The Phone

DISCOGRAPHY...................................THE PHONE – Cabaret Noir 7” UK 2010 atco3 4 Tracks 7'34'Second release with and from THE PHONE, the retro-analogue synth project by Jonni Mogul (aka Mogul) paying homage to some of the old heroes namely Soft Cell, Kraftwerk and the likes but with a rather unique sound in the end. A1 opens with “Cabaret Noir”, a powerful uptempo dancefloor filler with an almost anarchistic straight-forward punk drive, slogan-like lyrics from the new romantic era (“times passes slowly … reflected in a glass … like a film in slow motion … the cocktail glass is smashed”) and ending in a short and minimalistic reprise of the main track including a small vocal appearance by Sharon Abbott from Poeme Electronique/Twins Natalia. B2 is “Film in Slow Motion”, a very short and weird rhythmic industrial synth inferno. B1 opens with “Scientist X”, a wonderful analogue electro pop track with lots of weird synth sounds, vocoder and room for some warm melodic synthetic strings. The vinyl ends far too soon with B2 “Dub Missile”, a short and powerful electro reprise of “Cabaret Noir”. With THE PHONE, Jonni proves that with some love and passion you can create some damn cool music with lots of great ideas and sounds actually put into a minimal length of a track. Now there are rumours about the production of a THE PHONE album, well, the time is right, so instruct your DJs, prepare your strobe lights and let the people heat the dancefloor to the sound of THE PHONE.7”s are new and limited to 300 copies only.ORDER: http://www.annaloguerecords.com/shop.htm....Youtube:http://w ww.youtube.com/watch?v=UE821PAz6vM......................THE PHONE – Discreet Affair/The Phone 7” EP (UK 2008 ATCO01 4 Tracks)THE PHONE is a minimal electropop project featuring Jonni, Jacki, Steve and Diane, with a new very limited edition 7" EP out in August 2008 on Steve Lippert’s Attractive label. “Discreet Affair” sounds perfectly like Soft Cell anno 1980, and - DJs read carefully - will make the people shake their bodies on your dancefloor for sure! “The Phone” comes along with familiar Casio VL-1 sounds and rhythms, and samples around the topic - guess what - phone, ya, and it’s also made to keep your legs in motion. And then there’s “Discreet Dub” which sounds like Einstürzende Neubauten on a weird minimal electro/C64 trip. All tracks are fueled with lots of analogue synth and percussion sounds, great effects, some familiar sounds and a cool male voice. The sleeve comes in a do-it-yourself manner. Make sure you order quickly as only few copies seem to carry the very rare sleeve! The UK is back in flesh and vinyl! And now excuse me, please, but “I’m talking on the telephone…”. Highly recommended!Limited copies availible.ORDER: http://www.annaloguerecords.com/shop.htm