Kalipo - Wut (Iptamenos Discos)

 

Title: WUT

Artist: Kalipo

Label: Iptamenos Discos

Cat Number: IDI016

Genre: Melancholic Goth Synthesis

01: My Symphony Of Rage

02: Seeking Angels

03: Shingami feat. Joy Tyson

04: Echoes Of The Past feat. Local Suicide

05: Bizeps

06: Seeking Angels (Radio Edit)

07: Shingami feat. Joy Tyson (Radio Edit)

When I reviewed '‘Curses presents... Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX’ - Dj Sampler (Eclectica)’ a few weeks ago and lazily categorised it as “dark disco” I had no idea that it was a thing. But here we are, the terminology is in the press release for ‘WUT’ in order to describe a fusion of melancholic vocals, italo disco, new beat smeared with a synthetic gothic brush. Sunshine music it is not, rather it’s a soundtrack to a manic sleigh ride on the steppes in the depths of winter, the destination always tantalisingly out of reach. ‘We reach full anguish overload early on with the necessarily short ‘My Symphony Of Rage’, as Kalipo feels like he’s about to short circuit. Then we have ‘Seeking Angels’, its growling synths would be equally at home at The Batcave as the Cosmic Club. ‘Shingami feat. Joy Tyson’ is a sweeping, epic piece of italo disco pessimism. ‘Echoes Of The Past feat. Local Suicide’ is cut from similar cloth. Veering from the diaphanous to the concrete, the vocals seem to exist in an interzone of indecision, crystallizing when the time is right. And ‘Bizeps’ is a minimal excursion into what feels like a trackier take on the prevalent mood. All in all, it’s a nice piece of work, with all tracks being useful and versatile in the right hands. You’ve heard it before, in fragments, throughout the last 40 years.