Stunning and astonishing the musical world with their extraordinary style of music that defies any genre and categorization by transcending the lyrical and musical boundary of any defined genre and splitting the line between moving objects and vivid imagery in music by blending in various astonishing elements from numerous luxurious sounds to come up with Hollywood depicted transcendental masterpieces that rival Box-office movies in conjuring up mental images of the abundance and extravagance in their melodicism; Elekragaaz is musical collaborative making waves with a blend of live and electronic music with most of the members from New York Metropolitan area. They are headed by a mysterious and intensely private young Frisian composer using the pseudonym of Poppo Redband but usually referred to as simply Redband. Their music is nothing like you have experienced before tearing the lines of classical music, hip-hop, rock, club, techno, pop dance, film noir, comic strips, video games, and every other imaginative splendor you might be thinking of – they have got it all!
The way you sit in that theatre with an obscenely huge bag of popcorn, holding your breath to the awe-inspiring emanating scenes from your favorite movie is exactly what you are about to experience in their latest 6-piece Cinematographic EP “The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 4” that dazzles right from the first track “The Defiant Ones” to the last track “Her Body’s A Dance!” Prepare your body, mind, and soul to be blown away – there are moments of calm, moments of intensity, moments of anger, joyful moments and certainly moments of suspense that significantly heighten this musical journey; are you ready?
“The Defiant Ones” has the influence of a villain character all over it with its equally defiant and moody melodicism taking effect in blistering fashion and touching on the core elements of a listener’s senses that always find themselves intrigued by the villain character even when they don’t want to admit it! The track will take you to a Mexican street that is brimming with drug lords carrying their El Chapo banners. You might want to request some backup with immediate effect!
“Cinematic Counterspy” could serve as a James Bond introductory film song with its spine-tingling and goose-bump intensifying thrilling tonality giving a listener something to anticipate with the interchanging highs and lows that have been magnificently placed to artistic satisfaction. This melody takes you on a successful journey of getting the bad guys and finally it is a mission success with the deserving end!
“Her Body’s A Dance” will help you slip in your dance shoes as you bust some moves with wild abandon under the liquefying glow of the disco lights and you wouldn’t mind having a dance partner to help you to it. Under that beholding site of that expensive Casino is where the Protagonist is holding his companion’s waste as they pretend to dance while doing some serious spying work!
There is great deal of melodicism, color, depth and cliff-hanger moments in the other equally mind-boggling tracks “Here Comes Your Girlfriend”, “Situation on Avenue B” and “An Autumn once, A Dynamic Fall”. Elektragaaz might just be the heroes to save us from musical extinction and like most heroes; they are not wearing capes – may be instrumental capes (if they exist!). “The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 4” is now available on all major streaming platforms – how about you grab that dish full of popcorns, place it close to your heart and have the time of your life by immersing yourself to a cinematographic, melodic-calibrated listening experience!