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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.Folktronica for brainiacs. How times change. When Dylan “went electric” in 1966, he faced screams of “Judas!” from angry hippies. Nowadays it seems that no folk release is complete without a little electronic snap, crackle and pop. Softly-strummed acoustic guitars provide the last refuge for frazzled ex-ravers who have seen The Wicker Man too many times. The latest product of this beards ‘n’ boffins love-in is Tunng – a folk duo so brainy they have a song about Watson and Crick’s double-helix DNA model (Codebreaker). Elsewhere, Mother’s Daughter builds from a droning, glitchy intro into chiming picked guitar, while Tale From Black’s weave of plaintive vocal and crunchy samples is as attractive as the “folktronica” moniker is clumsy. Tunng – This Is…, released 31 January 05 on Static Caravan.
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