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The Opiates
Anatomy of a Plastic Girl EP(POPPY1)

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The Opiates started with the intention of being an ambient project. Bored, they soon said: f…ck this, and wrote the kind of songs that moved them in cerebral as well as booty shaking ways. The Opiates are Robert Solheim and Billie Ray Martin. Their music explores paths pioneered by the Chicago house and Detroit techno heroes, not least Electribe 101, with the aim of taking things forward a step in history.

Although Kraftwerk and Yazoo have been mentioned as influences, their very unique brand of electronic music is as much Carpenters as it is cutting-edge electro, with a nod to current minimal influences. The Opiates are radical because they do not shy away from the rare match of songwriting and cutting-edge beats and bleeps.

The Opiates will perform their first gig @ Rough Trade record store in Brick Lane in London on March 3rd 2008. For the event, there will be a full digital release plus a limited edition 10" vinyl release of the four track EP entitled ANATOMY OF A PLASTIC GIRL (EP). The release will be distributed by Kudos and will be available in all good shops worldwide as well as on i-Tunes and other good download sites. 		The Opiates: Anatomy of a Plastic Girl EP

Reviews

fans of bleepy stuff, buy this!
Joe Heaney (GT)

Chart entry at # 15 'Finally Back to Real Angst'
Mark Moore (QX)

This EP of throbbing electro-disco, torch soul and narcotic pop is awesome by the way. (four stars)
Jason Riley (IDJ)

dark, electronic pop: scalpel-sharp lyrical observations juxtaposed with shimmering production to magnetic effect
Ben Murphy (Electirc Roulette)

dark, electronic pop: scalpel-sharp lyrical observations juxtaposed with shimmering production to magnetic effect
Chris Merriman (Subba Cultcha)

Very euro-synth n slinky, something like Amanda Lear ganging up with Laurie Anderson to kidnap a low key echo of "The Day Before You Came", an Abba track.
(Unpealed.net)