Goldfrapp

06.07.2003

Live at Miles Davis Hall

Goldfrapp is first and foremost a woman, Alison, a sublime vocalist who made remarkable contributions to the first albums of Tricky and Orbital. It is also Will Gregory, a composer of film soundtracks. Their partnership has given birth to a duo that has been attracting a great deal of attention on dancefloors. If the first album, Felt Mountain, blended the suspense of crime thrillers with the beauty of electro, this year Alison Goldfrapp happily achieves a radical turnabout. Impressed by the voices of Kate Bush and Grace JOnes when she was young she plays the disco diva on "Black Cherry". A far more positive approach to be sure, but particularly one that will provide more scope for jamming and improvising. (FFJM © 2003)