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Virtuoso compositions, subtle synthetic atmospheres, voices oscillating, Garden of Love, the new album by electro duo Scratch Massive makes an impression from the first moments that you hear its enigmatic beauty. Like a ghost train moving along a tightrope - between shadow and light, failure and redemption, violence and melancholy - this fourth studio album reaffirms the Parisian DJ/Producer duo style/vibe with their hybrid sounds and sensory experiences.

On first glance, Garden of Love, appears to be an invitation to love and peace, however, nothing is ever that simple, as the album cover evokes a multitude of interpretations. The lyrics speak to the depths of the soul, covering a range of emotion from love, emotions, and fears ...

Scratch Massive draws the outline of an electronic music in search of redemption - reinventing their icy grooves and confronting it with a naive elegance and a disillusioned romanticism that embodies our time.

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Together as Scratch Massive, French couple Maud Geffray and Sébastien Chenut have been making electro-tinged slo-motion house since 1999. Yet despite a few underground hits such as "Seeing Is Believing" and "Make It High" in the mid-00s, their biggest claim to fame at this point may just be a spot on an Ivan Smagghe mix CD. Nuit de Rêve is their third album, and even though it won't do much to attract new fans, it is tuneful and committed enough to satisfy their current fans.

That said, the darker Scratch Massive get, the more alluring they become. Chloé appears on dirge-like "Closer," the track's funeral timbre perfectly fitting her too-fucked-to-even-leave-the-couch-to-sing tones. You'd be hard pressed to actually dance to it, but it makes for a riveting headphone experience. It is immediately followed by "Nuit de mes rêves'," on which Chenut and Geffray share vocal duties in their native tongue. It's impossible to decipher if they're cooing at one another, breaking up or just not giving a damn whatsoever. In other words: very French. The same feeling is reproduced on album closer "Secrets," with added cinematic grandeur.

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Evolving from an electro-rock duo to purveyors of evocative synth pop and film scores, Sébastien Chenut and Maud Geffray's collaboration as Scratch Massive grew richer as the years passed.

Though early releases like 2003's debut album Enemy & Lovers flirted with trends such as electroclash, the darker, more atmospheric vibe of a2011's Nuit de Rêve foreshadowed the direction of the duo's work in the 2010s.

By the time Scratch Massive released 2018's Garden of Love, Geffray and Chenut's music blended four decades' worth of electronic music into a style distinctly their own.

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Winning Song
Dancer in the Dark (Aaaah) Don’t think it burns Is there something wrong? And I will wait And I will wait Don’t think it burns Is there something wrong? Another way Another way Don’t think it burns Is there something wrong? Where will you go When the light is gone? I’m dancing in the dark Just shut up and pray Just shut up and pray (Pray pray pray pray) Dancing in the dark Just shut up and pray (it’s gone) (Light is gone) Where will you go When the light is gone? I’m dancing in the dark Just shut up and pray Where will you go? I’m getting closer I’m dancing in the dark Just shut up and pray I’m getting closer Just shut up and pray Dancing in the dark Just shut up and pray

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