SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS, Germany's most successful tightrope walkers between electro pop and harder synthetic sounds, make a spectacular return. As an adequate appetizer for their new album "Phenomena" (scheduled for August 2013), the Berlin-based quartet releases the new maxi CD "Trial and Error", right on time for Pentecost. "Why think small when you can go big?" seems to have been the band's motto, as the strictly limited release (1000 copies in a hand numbered Digipak) sports a total of eleven tracks, thus easily reaching album length.
The title track is a vibrant tune with hard beats and an aura of instant catchiness which reminds of the golden age of the futurepop movement in a most positive way. A song that is destined to become a club classic, "Trial And Error" has anthemic qualities without leaning to the shallow side, and is a picture perfect example of the band's straightforward motto: 'solid & catchy!' The B-side, "Eye of the Storm" is also an instant earworm with highly addictive qualities. With an extended cut of the title song plus a superb collection of highly creative and versatile remixes and reinventions (from names like ROTERSAND, HEIMATAERDE and many more) of both the A- and B-side plus the group's hits "Delight" and "Déjà Vu", this extended CD Maxi release also offers a ton of extra club-compatible material. Electrohead, what more could you wish for? One word of advice, though: the group's previous limited single releases sold out in no time. Hence, better be quick to grab this one if you really want it. And always remember: prolonged a abstinence from SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS' music can cause a severe deficiency syndrome!
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