Lali Puna

I can't believe I never knew about this band...

It's no secret that one of my favorite bands is the Notwist, and since the purchase of Neon Golden in 2003 I have yet to find another band that can adequately satiate my thirst for perfect electronic pop. That is until now.

Lali Puna hails from Munich, Germany and captures the same transient, indiosycratic barrage of sound that you'd expect from Notwist front-runner Markus Acher. Oh wait, he's in the band? I totally didn't see this coming.

Lali Puna consists of Valerie Trebeljahr, Christoph Brandner, Christian Heiß, and the man himself, Markus Acher. The musical movement started in 1998 when Valerie began recording her songs using a 4 track, layering keyboards and vocals to set the framework for the band. Since then she's steadily picked up new members to hammer out the rounded sound of Lali Puna.

There's a lot to like here... and while keyboards and synths predominate the album, the instrumentation is heavy and ripens under the interwoven rhythym of mixed live percussion and drum machines. This album is beautiful!

Faking the Books can be found at the following site (just highlight and dump into your browser)

http://tinyurl.com/tnfne


I highly recommend Grin and Bear and Left Handed