
Album number five from the St Petersburg outfit is a cosmic voyage on a mirrorball-shaped spaceship
After
a flurry of activity in the mid-00s that saw them release four albums
in five years, Russian purveyors of spangly nu-disco Kim & Buran
have been a tad less prolific in recent years. But now, after a
couple of well received singles on Nang, here comes album number
five.
If
you've heard much Kim & Buran before - or indeed if you're
familiar with Nang's output generally - there aren't really any huge
surprises here. Space disco nouveau is pretty much the order
of the day throughout, a fact that's reflected in track titles like
Jet Disco, Voyager, Trip To Airport, Delayed
Voyage and Fall In Space. If you want specific terms of
reference then Space, The Rah Band and Atmosfear would all be good
starting points, as would Faze Action. So no prizes for groundbreaking innovation, the sheer quality of the music more than makes up for it.
They
do give the shimmering, soaring arps a rest in favour of a slightly
more chilled, Balearic vibe once or twice, admittedly - see Running
On The Waves and, particularly, closer Teleskope. But
overall, if the likes of Todd Terje, Prins Thomas et al
deliver the sound of sunset at a secluded Ibizan beach, Orbita
is the sound of a party in the first-class lounge of a 25th Century
spaceport.
And
best of all, we're all invited! Marvellous.
Release
date: 6 February
Review Score: 8
Tags: disco, nu disco, nu-disco, Balearic, space disco, Faze Action, The Rah Band, Space, Atmosfear, Nang Records