It must be an emerging trend--making soundtracks to non-existent films, or those in the listener's minds. While 1972's Blacula was a legitimate yet campy franchise, this Blakula is actually the duo, The Diaphanoids, who tend to make concept albums.
On Permanent Midnight, they imagine what would happen if Blacula defrosted in 1977, posed for Robert Mapplethorpe, went dancing at Studio 54, wrote poems with William Burroughs, shared spray cans and brushes with Jean Michel Basquiat, jammed with Miles Davis and the Velvet Underground, starred in David Lynch's movies, got addicted to heavy drugs and alcohol, experimented with sexual partners, lived in baroque palaces and shooting galleries, and became more human than human then got crushed by the city sickness.
The music is both unique and at the same time 'classic'. Musical touchstones range from funk, 70s disco, psychedelia, avant-garde, no-wave vibe, cinematic atmospheric sounds, nightclub sleazy jazz to slow-mo bluesy grooves. Every track on the album has been played by real musicians, orchestral ensembles and choirs. I think it's a fun album, seamless progression, a great energy and it makes you shake your butt and tap your toes.
Get your groove on with "Feed Your Demons" here.
Buy a copy of Blakula's Permanent Midnight here.
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