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Tyler Wintermute Emerald
CD showcases ‘dreamy’vocals
CD review
Helen Schumacher
Pulse Reporter
Ladytron’s second release, “Light
& Magic,” is just that. It makes sci
ence sound ethereal through the use
of synthesizers and dreamy vocals.
“Light & Magic” is the sound of an
apocalyptic dance party in Berlin,
circa January, 2060. Singers Mira
Aroyo and Helen Mamie are stone
cold Barbarellas who effortlessly
make electronic music sexy again.
The Liverpool, England-based
group has the ability to create synth
beats that would make New Order
jealous. This talent has helped move
them to the forefront of the bur
geoning “electroclash” movement.
The instantly contagious “Seven
teen” stands out with the lyrics “He
only wants you when you’re 17 /
when you’re 21 you’re no fun.”
The album mixes ice and steam
on the track “Fire,” which rants
“The girl gets higher / the room’s on
fire / if you want her, let her go.” It
also mixes fiber-optics and fashion
with the romantic “Blue Jeans,” and
turns dilapidated technology into
tragedy with “Cracked LCD.”
Like other synthcore stars, Chicks
on Speed, Peaches and Fischerspoon
er, Ladytron are apothecaries com
bining the likes of Kraftwerk and De
peche Mode into a technology cure
for corporate music sludge.
Overall, “Light & Magic” should
prove to be an electroclash classic.
An album that will serve as a
schematic for bionic rock to come,
it’s a paradoxical space odyssey of
seediness and glamour.
Contact the Pulse reporter at
helenschumacher@dailyemerald.com.
Bechard
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community, it confuses, distracts
and divides. Instead of open discus
sions of politics and life, we are left
with a mindless barrage _
of escapism, fantasy
and preoccupation.
The sad reality is that
there are just as many
threats to democracy
and freedom within the
country7 as there are on
the outside. Take Oper
ation Northwoods. This
supposed plan, hatched
by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff for the Kennedy
administration,
proposed falsifying reports or or even
faking Cuban terrorist acts in order to
justify a military invasion of Cuba. Al
though some critics discount it as a
mere conspiracy theory, after reading
Wolfs report, one tends to be a little
leery. Do these things happen in a
democracy? Are these the types of de
cisions that an informed, active and
empowered society would make?
In a true democracy, the people
create political and cultural dis
- course, they do
not just make
do with what
they are hand
ed. There are no
practical solu
tions to this
dilemma yet,
but at this
point, aware
ness is para
mount. A man
- who calls him
self informed
admits unabashedly to ignorance.
Contact the columnist
at joebechard@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
"The sad reality is
that there are just as
many threats to
democracy and
freedom within the
country as there are
on the outside/'
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