Various Artists - U.N. Disco - Review

U.N. Disco At A Glance:

FABTASTIC!: Into The Night, Church Of Sound, 

Great: Future Vision (And The Clock Strikes Thirteen), Astro Fille, Hot Times, Hologram Eyes, Mamarcord, 

OK: Camoflage Detection, 

Below Average: Wonder, 

What Were They Thinking?: Jellyfish

Introduced to me recently by a fantastic friend of the Site is this rather intriguing compilation from Kingem Records. Titled U.N. Disco, and it features 11 artists from all around the world, and is a tribute to Italo/Electro/Disco/Indie pop! You can pick up the release on iTunes here, Here's my thoughts on the whole collection! Thoughts please?

First up is my beloved Friday Bridge, with Into The Night. This track is a bit of an interesting one, glistening synths fall into a beautiful synthy, distorted, brilliant number, with one of the band's strongest vocals - Just so sweetly gorgeous! Much Love!. Then, from my own backyard, comes Future Vision (And The Clock Strikes Thirteen), from Carl Higgs. A brilliant throbby number, with a deep electronic bass, some ambient synths, and a vocal that is good, but does get a bit lost in the mix. An awesome number, well produced. Church Of Sound comes along next, from the UK's The Brigadier. Hard to ignore, the sound is a retro, gorgeous vocal number, with some gorgeous synths, a beautiful vibe, and just a total beautiful feel...something about it is beautiful! - Lovely stuff! Amazing beat too, and killer chorus! Possibly my favourite on the album! Italy's Michele Modenini Feat. Mark Zonda come along next with Astro Fille, and It's intergalactic synths, and awesome beat...It's a lot less "enveloping" than the previous, yet still has something strangely gorgeous about it. A great number, I do adore it! Another Italian pairing comes along next with Fitness Forever's Carlos Featuring Vanessa London, in Hot Times. Vanessa's vocal is GORGEOUS, and the beat here is nice, but Vanessa really steals the show :P - It's a fabulous track, with a great beat, and awesome vibe! I do enjoy it a lot! Lyrics aren't my favourite, I'd love to hear it in Italian! We have another Italian in Formanta, and Jellyfish. Possibly my least favourite on the disc, the track just doesn't work for me. The vocal isn't fantastic, the instrumentation is a bit too sparse for me, and the synths just don't really do it. Not my thing. 

We head back to Sweden with the intense, synthy, throbbing, relentless Hologram Eyes from Stars in Coma. Pretty enough, with a great piano, the sound is a bit reminscent of a "dancier" Cut Copy. A lovely sound, I do enjoy the track - It's a bit of a guilty pleasure :P Fantastic stuff!. Awesome piano too. Mumarcord, from the Italian Tiny Tide, is another interesting one, very pretty, tender dance pop. It's not my favourite stuff, but it's exceptionally well produced, with a great feel and a fantastic vibe. Hard to describe, but pretty. Sweden's Charley Rivel (From The Mare) comes along next with Wonder. Not really my thing, although the bells are nice, the sparser electro vibe here, with a really deep bassline just doesn't really do it for me. Not my favourite track, just doesn't do it for me. Camoflage Detection, from the USA's Sean Rawls (Still Flyn') comes along next, and marks the transition of the album to a slower sound, it's a more downtempo, electronic, mid-tempo ballad that, although worth a listen, just doesn't really do it for me. It's pretty enough, with a great melody and nice production - It's just not my thing. In something that really does freak me out (given we usually are ignored), the second piece from my backyard and Italy duely is King Of The Parking, from Ildy Minardi Feat. Mark Zonda, produced by Anthony Rochester. An uptempo, glittering, glistening, synthy electro pop number, the track is relaxed, with a GORGEOUS vocal from Ildy, a beautiful production, some gorgeous synthy moments, a fabulous number, and a gorgeous way to end the song. Fabulous stuff. All should be very proud! Enjoy!