Lindstrom and Prins Thomas II
Album | Lindstrom and Prins Thomas
Electrorganic space disco for the masses
The tone for the second collaboration by Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Hans-Peter Lindstrom and Thomas Moen Hermansen (aka Prins Thomas) is set by the epic opener "Cisco." For nine hypnotic minutes, bass, percussion, guitars and synths wiggle and shuffle into and out of the mix, as electronic and acoustic instruments spar with one another. Subtle nods to folk, krautrock, disco, prog, psychedelia, jazz fusion, and even a dash of experimental music flit through the album, marking it as quite a departure from their dancefloor-friendly debut. Lindstrom and Prins Thomas II does pose some challenges for the impatient listener: melodies and grooves are slow to reveal themselves (the shortest track is six minutes long), and some of the mid-tempo beats sound straight out of the chill-out handbook. (Think Air meets Lemon Jelly.) But when the songs' subtle pleasures reveal themselves -- and they always do -- it's clear that the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. Although critics have latched onto the phrase "space disco" to define the Lindstrom and Prins Thomas sound, this gem of an album proves that there's really much more to them.
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