I-F

Dutch outfit I-f produces thin, minimal electro and techno punctuated by somewhat obvious but inventively reconstituted influences tracing to late '70s and early '80s American and Italian disco and British new wave and techno-pop. Heavily melodic and often incorporating thick, dense basslines that bounce along with a force equal to or exceeding that of the beat, I-f tracks such as "Superman," "Quest," "Playstation No. 1," and the massive club hit "Space Invaders are Smoking Grass" helped reinitiate the use of bizarre, synthetic-sounding lyrics, pushing beyond the odd sampled vocal of most dance music and into full-on verse-chorus-verse arrangements that recall the heyday of British New Romantic groups such as Visage, The Normal, and Fad Gadget.



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