Hollywood Piano<\/i> is a disco album for the modern era. This debut record by Piper Durabo (performing as Maraschino) has divine synths that have the sensuality of disco and the freshness of modern-day synth pop. The music here is pure perfection. Some might say it\u2019s the magic of the genius indie artist\/producer Jorge Elbrecht who has the mixing credits on this album; and why not? Musically, Hollywood Piano<\/i> has the same wonderfulness of Elbrecht\u2019s own work.<\/p>\n
However, the same cannot be said of Durabo\u2019s singing. Her vocals are silky and sultry, and have a certain throwback appeal, with hints of Debbie Harry and early Madonna. Alas, unlike these icons, Durabo\u2019s vocals don\u2019t have the sparkle to woo the listener. Right from the start, it is apparent that Hollywood Piano\u2019s<\/i> strength is not its vocals, but its music. Nevertheless, for her part, Durabo does enough to conjure the seamy retro spirit of this record, which fits in neatly with its overall aesthetics\u2026and that\u2019s good enough. <\/p>\n
Also adding to the late seventies \/early eighties charm are the kitschy lyrics, which are plentiful on the album, like: \u201cDaddy\u2019s angel, daddy\u2019s money\u2026 don\u2019t you feel so beautiful\u201d (\u201cChelsea Smile\u201d); \u201cI am in love with your sweet perfume, and you just can\u2019t take it away\u201d (\u201cPink Perfume\u201d); and \u201clove me in an elevator, love me in the car…love me like you\u2019ve never been in love before\u201d (\u201cHigh Desire\u201d).<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s more trashiness upping the kitsch factor in the form of the gossipy whispering vocals on \u201cVenus\u2019s Kiss\u201d and the words \u201cerase you\u201d spoken with vengeful schadenfreude every time the chorus for \u201cEraser\u201d is sung.<\/p>\n
But the album\u2019s fully synth-based music is ultra-sophisticated and makes its kitsch look refined. There is meticulousness in the musical composition, down to the soft pulsing bass notes playing in the background which is the heart of what makes the album \u201cdisco.\u201d This is the charm of Hollywood Piano<\/i>: it represents the cheesiness of disco with absolute class\u2026 what a beautiful interpretation of this great genre!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":35239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[11058],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47123","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-maraschino","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47123"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47123"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}