DISCO DOOM - "Dream Electric"

This may just be my favorite album ever made. I can listen to it endlessly. It’s not new, Dream Electric was released in 2008, but today was my birthday, so this was the “Album Of The Week” because a) it’s late December and b) if there’s anything I can do to spread the word about this record, I will try to do so. If ever there was a record that was infinitely replay-able, this is it. The way many regard The Beatles or The Rolling Stones (or Fleetwood Mac or Jimi Hendrix… whomever your “classic” pick may be), my all timer is Disco Doom. Sure, they may not be the first to do what they do, and they’re certainly not the most acclaimed, but I will never tire of their discography, and Dream Electric is the cornerstone of it, an album so rich with stunning guitar tone that the analog production plays just as big a part as the songs themselves.

TO BE CONTINUED

DISCO DOOM - "Mt. Surreal"

Heading into 2022, there wasn’t an album I was anticipating more than Disco Doom’s Mt. Surreal, and while that statement could be true for the past six years or so, the time has come and the album has finally arrived. The Swiss quartet, led by Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, return after an eight year absence with a brilliant warmth, finding the comfort in unease. With a history of expansive tonality and a knack for analog recording, Mt. Surreal plays to Disco Doom’s strengths, twisting and subverting expectations with layers of guitars, synths, and rhythms that work in unexpected ways, shifting structures to resonate with new frequencies, often landing a good distance from where they began. Pairing tranquility and dissonance against each other, Disco Doom have the ability to make abrasive sound feel meditative. It’s in that process that everything about the record feels exciting, from the fractured bliss of “Pic Nic,” and the rattling attack of “Patrik” to the blistering patchwork of “Static Bend” and the slow burn beauty of “Clic Clac”. Mt. Surreal is an album best experienced in full, an escape to get lost in. - DG