Every music fan, at some stage in there life, will find that special artist that they absolutely love... and yet... the majority of the public... do not. That artist who you find unique, innovative and talented - but most other people find as thrilling and exciting as the dictionary, or queuing for a bus.
For myself, this particular artist is Frankmusik, or (as he now wishes to be known) Vincent Did It.
In October 2011 Frankmusik announced that he had parted ways with his UK record label, Island Records, after his second album "Do It In The AM" flopped. And I mean phenomenally flopped. If there was an awards ceremony for album floppage, his would undoubtedly have cleaned up in an Beyonce/Amy Winehouse/(Adele?)-type Grammy awards fashion.
And this fact, quite frankly, frustrates me so.
Do people not see the sheer BRILLIANCE of his musicianship? The quirky fresh approach to songwriting? The stellar production skills that both inhabit contemporary songwriting while referencing the modern emerging genres of the 21st century in an original almost breathtaking way!? No. No they don't. Not a sausage.
The following tracks showcase the songwriting/production brilliance I am referring to:
At first it seemed so strange that his second album, which seemed to have made so many progressions from his first album musically - did so much worse commercially. :-/ that was of course... until I stumbled upon the track that was released as the second single off the album.....
After watching that I could only assume that Frankmusik was more concerned about entering the eurovision song contest than having an actually credible music career. I mean.. what the fuck was that? The grease reference? The pointless, reductive lyrics? And who the hell is Colette Carr? It might as well have been Kerry Katona - from when she was still on coke. In fact that would've probably been more entertaining.
In my opinion...I think that Frank and his record label, just made an astronomical mistake. When you look back at one of his earlier videos I get the impression that he was kind of a quirky, indie-come-electro-pop act, maintaining artistic integrity, while cracking the pop charts in a Calvin Harris-esque fashion. There is nothing relevant or artistic about 'No I.D.'
In January 2012 Frankmusik announced he was changing his stage-name to 'Vincent Did It' - with this he posted up a free download of a track 'Dynamo'. Thankfully 'Dynamo' is a hundred times better than 'No I.D.'. Showing that he hasn't had a complete artistic transplant... lets hope that when he comes back, Vincent has better luck thank Frank at winning people over. For my own sanity as much as his.
To download the track simply go to the link below:
http://hulkshare.com/qymt1zwl49cd
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