more, as every time I hear something on it I’m transported. And Tjade has come correct with the synthetic, melodic meanderings as only an italo observer can. The title track relies on a throbbing synth line around which to adorn its dramatic splashes of discotek-embellished  drama. Simple, and devilishly effective. I’m not feeling the remix though. Duracell bunny bleep test vibes and the worse of eurotrance. ‘In Contact’ traipses down the same path as ‘Voyager’, with some kind of weird pied piper underlay. The euphoric undulation is there, as is the feeling of having been up all night on a Rimini dancefloor circa 1983 once it finishes. ‘Shut Out’ updates the sound by virtue of break beats. There’s been a lot of it about over the last few years, and this dramatic rendering adds necessary edge.