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Title: Breaking New Ground
Artist: Future Trail
Genre: Electro, Trance, Pop
Release Date: 9th October 2009
Label: Equinoxe Records / Rupal Records



Album Review

After the German band FUTURE TRAIL had been emerged from the line-up of DAVANTAGE in 2001, its members released the debut long-player `Big Sky Horizon´ four years later. They now recorded the new full-length album `Breaking New Ground´ which picks up the thread of cool female fronted Electro Pop again. `Breaking New Ground´ is the title of the recent piece of work seeking prominent vocal support by Dirk Steyer (ACCESSORY) and DIRK IVENS (KLINIK, DIVE, SONAR). Beside duets with the aforementioned big names, the album also contains an emotive cover version of the 27-years-old DEPECHE MODE-song `Satellite´.

All in all, the Saxon formation did a good job, and in my opinion, there’s nothing to complain about. The rousing soundscape contains the obligatory stylistic devices that are typical for this genre. I would like to highlight the title track which is an atmospherically dense up-tempo piece due to an anthemic synth melody and pushing beats, whereas vocalist Melanie Güntzschel intonates the lyrics in a frigid and reserved manner. Less polished, the nightmarish and weird `Landslide´ is a dark Electro duet of Melanie and Dirk Ivens. `Never Farewell´ begins with seductive female vocals that prepare for a reduced Synth Pop chorus interrupted by some playful gimmicks. The up-tempo `Far Beyond´ comes up with cool speech singing and can be regarded as possible dance floor filler.

The seething and at the same time icy melody of `Monochrome Affair´ gains an extreme catchiness climaxing in the classical chorus that conjures up images of 80s synth material. The high-speed `Panic´, a technoid collaboration with Dirk Steyer, is the hardest and most raw-edged track. To sum up: `Breaking New Ground´ is a respectable and pleasant Electro Pop production without major weaknesses.


Tracklist

01. Signals
02. Breaking New Ground
03. Panic feat. Dirk Steyer
04. Players
05. Far Beyond
06. Pacific
07. Never Farewell
08. Monochrome Affair
09. One Time Focussed
10. Landslide feat. Dirk Ivens
11. Patience
12. Satellite


Line-up

Melanie Güntzschel - vocals, lyrics
René Müller - sounds, programming
Gunnar Bock - lyrics


Website

http://www.futuretrail.de/ / http://www.myspace.com/futuretrail2005


Cover-Picture




Rating

Music: 8
Sound: 8
Extras: -
Total: 8 / 10


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