German DJ Shantel is not afraid to experiment. He switched from techno to balkan beats and that brought him great success in Europe and Turkey. With Anarchy + Romance, Shantel takes another side road. This time there are many Greek influences present and he even experiments with a real fanfare orchestra in the song The Masterplan. Anarchy + Romance is the closest in style to his album from 2009. In
… contrast to that album, the creative DJ flies out of the bend this time. The musical genres alternate just as quickly as the rhythms of the fifteen incoherent songs. Album opener Ghost Town is a pleasant surprise, but from Paranoia Bunk on, Shantel seems to be drowning in his own creativity. A bright spot in the chaos is the duet Lenny Soda that Shantel recorded with singer Emma Greenfield. (BvdV)more
