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The Island of Dr Electrico
A 13 track film/bollywood album (46m 6s) — released July 7th 2014 on Hope Street Recordings
Introducing "The Island of Dr Electrico", the second soundtrack album from The Bombay Royale, originators of vintage Bollywood-inspired surf, spy, disco and funk. Building on the worldwide success of their debut album ''You Me Bullets Love", the band has unleashed its trademark sound and set off on an extraordinary musical safari.
"The Island of Dr Electrico" is a varied musical landscape, at times lush and tropical, at other times an impenetrable swamp teeming with all manner of surprises. Migrating seabirds have long flown thousands of extra miles avoid Dr Electrico's blighted isle, leaving him alone to experiment with dark beats, primitive synthesizers and the raw emotion of kidnapped souls. The resulting sounds are a rich palette of classic cinema, from lonesome spaghetti to surf-rock, from psychedelia to spine-bending space disco, overlaid with the voices of our protagonists The Tiger and The Mysterious Lady.
From their unlikely beginnings in the suburban wilds of Melbourne Australia, The Bombay Royale have taken their unique sound to audiences throughout Europe, UK and the USA, where their performances have been met with astonishment and critical acclaim.
The Bombay Royale is where A.R. Rahman and Ennio Morricone converge, where Slumdog Millionaire meets Goldfinger head on, with Quentin Tarantino and Indiana Jones lurking in the corner.... Brash, brassy, bodacious and often cacophonous but never boring - Tony Hillier The Australian
The Bombay Royale's sophomore album is nothing short of genius from a production perspective. Effortlessly warm, this album's analogue crunch evokes the atmosphere of a bygone Bollywood era. - Aurora Jane Mojo Junction
With so many colourful elements at play, and so many cooks in the metaphorical kitchen, it's surprising what a tight package the band's second album turns to be. - Mess + Noise
Parvyn's vocals are beautifully matched by male protagonist, Shourov Battacharya, as they were on the band's debut album You Me Bullets Love - Djouls Paris DJs
No sophomore slump for the Bombay Royale! ... The production is flawless - I adore that crunchy saturated drum sound, coupled with twanging bombastic guitar and thumping funk bass. - Hayley Elliott-Maclure 4ZZZ
could fit just as easily in a Bond or Tarantino film as an Indian retro-Bollywood flick - Jason Kinnard KEXP
The Bombay Royale offer up a high-energy, psychedlic take on vintage Bollywood - Alexandra Petropoulos NPR
The shimmering, mirage-like melodies of Indo-pop converge with a gamut of retro rock and the sound of '60s spy movies and spaghetti westerns. - David Luhrssen Sound Colour Vibration
At times, Bombay Royale sound like Delhi's best disco exponents (Wild Stallion Mountain), while Bombay Twist is a psychedelic, lava lamp-lit dance party. - Andrew Drever The Age
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