My Rating: 4.5/5

Label: Paper Bag Records
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cfcf

CFCF first captured the music scene’s attention with remixes of the Teenagers, HEALTH, the Presets, and by winning a Crystal Castles’ “Air War” remix competition. The Montreal based DJ-producer’s debut full length album, Continent, is sure to create some noise within the electronic music scene, with his varying styles from track to track definitely keeping our listening interesting. This varied and upbeat style in his music and DJing comes from the influence of 1980s Italo-disco, the same genre of music that eventually brought along much of our mainstream Eurobeat and Electro. Let us not forget that Italy is also the same wonderful land that offered us the frozen treat known as gelato.

Since his January 2008 EP, Panesian Nights, CFCF has moved away from his strict, yet interesting, blend of synth sounds into a larger sphere of sounds, notably with various guitar and drum samplings. CFCF’s upcoming album Continent combines his usual, yet nonetheless amazing, synthesizer playing in “Half Dreaming” with vocal samplings in “Big Love” and “Come Closer” to create an album for any taste bud. (Just like gelato!)

As published in the October 2009 issue of Beatroute Magazine