Right, now quite clearly this is a milkshake, and not electro icon Thomas Dolby. It is however the greatest milkshake ever made and deserves to be recognised as such. What it can't do is recount stories about its one man show in the 70s, or the scene that gave birth to Soft Cell, but happily Dolby does that instead. Boxed in by several synths and a computer, he's very helpfully put a camera on his head so we can see what he's doing. In the world of ironic, Miss Kittin-style vocals that now feature heavily on electro records, Dolby's earnest words wobble precariously between cheese and charm. He's also mapped pictures of the planets in tune with his synths which is mind-blowingly odd, but strangely enthralling when you see parts of the Sun reacting to what he's playing. The anecdotes are the great part though: "I've been away for 14 years. My favourite rumour was that I was running a taxi firm with the guitarist from Haircut 100." |
is he the guy that invented noise reduction for cassette tapes? genius.