Caribou "Odessa" is a track that fits well with our UFOs category. The real name of this artist is Daniel Victor Snaith, a Canadian guy better known as Caribou and Manitoba. This artist of electronic music had been discovered with his album "Andorra" released in 2007 and named the winner of the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. The track "Odessa" available for free from Monday on the website of Caribou is synonymous of the launch of his new album "Swim", due for release in April 2010.
More and more artists offer to Internet users for free their latest track, before launching an album. Caribou is no exception. The Canadian revealed to the public by his album "Andorra" in 2007 thanks to an award for best Canadian album of the year 2007, directly by approximately 200 journalists. This award has given him an aura and now an international recognition, because this new track is more and more review around the Internet. Composer, producer, arranger and performer, Caribou will launch his third album “Swim” in April 2010.
This album which starts with "Odessa" is a psychedelic music track. 1st title of a series of 9 tracks, it opens the dance of sounds that look promising. The production consists of many percussions with a rare density. There is also a filtered voice perfectly suited to the rhythm. The track had a primitive vibe a bit like DJ Shadow.
Completely eclectic the track will delight the many fans of electronic music based on pop music and 60's influences music. We'll see what gives the album that we will certainly review soon.
Full tracklisting Caribou “Swim”:
1. Caribou - Odessa
2. Caribou - Sun
3. Caribou - Kaili
4. Caribou - Found Out
5. Caribou - Bowls
6. Caribou - Leave House
7. Caribou - Hannibal
8. Caribou - Lalibela
9. Caribou - Jamelia