Straight from the bowels of the Bowery. Brooklyn's own Bowery Electric captivate the senses and relieve the tension with their titillating "Lushlife" portrayal of electro-existentialism.

With a clean, crisp musical flavor that flutters and floats in the cool evening breeze, modernity mixes with vibrancy constrained only by erotic beats of passion.

The duo of Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener have created an amalgamation of abstract arrangements played off of live instrumentation that stretch the outer limits on the earthy "Floating World," "Lushlife," and the hypnotic grace of "Psalms of Survival."

"Soul City," all on its own paints the perfect aural picture of a stoic nighttime landscape as we momentarily soar high above a sleeping city below, while "Freedom Fighter" returns us to reality with Schwendener's gently sung chorus written into transient trip-hop beats.

Bowery Electric's latest creation usurps modern technology to its fullest extent in developing an alluring wall of sound typical of the fascinating effect of finding that spiritual oneness we've all longed to discover but never having managed to stay still long enough to ever experience.

Released by Beggars Banquet

Review by Vinnie Apicella