I came across the 'Butch' pseudonym for the first time while watching an amazing western movie dated 1969, ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’. Later, it caught my ear in another flick, this time in a romantic comedy, the title of which I have long forgotten about. In the first one, Butch was an unprincipled robber, while in the latter it was the nickname for one of the characters' penis. What then is the case with the debut album of a German Turk, whose pseudonym brings about (to me at least) ambiguous, not to say amusing, associations?
‘Papillon’ doesn’t at all sound like a debut album. Büleng Gürler probably spent many nights in the studio before he procured the effect which could praise his name on a longplay, and in result we’ve received a mature record, both with respect to arrangements and sound. The Turk, on the basis of solid German-sounded techno rhythmic section, has outlined deeply rooted melodies, which very often cross the borders of electronic music. From the set of 13 tracks I’d definitely point out the French-sounding and extremely catchy pieces: ‘Amelie’ and ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’ as well as the at times dark and strong, at others warm and melancholic ‘Soultan’. However, the numbers ‘Gang Bang Roll’, ‘Something Called Acid’ and the bonus ‘Sand’ are at most suitable for the B-side of a single. Nonetheless, it’s worth knowing the album just for the sake of the first ten tracks.
The second CD I’d preferably not mention, as the first part of the artist driven DJ set is bearable, but by the sixth track your ashtray will spit a stub at you, and won’t stop until you switch the record off.
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