Funkineven - Dreams of Coke

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  • Funkineven's fourth record on Apron may not come with the brutalist swagger of its predecessor, Cha / Dracula, but Steven Julien's self-released output has had an impressive uniformity. What's more, you won't tie yourself up in knots trying to describe its basic appeal: they're fun, immediately satisfying records. The trick with Dreams Of Coke, as with previous Apron releases, is that Julien makes the sugar rush last. Only a pillowy kick holds back "Dreams" from fluttering off into a sapphire sky. But laden with yearning harmonies and thick helpings of gateaux-rich funk, it's hardly lightweight. Led by droning, low-register synths and icicle-sharp high notes, "Ceefax" could well have been programmed from the technology it references—a recently-departed British teletext service that resembled the internet as imagined by Pacman. There's something oddly solemn or even majestic about the track: it hums and flickers with an otherworldly glow, reminiscent of sleepless nights with only the glare of a television for company. "Coke" retains the giddy innocence of the other two tracks, but with its sickly whooshing synths and melodies swiped from a '70s Saturday morning TV show, it's about as far away from their wistfulness as you could imagine.
  • Tracklist
      A Dreams B1 Ceefax B2 Coke
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