[Image (c) 2009 La Grande Arche © Johan Otto Von Spreckelsen]

Cults of Brasilia Music presents α60’s ‘Themes from Utopia’: a five track journey into the heart of the modernist dream. With this debut release α60 combines elements of Electro, Italo-disco, and classic soundtrack music to create a unique and haunting take on melodic synth pop.

As the EP unfolds, synthetic instrumentation and prefabricated drum patterns build up a sinister and occasionally melancholy musical atmosphere. In the space of five tracks myriad electro-music references are condensed into a lean pop format – from the driving, Italo-Electro of ‘Exit Ramp’, the library-pop of ‘Starliner Island’ to the cinematic menace of ‘Arc-Light’ and ‘Theme for a European Film’.

The EP comes across in places as a soundtrack to a re-imagined film adaptation of Ballard’s ‘Crash’, composed by Goblin and ‘Radioactivity’-era Kraftwerk. This is music that recalls the futurist, romantic, synth music of Air, M83 and classic Krautrock and Italo Disco.

The ‘Themes from Utopia’ EP is now available from iTunes and eMusic.