Krzysztof Duda - Chillout Energetic Avenue

It's nice to hear something retro every now and then. Krzysztof Duda, one of the Polish pioneers of electronic music, returns to the musical realms of the 1980s with his 2008 album Chillout Energetic Avenue. A fan of the melodic variety of the genre, on Chillout? the composer presents 13 dance themes encapsulated in short, compact, and analog compositions. Some of them would be perfect for a dance party. For example, Regular People and Remember the Time are elegant, song-inflected compositions that have a touch of the spirit of Andrzej Zaucha's "Bąś serca bijam" (You Were Heart Beating) or Kombi's "Memories from the Plein Air." For more energetic tracks, Krzysztof Duda also ventured into the techno style "Energetic Avenue." Some themes evoke the dynamic motifs of the soundtrack to the film "Football Poker" (Life is Life, Industrial Society, Energy, Close to Traffic). Chillout Energetic Avenue has a certain charm, but overall it's an average album. Krzysztof Duda presents a few interesting moments that are catchy and even enjoyable to listen to, but only for a short while.