Vile Electrodes reviewed by Natubella

We were 4 live bands in the line up of “The Bridge House II”, Canning Town, London, that rainy Sunday. The place seemed more fitting for heavy/rock/punk artists than for an electronic gathering, but there we were, all of us devoted to keyboards and groove boxes and willing to prove that electronic music can, and will, blow out your brain.

The first band to open the show was Vile Electrodes, an electronic-pop 4 piece formation that with a considered aesthetic,  showed how vintage synths, retro sounds and a cold, sexy voice are the new old genre in the Brit electro pop scene.

Groovy fat bass lines played by the beautiful Suki (almost hidden in the shadows), the contradictory Tess with her seriousness and dead calm who shot furious sounds from her keyboards and Vincent, the platinum energetic and only guy in the band (envy of the male audience) who mastered the lead synthesizers, keyboards and God knows what else! They all were the perfect frame for the leggy, mysterious Anais Neon, who held  a careless glance and a cocky attitude, while she was spanking her drum pad at the same time she was putting her charming voice (with a captivating British accent) to the service of the “Electrodes”.

Their songs were charged with fetish, dancing grooves, naughtiness and regular conflicts such as “Second Skin” a modern drama about latex love or “Feed your Addiction” about this manipulative-sado girl that clearly tortures her lover… ups!
The results? A provocative cocktail, impossible to resist.

Oh, and don’t try to compare them with other bands, it’s pointless, believe me. You see, they have so diverse influences that it will only make you think you have heard that before yet you cannot figure out who, when or where… So just relax, dance and enjoy them as I did!

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   Y||B says:

   March 3, 2010 at 8:07 pm

   You forgot Vincent’s Kaoss pad. Was a great night