On the playlist: Ladytron - Velocifero / journal / hicksdesign

27/05/08

On the playlist: Ladytron - Velocifero

All praise to the God of Electro – which I guess would be would be Numanus ? – Ladytron are back with a new album ‘Velocifero’, which literally means ‘bringer of speed’. The cover artwork by Brazilian art collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus is rather splendid:

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…and it’s at least as addictive as ‘Witching Hour’. Having only heard it twice, it’s still early days to pick favourites, but here’s a taster:

Velocifero is supposedly only available through iTunes until June 3rd, but I found it on play.com just fine.

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Dean Clatworthy said 192 days ago:

I’d only ever heard “Seventeen”, which was by complete chance after hearing it in the background of a video blog. I may just investigate Ladytron a bit further :)

Thank you Mr. Hicks

macki said 191 days ago:

i’ve heard velocifero also. liked it. a lot. all praise to the god of electro indeed =)
oh, and i gave m83 a shot after your post about them. thanks for the great tip!