Review

OMFO, We Are The Shepherds

  • 2006
  • Label: Essay Recordings / Zebralution
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Space-age Russian disco music that somehow simultaneously sounds like it belongs in 1950 and 2050.

OMFO is space-age Russian disco music that somehow simultaneously sounds like it belongs in 1950 and 2050. The samples, melodies, and texture are all quaint, dusty things that wouldn't be out of place soundtracking a Soviet-era sci-fi film. But the mode of production (i.e., the fact that they're using samples at all) is pure 21st century. If Kraftwerk had been East German, consider this the Eastern European folk music that would've followed. “Shepherd Disco,” anyone?

Genres: New Age

Comments 1 Comment

  1. Avatar ImageTheLovelyLeanneon May 17, 2012 at 2:24 am said:
    Good description. "Space-age Russian disco music that somehow simultaneously sounds like it belongs in 1950 and 2050." What awesome tunes!! It's all so unique, and chipper sounding.

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