CFCF – Continent Review
Montreal’s Michael Silver isn’t your typical DJ. Also known as CFCF, he’s made a few remixes here and there for artists like Crystal Castles and HEALTH. Which is how I was introduced to his work. He’s less of a DJ and more of one of those electronica artists that attempts to make DJing all about straight forward dance and beats. On his remixes he definitely showed a special talent and I’ve been following what he’s done. Released in October of 2009 and myself finally getting up to review up (I’m always late), CFCF definitely made something unique for his album Continent.
The album itself is not very easy to like. He attempts to try to be atomspheric more so straight up catchy. He uses a variety of pop elements. Definitely rivaling some of the best within the electronica industry it feels like CFCF has more of a future in producing or scoring movie soundtracks. The skill is there and for instrumentals alone CFCF needs to be commended. The thing is – I do have a tough time with these albums.
It’s not just short poppy instrumentals, there was a lot of time and effort put into each track giving a full 65 minutes. It’s rare to see albums that long let alone just purely instrumental.It has two important qualities you like to see of artists: creativity and boldness. It’s not easy to get people’s attention in an ADD world we live in and I think that’s where CFCF falters in this case. I’m not saying it’s boring because I don’t find it that way but it’s definitely not very accessible.
Personally I’d like to see him make use of vocals because he does seem so incredibly talented, giving more to work with likely would lead to better material.
All in all, it’s an average album. The album I feel like isn’t quite great but for Silver’s career it’s definitely leaves some promising prospects for the future.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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