If the White Stripes met Le Tigre and Fisherspooner in an alley and fought until their spirits merged and no one died, you would be left with a totally unrealistic situation – but also the music of Prototypes.
This French trio, consisting of singer Isabelle Le Doussal, guitarist Francois Marche, and Stephane Bodin on bass and synths, merge electronic chops versed with clap tracks in a way that makes their undecipherable lyrics (unless vous parle Français) an edible icing atop the cake of foot-tapping pop desserts.
There is a lack of complexity to the music, but the rhythms of the songs will at least have your feet happy as they tap to incomprehensible French chants. At times, you might feel as if you are stuck within a dance party made for the movie Tron, but there is no good or bad here – just a lot of overused synth distortion and head bobbing.
The album is linear; there are no surprises. It’s not at the forefront of any new musical epiphany, but it provides entertainment enough for at least one spin on the stereo system. Consistency can make or break an album, but when the same monotonous beat is the constant, it evokes certain sleepiness that even a drum machine can find blasé.
– Gen Wolff
Prototypes (Minty Fresh)