aaamusic | On 09, Nov 2012

Swiss filmmaker and musician Pablo Nouvelle – aka Fabio Friedli – has been creating quite the buzz this year. His blend of electronica and hip-hop with old pop and soul music is extremely accessible despite its intentional experimentation.

‘One More Chance’ is Pablo Nouvelle’s new single, and is a house laced trip-hop track with moody indie vocals and glitchy drum programming. Part RnB pop, part dance music and part minimal indie, it’s a beautiful composition that will appeal to fans of SBTRKT, Jamie xx, TEED and Hot Chip – particularly the club ready basslines that kick in after about a third of the way through.

B-side ‘Winter in Helsinki’ is a more stripped back affair, with quieter electronics and fragile, jazz-bar piano parts. It’s slow and brooding, with choppy synth-sounds and atmospheric bass.

Pablo Nouvelle is a very interesting and particularly exciting new voice in electronica-influenced pop. His layered production techniques, that fuse old and new pop styles, are surprisingly fresh given the current climate of electro-pop-indie mash-ups. Check it!

★★★★★

Clive Rozario