Daso - Meine

More long, snappy electro-house from Cologne's Daso Franke, and more 'Daybreak'. His recent 'Nightexpress' for Flash Recordings found him trying out novel chord patterns on three strong tracks, but for his Spectral debut he's returned to his debut My Best Friend hit, itself a suave Germanic take on 'Blue Monday'. Where the earlier version (or versions - 'Go Upstairs' did the same) aimed low, dark and bleak, 'Meine' is all candy-floss glee and sugar overload. Peter Hook's bassline is doused in E and sprinkled with confetti, but amid the French house surge and dizzying neon rush he stills finds time for a hint of melancholy. 'Idee' trades the stomp and swoon for tidy taps and tame blips, here and there dunked in deep pools of processing but not enough to work. The finale 'Deine Schuhe' plonks a two-chord ditty out on cheesy synth patches while a gruff bassline groans and telephone tones chime - almost wacky enough for Areal but too overtly repetitive, and simplistic, for that lot. Stick to the A and everybody's happy.

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