Dancefloor Coup d'Etat

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Tension’s a funny thing. Too much of it can be explosive. Too little can be boring. Slutterhouse navigate tension like a tightrope walker, always aware of the potential for disaster but never wavering from their goal. The duo is made up of Rabih Mick Salloum and Nabil Saliba, two Parisians by way of Beirut. Musically their DNA seems more linked to Depeche Mode and Crystal Castles. Underground electronica careens and crashes into mainstream club music, yielding songs like French Robot Leuve, where watery digital droplets and beeps provide the backdrop for the monotone ramblings of a bionic man. Good stuff. Made In Dane begins like an early ˜80s Madonna single, then takes a flying leap into future with diaphanous washes, pops and crackles and some serious sexy talk. Salloum’s incantation on the chorus, Darling, won’t you dance? can serve as the overarching mantra for Slutterhouse. If they build a beat, you have no choice but to follow them to the dance floor.