We are very proud to showcase another Glasgow-based artist for our third Invisible Inc digital-only release.
This time it's French duo Double Discone who upped sticks from Clermont-Ferrand in late 2016 and landed in Glasgow on their feet running with no less than 21 shows under their belt since their debut at an Invisible Inc night in May 2018, all of these performed 100% analogue and live!
For this release the duo have produced four extra-terrestrial synthesizer jams that head into slightly more experimental territory than the Daft Punk-esque, electro disco sound they are known for.
All tracks are recorded live with no editing using an incredibly limited set-up that the two can control using just 7 channels on their recording desk: 2 x drums, 3 x synths, 1 x reverb, 1 x delay.
The resultant sound is a vintage drum machine / retro-synth audio odyssey reminiscent of John Carpenter, Vangelis and other such pioneers of the '80s. Perhaps not entirely surprising, it reminds us most of their French compatriot: the singular Jean-Michel Jarre.
On the other hand the music is undeniably contemporary. Perhaps that's unavoidable when its two creators are both still in their early 20s? Similarities can be heard to Nico Motte, Etienne Jaumet, Zombie Zombie and their peers over the Channel as well as Invisible Inc label mates Spacerocks and Tim Love Lee.
The EP opens with 'Espionage Industriel' which sounds like an imaginary theme tune for a 70s TV crime thriller gone wrong in which the detectives have been spiked with acid. 'Temps Modernes' is a look at the future from the past, a cult sci-fi film spinning out on the inside of the eyelids. The EP's titular 'Géant de Fer' sounds like a lost Patrick Cowley track created for one of the many gay porn soundtracks he recorded in the 80s. 'Retour de Chasse' winds things up very nicely; elements of Cluster, Harmonia, Tangerine Dream come to the surface.....waves ripple outward and dissipate. A perfect ending.
This time it's French duo Double Discone who upped sticks from Clermont-Ferrand in late 2016 and landed in Glasgow on their feet running with no less than 21 shows under their belt since their debut at an Invisible Inc night in May 2018, all of these performed 100% analogue and live!
For this release the duo have produced four extra-terrestrial synthesizer jams that head into slightly more experimental territory than the Daft Punk-esque, electro disco sound they are known for.
All tracks are recorded live with no editing using an incredibly limited set-up that the two can control using just 7 channels on their recording desk: 2 x drums, 3 x synths, 1 x reverb, 1 x delay.
The resultant sound is a vintage drum machine / retro-synth audio odyssey reminiscent of John Carpenter, Vangelis and other such pioneers of the '80s. Perhaps not entirely surprising, it reminds us most of their French compatriot: the singular Jean-Michel Jarre.
On the other hand the music is undeniably contemporary. Perhaps that's unavoidable when its two creators are both still in their early 20s? Similarities can be heard to Nico Motte, Etienne Jaumet, Zombie Zombie and their peers over the Channel as well as Invisible Inc label mates Spacerocks and Tim Love Lee.
The EP opens with 'Espionage Industriel' which sounds like an imaginary theme tune for a 70s TV crime thriller gone wrong in which the detectives have been spiked with acid. 'Temps Modernes' is a look at the future from the past, a cult sci-fi film spinning out on the inside of the eyelids. The EP's titular 'Géant de Fer' sounds like a lost Patrick Cowley track created for one of the many gay porn soundtracks he recorded in the 80s. 'Retour de Chasse' winds things up very nicely; elements of Cluster, Harmonia, Tangerine Dream come to the surface.....waves ripple outward and dissipate. A perfect ending.
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