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Booka Shade

Rating: NN


Berlin tech-house heroes Booka Shade stray even further from the dance floor toward pop on their newest album, and appear to be in a fairly dark headspace. This could have been a great thing, but ­instead they’ve turned in an album of most­ly plodding, mopey synth pop, with little of the innovative house music that made their previous work so vital.

It’s not a complete washout there are indeed some promising moments. Unfortunately, none of them get developed enough to compensate for the bland­ness of the rest of the album.

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