Vector Lovers
From the deliriously frazzled mind of Martin Wheeler comes Vector Lovers, a self-confessed manga mad computer nerd and eighties obsessed knob-twiddler who has produced one of this years most irresistible albums with his eponymous Soma Records debut. The Vector Lovers sound encompasses beautifully emotive electronica and raw alien future funk. Bring on the droids…
“Vector Lovers has hit on a sound that’s more relevant than 99% of modern electronic music…inspirational, essential and as much a landmark release as Hacker & Kittens ‘Frank Sinatra’. Richard Brophy (DJ magazine) Born in Reading, now residing in Berlin, Vector Lovers unique production style is winning him fans across the globe. With nods to musical influences such as Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and early synth pop to The Happy Mondays, Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine. Nowadays Vector Lovers is listening to modern electronic geniuses like Isan, Boards Of Canada and Aphex Twin, and labels like Toytronic, AI and Ghostly International. His other obsessions are Robots and Japan, and the album flows like a sonic journey through a futuristic metropolis where humans and droids live in harmony. The delicately skewed mechanical love of ‘Girl & Robot’ and sentimental hankering of ‘Kissed You By The Fountain’ will sooth your circuits, while the scuzzy energy of ‘Funk & Droid’ evokes an image of a demented neon fizzing disco. The superb artwork has also been done throughout by Martin, evidently a man of many talents.
Vector Lovers performs on Saturday, 18th November in Kinomaja.