CFCF is the stage name for a Canadian synth project by Michael Silver.
In 2009, CFCF released their first and so far only album, Continent, a wonderful collection of ambient instrumental dance tunes, borrowing bits and pieces from vintage songs and textures from the '80s and '90s and patching them together into inspiring new wholes.
The opener "Raining Patterns" sets the mood immediately, awash in contemplative '80s synthesizers and Japanese waterfall chimes. "Monolith" is an ode to piano-driven early '90s house. "Letters Home" dabs in worldbeat. And then "Break-In" brings us back to the sequencer-fueled '80s a la Tangerine Dream. "Snake Charmer" works a nice spindly guitar gothic rock vibe of New Order or Echo and the Bunnymen.
Continent is relaxing but not slick, the songs organic but futuristic, one melting into another. It's the truly the best of both worlds: melded together into a beautifully coherent, fresh vision.
Here's hoping CFCF can bring us more of the same, or something different. Just something.
Lovely album--they also have a bunch of superb singles. They even team up with femme fatalo-disco star Sally Shapiro for some delightful tracks. Have you heard the track "Frozen Forest" by them? It is some of the best pre-bed music I have come across!
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