Last week saw Gomma release the third album by Disco genius Munk, ‘The Bird And The Beat’, and has been locked in here at electronic rumors towers for a while now.
Organic Disco with a twist would be a good way to describe the album. Muck lays down his beats, bass and riffs in true Disco king style but peppers the tracks with bit of Italo, bits of Hip-Hop, bits of Chicago House and bits of B-Boy Electro, creating a unique album that, whilst flowing from track to track, give you something fresh everytime the track number changes.
Playing every instrument on the record himself has allowed Muck to create a cohesive vibe from the chaos of influences throughout. Whilst moods on the album swing from party tracks to chilled tempo tunes the album retains a summery Disco theme that makes ‘The Bird And The Beat’, at it’s core, a feelgood album.
That doesn’t meant it’s a piece of throwaway dancefloor tat though. Munk has let himself get experimental and creative, never taking the easy route in his melting pot of styles. Every now and then there is a hint of his Berlin heritage with suggestions of EBM or Krautrock, an underlying darkness, but he still manages to make all his musical whims funky as hell.
Despite, occasionally, slipping into Teutonic power synth territory, this is the album you want to be playing while getting ready to go out, it’s set you up for the night ahead perfectly.
‘The Bird And The Beat’ is out now.
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