Soft electronics wash over a bed of steel brush drum beats while ethereal vocals lull you into a peaceful state. Antenne prove that the combination of electronic music and female vocals need not be formulaic. Be warned, this music may induce daydreaming.
Antenne is the project of Kim Hansen, a former member of industrial groups Institute for the Criminally Insane and Grind. Hansen got his start making experimental four-track recordings armed solely with a bass, but eventually began working with guitar and computers and soon founded Antenne. With his new group he created a sound that falls somewhere between Bjork, Portishead, and Fridge -- it's a mixture of ambient and downtempo with a dash of experimental. Marie-Louise Munch completes the sound by providing ethereal vocal accompaniment to Hansen's electronics.
"Memo" and the original version of "Here to Go" are from Antenne's debut full-length, #1. The sublimely skittish Metamatics (Lee Anthony Norris of Tone Language) remix of "Here to Go" is featured on the "Here to Go" maxi-single. The latter disc also features remixes from Full Swing (Orthlorng Musork and Mille Plateaux), Zammuto (ApartmentB), Acceleradeck, and Goem. Antenne is a band that could easily cross over into the mainstream, so keep an eye out for them and remember, you heard it here first.
