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Toronto-based dance-rock band Controller.Controller bears a certain stylistic resemblance to the hordes of retro-new wave acts of the new millennium, but they're no mere revivalists: this group fuses those influences into something genuinely exciting. The five-piece is led by the commanding vocal presence of Nirmala Basnayake, whose voice moves easily from a seductive purr to a sharp bark, sometimes in the space of a line. Underneath her vocals, the band perfectly blends the angular, clashing guitar lines of Gang of Four or the Au Pairs with the supple rhythms of prime New Order, a mix that has the power of the best punk rock and the danceability of classic disco. Duran Duran famously claimed that they wanted to blend the Sex Pistols with Chic, but songs like "PF" and the aggressive but enticing "Poison/Safe" are much closer to that mark than "Hungry Like the Wolf" ever got.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer - The Valentinas, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Ronald Morris, Composer, Writer - Controller.Controller, MainArtist - Scott Kaija, Composer, Writer - Nirmala Basnayake, Composer, Writer - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas, Composer, Writer - Jeffrey Scheven, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
Album review
Toronto-based dance-rock band Controller.Controller bears a certain stylistic resemblance to the hordes of retro-new wave acts of the new millennium, but they're no mere revivalists: this group fuses those influences into something genuinely exciting. The five-piece is led by the commanding vocal presence of Nirmala Basnayake, whose voice moves easily from a seductive purr to a sharp bark, sometimes in the space of a line. Underneath her vocals, the band perfectly blends the angular, clashing guitar lines of Gang of Four or the Au Pairs with the supple rhythms of prime New Order, a mix that has the power of the best punk rock and the danceability of classic disco. Duran Duran famously claimed that they wanted to blend the Sex Pistols with Chic, but songs like "PF" and the aggressive but enticing "Poison/Safe" are much closer to that mark than "Hungry Like the Wolf" ever got.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:27
- Main artists: Controller.Controller
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New Romantic - Fontana North
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic ℗ 2005 Controller.Controller, under exclusive license to New Romantic
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