Formed in Paris in 2000, siblings Nicolas and Fabio Laureau subsequently recruited drummer Mitch Pires to become a trio.
Their music is promoted as "half way between movie score and psychedelic transgressions".
Apart from a few hums and wordless chants, the nine tracks are instrumentals featuring distorted beats and looped minimalist rhythms. Keyboards, guitar and drums ensure that the machine-made synthesised aspects play second fiddle to a more organic sound.
Cosmic qualities are suggested by titles like The Stellar Friendship and Comets but their methodology is more akin to a meticulously planned space mission than to a tripped out moonwalk.
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This precision makes for a cold efficiency when the warmth of some looser structures would have been welcome.
As a result, tracks like the title tune and Three Dances deliver a lively brand of jazzy math rock that won't get any dance floor grooving but is sure to satisfy punters of a more intellectual persuasion.
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