Just a few days ago the So French Records “Winter Time” Vol.02 Compilation was released by French label, including 14 original tracks altogether. A mix of Nu Disco, Electro Rock and well, French Touch with some artists we’ve known and liked for a while now, as well as some new ones. Listening to the whole release a few times and trying to make up our minds about it, we can definitely say that there are some very good tracks on it, which we have picked to feature here today. One of the things we didn’t like as much is the abundance of Nu Disco and “funky”tracks, which seemed to take over the overall release more than we would have personally liked as it seems to have left less room for more power and energy which we thought is missing a bit from the particular compilation. The good thing though is that the few tracks that are moving to a “harder” direction out of “Winter Time” Vol.02 really stood out as they made a significance difference to the release’s overall feel and flow.
One of those tracks and favorite from this compilation, is the collaboration between Soul Machine and Atrey on “Wonderkids”. A mix of rock and funky Electro/French Touch following in the footsteps, style and overall feel of the great “Civilisation” (Justice). Definitely a track that’s a lot of fun to listen to, catchy and very well done that for those familiar with the two artists should be an instant favorite. Personally i can’t help but feeling the track could have been even more effective if a bit more “stripped down” to its core as it did feel a bit overoaded at points, something that in my peronal opinion takes away from the very inspired and catchy hooks instead of working to compliment them. But then again Soul Machine is an artist that has made the more complex and if you like “virtuoso” rock influenced parts a big part of his sound and overall character as an artist as he has repeatedly in the past mixed such parts with electronic music with great success. Either way, kudos to both artists for what is a very nice track and my personal favorite from the release.
Another track that stood out from the “Winter Time” Vol.02 compilation for its non-funky but darker synthwave/80’s electronica sound and atmosphere is Kn1ght‘s “Road Kill”. Kn1ght isn’t a stranger to this blog as we’ve had our eyes and ears on him for a while now and we’re certainly glad to get an opportunity to feature some music by the French artist again after quite a long time indeed. His track “Road Kill” definitely adds another dimension to the whole compilation since it moves to the opposite direction of the funkier Nu Disco majority of tracks and definitely works as a great and more atmospheric break that we really enjoyed as part of the overall realease and on its own as a separate track. If that’s your sound you should definitely check out “Road Kill” and of course more of Kn1ght‘s music. You won’t be disappointed.
Finally, last but not least comes the third (and last) track we have selected to feature from “Winter Time” Vol.02 and some “fresh blood” since it’s just the first time Bastion is being mentioned on Metalectro. The new Parisian artist is one of the freshmen and fresh talents to be featured on the release and we’ve had him under our radars for a few months now. Finally now he gets his debut feature here with his track “Twins”. A dirty French Electro/Touch track that those of you who are fans of the great grandmasters of the sound like Justice or SebastiAn, or even the new generation of artists who stay loyal to the style such as Christine or Dizkodeath are definitely going to love. If there is one thing we would have liked to hear from Bastion in “Twins” is a slightly longer and more developed track since it felt a bit too short and that there was much more to give. But all things considered here’s a young French artist to look out for and we’re sure we’ll be hearing and seeing more from him in the future.