Amp
Sirenes

Richard Walker, former member of Flying Saucer Attack and collaborator on various projects, such as the early Third Eye Foundation, debuted in '96 with his personal project "Amp," and the album "Sirenes," recorded for Wurlitzer Jukebox, familiar with such sounds.

The album opens with "Souvenir," a tide of slow and reverberated feedback, where vocal lines barely float, supported by a dark and simple rhythm.

Comparisons with Flying Saucer Attack are inevitable, but "Sirenes" is much more. The sounds of a dark Kraut Rock in "Rave Mantra," the ambient piano of "November," the electronic rhythms that enliven the techno-like "Matilda's Shorts Wave," the tribalism of "Eternety," the nocturnal melody marked by a sweet piano in the splendid finale of "So Be It."

Different elements that magically blend without affecting the ethereal atmosphere present throughout the album.

An album that should be listened to in its entirety, to fully savor all its shadowy and complex nuances.