Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited "The Spooky Sound Sessions" 2009

First of all, I have every recording that SSSU has ever released and they are standout favorites in my music collection. Every release has been enjoyable and good. Their tracks are always favorites at parties. When they are in the mix someone ALWAYS asks me, "Who is this? I love it!"
In the inter-stellar trajectory of the classic Peter Thomas Orchestra and 101 String's landmark album of esoteric, erotic electronica, "Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000", as well as more modern masters of mood music like Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream, Switzerland's Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited brings us their sixth CD of cinematic ear candy, "The Spooky Sound Sessions" (Dionysus Records). Tunes with titles like "Contract Killer," "The Whistler Returns," "Robotheque" and "la fille dans le train" atmospherically evoke a rainy, windswept, timelessly retro-Euro-noir world of sexy spies, androgynous androids, Danish modern furniture, space age architecture, lunar lounge lizards, leather-n-leopard clad sex kittens, sleek cars and cool people wearing stylish hats, trench coats and sunglasses - in the dark. The futuristic funk of tracks like "Record Shop" and "Sitar Jerk" give off a sort of Jess Franco 70s-sleazy grindhouse vibe, whereas "Gilera Baby" sounds like John Barry`s "Beat Girl" as reinterpreted by Laika and the Cosmonauts. "Sad City" could fit neatly on the soundtrack of any badass blaxploitation flick. Images of everything from classic giallo to Russian sci-fi movies will swim across your sonically massaged brain as you kick back and soak in these smooth, seductive sounds. There's not one extraneous part in this finely tuned musical machine. -- Will "The Thrill" Viharo for Retrospective Magazine
trax:
01 Sitar Jerk 02 Do The Lurk Around 03 Robotheque 04 The Whistler Returns 05 Gilera Baby 06 Record Shop 07 Contract Killer 08 La Fille Dans Le Train 09 Re 307 10 Action Scope 11 November Morning 12 Chicken Skin 13 La Casa Gialla 14 Sad City