Kelley Polar At Juno Download

Review: Taken from recent album Back To Life, this hook up with electro crooner and Environ mainstay Kelley Polar absolutely leaps out and takes control of your ears from the start. Perfectly balanced between bubbling acid-styled synths and Polar's laidback and strung out vocals, the original's epic enough but the Let's Do Science mix adds sweeping strings that fit the vocals like a glove. Pernau's mix gives it a deep house polish while the Jimi Python mix uses slowly-enveloping bass to give it some club-friendly dynamics while still keeping the melancholy tone of the original.

Review: It's been three years since Kelley Polar unleashed his second album, the superb space-pop opus I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling. Here Environ's eccentric viola master turned galactic pop maestro joins forces with two other vocalists for more bubbling analogue-and-strings fun. "I'm Not What You Want" is typical Polar, with the stylish vocals of Junior Boys front man Jeremy Greenspan lighting up a pleasing fusion of darting analogue synths and razor-sharp viola motifs. Emilia Logik joins in the action on "Nocturne", a joyously stripped-back duet that recalls previous Polar classic "Entropy Reigns". As accomplished and far-sighted as usual.