Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You

Parallax Error Beheads You, third album by British electronic musician Max Tundra, is a fascinating listening. This is more than can be said about most music having pretenses for the title "experimental electronica". Even though it is increasingly more difficult (if not already impossible) to create something truly new in electronic music, it is still possible to have a fresh approach. Tundra, who does not even possess avantgardist pretensions, creates music that I would use the following epithet about it: eccentric electronica. Tundra assumes the role of a British eccentric who combines pop melodies, dance beats and the dense, multilayered nature of IDM to create songs full of childlike playfulness, absurdist juxtapositions and charming naivete. Songs like "Witch Song" could easily be pop hits, but the joke would still be on the mainstream pop listener. Whereas tunes like "Nord Lead Three" and "Entertainment" are crazy stylistic maneuvers while "Until We Die" is an unbelievable synth-prog parody that has got to be heard to be believed.