Dorian Electra

Flamboyant

Bubblegum bass beau monde.
Dorian on the surface could be seen as gimmicky, from their pencil thin mustache, to their campy, bright and outrageous outfits usually indicative of the baroque era.
You'd not only be doing them but yourself a disservice not looking past that surface level.

Dorian Electra's debut album is extremely powerful, it's alluring, it's challenging, it's illuminating, it's progressive, it's fun, it's catchy and it's one of the top albums of 2019.

In recent years the bubblegum bass, PC Music's electropop is expanding with artists like Charli XCX, SOPHIE, Poppy, Hannah Diamond or 100 gecs. Dorian Electra fits perfectly into this artist's box, we heard him in "Pop 2" by Charli XCX. And now, we have "Flamboyant", his debut album. At first I did not know if it was a girl or a boy and I did not think it would change the fun of the album, which is a first success. Electra creates a bold plastic sound, futuristic and ... read more

This keeps growing and growing...

AIGHT!

I was intrigued because the album cover looks like a freakin JoJo character.

Thank Christ this isn't longer than half an hour.

To be honest, this whole art pop, electropop shiznit isn't my thing. Usually albums that fall under a certain genre or vibe such as this one are hit or miss for me.

And this year's 'Flamboyant' is a perfect example of a record that doesn't really click with me no matter how hard I try.

This whole autotune business that reeks with the album usually doesn't ... read more