Catcomplex comes to Binary today via Spain. Their song, Love Gemma, is a great example of tension and release dreamwave. It reminds me a lot of We Plants Are Happy Plants, or Cinnamon Chasers. Like the best kinds of music, it makes me think about late night encounters with the best kinds of girls.
Catcomplex - Love Gemma
From the moment the song starts with the minor, ringing, synth chord you can feel the tension in the sound. A quickly strumming synth guitar just serves to add to the thickness in the air. Catcomplex really does a great job building tension over the course of the song without the song sounding like one long transy buildup (I think this is one of the most underrated difficulties that all dance producers have... How do you create proper tension without making it long and boring? The french decided all you need is a low pass filter).
Its like a night spent with your eyes across the room. Glances tossed back and forth. A smile thrown your way. A chance (or maybe not so much) encounter at the bar. Its loud so they have to talk right next to you. See, its all tension building. The best part of life.
And the song, just moving along, with no vocals, matching the tension. And then, like a ray of light... or a kiss in the alley behind the bar..
"Its timmmmmmeeeeee".
Such a great payoff, completely unexpected and utterly successful.
We all know it. The tension is just as enjoyable, maybe more so, than the actual payoff.
The payoff can be pretty nice though.
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2 comments:
Love the song as well as your write-up.
Thanks Eddy. Its a pretty emotional song. We definitely try and do the song justice, rather than just posting en masse.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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