Groovement レコード& CD

Review: The debut EP by Stranger In Paradise, a new solo project of Irish producer Dibby Dougherty, thoroughly impresses us, thanks to its clever use of suspense in melody and sensitive treatment of an often unsensitive genre. Mixed for a subtler breed of listener than your average wiry electro enjoyer, the likes of 'The Waves Of Hamo Bay' and 'Stranger In Paradise' are softly mixed, with pads and synths prioritised before drums, recalling the feeling of soaring over utopian Metropoli in a luxury hovercar - not scouring their desolate post-apocalyptic ruins, as is a more common theme in much electro. Shinra and Gurd's remixes are simpler, but still provide a nice counterpoint to the A-side's subtle cleverness.