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2005/05: Metro News: Danny McFadden
Andrea Parker article
‘Whenever I release a record,’ DJ/producer Andrea Parker noted just a few years back; ‘it seems to get reviewed in a different section to the last.’ This was uttered before her body of work started to become, if not substantially more cohesive, at least that bit better understood. Thanks largely to her Touchin’ Bass label, critics suddenly realised how this talent was actually aligned with the sound of electro yet – like all the most exciting spinners/music makers – hers was a style that refused to suffer under rigid stylistic constraints. When she went on to cite influences as diverse This Mortal Coil, Kraftwerk and the Ultramagnetic MCs; how could it?
Earliest output came via Belgium’s R&S with Parker collaborating with techno stalwart David Morley but it was her signing to Mo Wax – during the imprint’s heyday – that would receive the most attention. After Rocking Chair – an emotive string-laden single orchestrated by Massive Attack and UNKLE co-composer Will Malone, the debut album, Kiss My Arp, was an even more ambitious prospect that teamed introspection with electronics and found its fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
Going on to experiment on stage with such avant-garde giants as Steve Reich and Philip Glass, her deckcentric output was also identified as the ideal soundtrack for the exclusive parties of both Roman Polanski and Gucci. Plus, more impressively, the ideal accompaniment for the US leg of Radiohead’s Kid A Tour. But it’s still those cutting-edge clubs that best suit her infectious strains. Following a date at Manchester’s old Steppers Delight – way back when settling on a genre was proving so troublesome – she’s now back with protégé Cultek in tow. And it suddenly makes perfect sense.
Danny McFadden
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