igorrr

Prepare for some spastic thrashing and epic vocalizing: Igorrr  might very well be the great white hope of whatever-core. With  "Nostril", this French musician draws from his impressive       recording experience to create a dense and particularly wild    ride that puts enthusiasm and energy back in your stereo: fast  beats, sudden breaks, majestic moments, the whole thing crystal clear and more detailed than the most roccoco paintings. Free of any recognizable influences, new and very fun: here's quite a   tremendous slap in the face from an act to follow closely. And now for something radically different. The oldest among us  might remember a time when a crazy new sound labelled as        "breakcore" took its first bars, mixing fresh ideas and renewed energy into a club scene grown stale. Fast forward a decade     later: geeky time signatures and louder-than-thou attitude have for the most part met their expiration date. That's when Igorrr comes in: call it whatever you want, but this French act's      "Nostril" brings back enthusiasm and frenzy in your stereo. Following two self-released albums (which recently got pressed  onto vinyl by Greece's Impulsive Art), "Nostril" is the big step onto the stage by this French act. And what a leap: one would be hard pressed to find something to compare this album to. Fast   staccato beats? Check. Heavy guitars and screams? Check. Baroque strings and chanson samples? Check. It might help that Gautier  Serre, when he's not writing tracks for Igorrr or for Whourkr   (his metal side-project) works as a recording and mastering     engineer, as we imagine him using the time after his shifts to  juggle, experiment and play around with all kind of deranged    sounds, instruments and arrangements available. It's the variety and sheer freshness that makes Igorrr such a   stand out act: marrying the energy of newcomers with the        composition talent of an experienced act, he infuses in his     music elements which have truly never met before, giving birth  to songs whose ancestry would be hard to trace. A compact, dense and wild affair, "Nostril" is Igorrr's coming  of age album, in which the skills gathered with the previous    ones are focused into a highly musical, seductive whole. Carried on by its playfulness, insanity and self-assurance, we find     ourselves bouncing up, thrashing out or head-nodding furiously, as we all wished we would again one day. Welcome to "baroque-   core". links> igorrr@facebook igorrr@myspace