Yendri
Malfunction

A few years ago, I was part of a group composed largely of hairy, brawny, and perpetually aroused males.

Not that I'm not, mind you, but I had different opinions about the modus operandi to give way to our passions.

For my adventurer companions, evidently influenced by De Filippi's programs, the easiest and safest way to hit on someone was represented by the disco.

And so Saturday night would arrive, when we would proceed to a Tony Manero-style ritual, with meticulous preparations both in terms of aesthetic appearance and in terms of the more or less legal substances to ingest.

Moral of the story, never, and I emphasize never, have I picked up anyone in a disco.

Of course, my visceral hatred for the discotheque tout court didn't help, which I consider a place of alienation, a catwalk of people who polish themselves up just to show everyone else how cool they are, in a sort of onanistic self-celebration that, at times, is more satisfying than the orgasm itself.

An inevitable consequence of this situation was my hatred for any kind of electronic sound coming from my stereo.

After a few years since I decided to call it quits and, therefore, hang the tight shirt up, my aversion to electronic music has slowly faded away.

I'm certainly not an expert, but sometimes I feel the need for plastic sounds and rhythms that shake me a bit from the lethargy of some days that are really too much like the others.

And here I discover Yendri, a German creature of undefinable sexuality (a bit like Sopor Aeternus, so to speak) with a voice sometimes melodious, sometimes whispered, sometimes hoarse, depending on the speed in bytes of the track (I hope sector experts don't mind if I make some inaccuracies here and there).

The genre played is a sort of very melodic EBM, with strong new wave influences and gothic undertones.

Her latest album, released last year, is titled "Malfunction" and is a very varied work in which slower and atmospheric songs ("Nayaara", "Right Now (For the First Time)") alternate with definitely more rhythmic and danceable tracks ("The Beast", "Lantra" , "Maya Sister").

The pinnacle of "Malfunction" is perhaps "I Will Found You", a lightning-fast song that will surely transmit strong tarantula-like bodily shocks to you.

In conclusion, I dedicate this album to those who hate the mundanity and monotony of weekend dance parties but discover they have a long-repressed badass soul.

Seriously speaking, it is a good piece of electronic music work that, perhaps, will give you the incentive to start getting to know the genre.

P.S.: on Yendri's website you can listen to a few seconds of all the songs that make up "Malfunction".