GRAND PRIX

In this non significant album, Mythos changed radically their musical identity and style, neglecting their acid-bucolic folkish sound of their beginnings in favour of a very mechanical-electro orientated pop-ish aesthetism. This album confirms the musical turn previously taken in Quasar but emphasises accessible-efficient melodic textures. Just as many old krautrock legends (Ashra, Cluster, Amon Duul II...), Mythos abandoned the primitive-challenging free experimentations, surfing on more mainstream territories, localised somewhere between electro pop and sonic synthscapes. The particular acoustic tones of Mythos have completely gone with the exception of sporadically flute leads. Grand Prix is in the direct line of the clinical-minimal-electro pop of Krafwterk during their golden era. Consequently this album has no organic moods & atmospheres, delivering an aseptic, cold and mechanical, robotic-like ambient trip. The self title track is a reminiscence of Kraftwerk's Autobahn. The rest of the album is similar, always directed by electronic drums & beats, synth grooves and repetitive, easy, friendly melodic fragments. Jet Set is probably the best composition due to its horror-like and Goblin-esque ambience. This album is really disappointed and without creativity. It seems to be recorded by an other band. A poor, indulgent copy of Kraftwerk.