Electronic quartet, Pentatones, just released the final single, ‘Bonfire’ from their debut outing, The Devils Hands. When you listen to the track, as well as other album cuts, you can tell that their sound is pop music in a new disguise. Delicate electronic instrumentation with pulsating beats accents the beautiful, spacey voice of singer Delia De France. A little known fact about the track is that the groove of ‘Bonfire’ is complemented by fragments of Albrecht Ziepert’s orchestral arrangement from the concert which Penatones played with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in 2012.
Pick up the single with a remix of Jena’s real whizz-kids Klinke auf Cinch from Lebensfreude Records.
About Pentatones
Since the end of the last millennium the two cousins named Hannes Waldschütz and Le Schnigg have been creating their first beats and sounds which could not be pigeonholed into one particular genre. This originality must have been the main reason why Singer Delhia (known for her collaborations with Robag Wruhme/Wighnomy Brothers, Marlow and Douglas Greed) joined the group. Her voice, together with the pianist Albrecht Ziepert added a further dimension and depth to the music, both deriving out of the orbit of Freude-am-Tanzen-Records in Jena.
Together, Pentatones shape voices, tones, sounds and beats into a mosaic of seemingly mixed up pieces. Summing up all the lush details the ensemble creates real ear-opener, featuring organic sounds, various electronics and unique vocals.
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