“Avenpitch”, Avenpitch
“Avenpitch”, Avenpitch, Omega Point Records, 2004
He calls his music electropunk. I would call it electronic hip hop. Either way, Todd Millenacker a.k.a Avenpitch knows his way around his keyboards. The lyrics sound angry (hence the punk label) and are recited rather than sung (hence the hip hop categorization).
The CD is not all in-your-face. There is a consistently heavy beat, but tracks like “Hacienda” have some well thought out melodies to accompany the lyrics. This cut has an eighties, new wave feel to it.
“Housecat” is representative of the way Millenacker works. There is a cartoony, light melody at the top end, matched by a heavy bass keyboard part and drum and guitar samples at the low end. As with all the cuts here, the rhythm changes throughout the song.
“Ruins” uses the same effect, with the melody keyboard part sounding almost new age or like a film soundtrack against Millenacker’s despairing lyrics: “And we look through books for some salvation/And we look to God for a revelation.”
“Avenpitch” is an interesting project that comes off quite well. It combines the energy of punk with the other worldly appeal of synthesized music.
- Dave Howell
(This article first appeared in the FMSound music site.)
He calls his music electropunk. I would call it electronic hip hop. Either way, Todd Millenacker a.k.a Avenpitch knows his way around his keyboards. The lyrics sound angry (hence the punk label) and are recited rather than sung (hence the hip hop categorization).
The CD is not all in-your-face. There is a consistently heavy beat, but tracks like “Hacienda” have some well thought out melodies to accompany the lyrics. This cut has an eighties, new wave feel to it.
“Housecat” is representative of the way Millenacker works. There is a cartoony, light melody at the top end, matched by a heavy bass keyboard part and drum and guitar samples at the low end. As with all the cuts here, the rhythm changes throughout the song.
“Ruins” uses the same effect, with the melody keyboard part sounding almost new age or like a film soundtrack against Millenacker’s despairing lyrics: “And we look through books for some salvation/And we look to God for a revelation.”
“Avenpitch” is an interesting project that comes off quite well. It combines the energy of punk with the other worldly appeal of synthesized music.
- Dave Howell
(This article first appeared in the FMSound music site.)