Live in London is the first live album by American synthpop/electropop band Hyperbubble from German label Pure Pop For Now People. It debuted worldwide on November 22, 2015.Live in London press release Retrieved January 31, 2016. It captures their November 22, 2014 show at The Lexington in London. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
The performance was part of a concert hosted by Helen Love Retrieved December 11, 2015 with whom they previously collaborated. It drew from their first three albums including their debut Sol!d Pop along with live versions of "Kinky" from their untitled 2004 compilation with S/T (informally called Hyperbubble + S/T,Hyperbubble compilation discography s/t hyperbubble split EPs/t hyperbubble split EP. bandcamp. Retrieved on August 22, 2017. or Minicar S/T, Hyperbubble – "Minicar" Discogs. Retrieved on August 21, 2017.) and their cover of Love's "Better Set Your Phasers to Stun" from Hyperbubble's eponymous 2009 EP. The latter song sampled another Love creation, "We Love You". The concert recording included a variation of "Red Delicious Overture" from their Candy Apple Daydreams album retitled, "Robo Intro".
Orders of the CD obtained through affiliate bandcamp included three Hyperbubble buttons.Live in London sales package Retrieved January 31, 2016.
Critical reception
Live in London is Hyperbubble's first live album, a "highly (sic) quality recording featuring a set that could be regarded as Hyperbubble's greatest hits," according to Chi Ming Lai of The Electricity Club and echoed elsewhere. One critic noted that the live show afforded listeners the opportunity to hear the band "let loose with [their] more structured songs. The result shows just how talented they are at re-inventing the synthpop wheel." Retrieved December 11, 2015 Eleven music magazine further wrote, "the beats are aggressive but not overstated, the basslines bouncy and the synths pulsating beneath (lead vocalist) Jess’ exquisitely catchy vocals."Retrieved January 31, 2016
Generally commenting on their style, The Big Takeover magazine described Live in London as at "the edges of keyboard minimal, groove, like Danceteria flashbacks filtered through modern noise. It's upbeat and happy, putting electric dreams with twitches of Devo, Thomas Dolby, and Saturday morning cartoons into your mind."
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Jess DeCuir – Lead vocals, Theremin Jeff DeCuir – Backing vocals, Synthesizers, Vocoder
Production Producers – Jess and Jeff DeCuir Head Engineer – Jeff DeCuir Graphics – Jeff DeCuir Cover Photo – Trevor Odd Box Photography – Trevor Odd Box, Hyperbubble Hyperbubble Tour Button photo – Kent
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