PAWA UP FIRST
Introducing-New-Details
Dare to Care Records
· The proof is in the poutine. It pays to Pawa Up First.
Montreal indie band mini-mogul Serge Nakauchi Pelletier has done it again. The guitarist/video artist has been on a winning streak since he invented the whole Pawa Up project back in 2001. Immersed in technology from the start, Pawa Up First (PUF) centres around, and is devoted to, the precariously co-dependent relationship between a man and his PC. Expanding his circle of synthesized emanations to include bass-playing technophile Matt Pontbriand, Pelletier began to rework his vast library of home recordings.
Their first collaborative release, The Scenario, had a distinctly cinematic feel to it, as Pelletier’s love of film poured through his musical filters to produce a poignant, yet capricious, soundtrack to his life and times – an audio diary if you will. This time out, Pawa Up First switches directions and turns up the juice. Undoubtedly, Introducing-New-Details is just as melodic and guitar driven as last year’s album, The Scenario, but with a distinctly up-tempo attitude to boot. New additions – keyboardist Christian Baang, drummer Steve Dagg and extraterrestrial percussionist Julien Sagot – join the fray to bring PUF to the next level of sonic experimentation and French-inspired groove sensation. From the sprightly intonations of "Inuit Wedding" to the unexpected hip-thrusting beats of "The Hippocampus Theory," the dynamic quintet continues to deliver one refreshingly uninhibited jazz, funk, electro-pop, dub number after another. It’s little wonder that they’ve become an audience favourite at everything from the CMJ Music Marathon to the Toronto Film Festival.
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