Review: Plastic Bamboo - Cinerama EP (Star Creature)

The mastermind of Star Creature, Tim Zawada, has a knack of attracting to the Chicago based label the best in dance floor friendly tracks and the 'Cinerama EP' is six of the best!

Plastic Bamboo are on an intergalactic world of music space ship with an incredible variety of "fuel" in a Balearic, boogie, disco, funk, house, jazz and even zouk mixture that's in this cosmic rocket.

Camille Bertin (aka Plastic Bamboo) has created an inflight movie that's been ready on the launch pad for a while but you'd never know and as they say, patience is a virtue.

How long?  'Touki Bouki' could have been waiting since Miami Vice went to Chinatown with 'A Scene At the Sea' riding back up, 'Woman In The Dunes' stays on the beach with some jazz-bougie keys to the foreshore a la instrumental Shalamar dub for nearly 6 minutes.   What this woman is doing in the dunes we have no idea but it's a killer of a track.

'Zabriskie Point' is as cinematic synth boogie funk as you can get whilst 'La Salamandre' and 'Bad Boy Bubby' are at more of the space-disco end of this EP and are more likely get noticed first; particuarly 'Bad Boy Bubby' as it's early Human League on Italo-house roller disco speed skates with pan pipes! 

Apparently, Mr. Zawada has said, "I was literally just waiting for the record to come out so I could by it and play it" and you'll feel the same now that is actually out: pre-order now to avoid disappointment.

BUY LINK:  https://starcreature.bandcamp.com/

Artist: Plastic Bamboo

Title:  Cinerama EP

Release date: 21st March, 2025

Label : Star Creature

Catalog Number : SC1251

Format: Vinyl 12" /  Digital / Bandcamp