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Selected review excerpts "Raptors' Delight" (Perl56)
(…) Narcotic Syntax’s "Raptors’ Delight" could even be mistaken for Electroclash, except that the track underneath the leering male vocal shifts a little too much for your average Fischerspooner fan. (…) (…) Narcotic Syntax point out, sound (…) like Tiga vs. Pet Shop Boys. Probably the only track one would really recognize. "Raptors' Delight" has to the sickest track I have heard all year. Maybe even a few years… I love the sounds you use. Very inspiring! OMFG also to "Raptor's Delight". Kudos JDB, you have rocked my ass (hard core styles). (…) how much I'm loving "Raptors' Delight" – this is what I always thought "Ketamine House" ought to mean – off-axis rollercoaster fantasies with unstoppable forward momentum. And the (almost) guitars at 04'00"! Such a nice and unexpected touch. (…) Oh s**t, here comes Narcotic Syntax's "Raptors' Delight", and it sounds like a straight Human League with a Pop-Acid bassline! (…) (…) Which brings us to one of the album's most delightfully eccentric moments – "Raptors' Delight" from Narcotic Syntax is a love song crossed with the myth of Prometheus, the Titan punished for stealing fire from the gods: the bounce of the groove and the soar of the lyrics "I dream of eagles, talons rampant, sharp as love" cause a delightful confusion in the listener. Not to mention the head-melting guitar breakdown two thirds of the way through. ••••••••• out of 10
(…) It's Narcotic Syntax and Markus Nikolai, though, that provide the real surprises here. Narcotic comes with "Raptors' Delight", a breakbeat rap track that reminds of nothing less than a German version of Gold Chains. (…) (…) Leave it to Narcotic Syntax (James Dean Brown and yapacc), though, to provide the disc's most arresting moment: "Raptors' Delight", a collaboration with Misty Roses' Robert Conroy. In this captivating Electro mutation, a burbling bass line slithers alongside rambunctious rhythm clatter while Conroy recounts a tale of obsessive amour fou where the speaker sadomasochistically likens himself to Prometheus (the mythological figure who, having stolen fire from the gods, was condemned by Zeus to have his regenerating liver eaten daily by an eagle for a term of 30.000 years). Conroy's lyrics are so distinctive they're worth quoting in full: (…)
A family member's statement Robert can be a real slut w/his vocal chords sometimes. If you're digging the rampant glamour of Misty Roses, you might want to sample the bewitching synthetics of Narcotic Syntax. James Dean Brown and yapacc make sumptuously sexy Electro that will fuck w/both your body and your brain. And M. Roses' "chanteuse" has been known to lend his voice in support of these gentlemen – so much so, in fact, that Robert is now Narcotic Syntax's adjunct vocalist, the third member of this duo. A great example of what these three come up w/is in evidence on the recently released Perlon compilation "Superlongevity 4". "Raptors' Delight" is absolute body control disco, over which Robert croons lyrics that are equal parts Robert Graves' "The Greek Myths" and John Christopher's "Centurions of Rome" – (fyi: "Centurions of Rome" is an all-male/XXX/sword and sandal/gay porn epic from 1980 – for those of you out there that are not as up on your pre-condom classics as you might be. "When is that movie getting re-released on DVD?!", asks Robert, bitterly.) (…) Cheers (and happy gay pride from NYC)
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