In Trance 95 - Warm Nights Driving on Wet Streets

Itenef's bubbling back from the Greek sea foam, like Aphrodite, to once again lure warm ears with their cold, distant sound, slightly tropical and surely mysterious. Formed as In Trance 95 in the mid-80s, the band released several recordings, including the much loved "Desire to Desire/Brazilia" 7", before dissipating in the haze and reforming in '06.

Now's better than ever, with the recent minimal synth/darkwave revival happening among culture generators like Pendu, Wierd, and all things Awthum, for Itenef to re-conceptualize their electronic pop love for an audience a bit younger and perhaps unaware of the difficulties some artists faced in certain countries. I recently posted about the Argentinian band Euroshima, how they appeared as South America's call for darkwave and, similarly, Itenef arose in Greece out of the desire for change and experimentation within generic tropes and instrumentation.

Rather than post the biggie 7", the ep "Warm Nights Driving on Wet Streets" might help with the snowball I'm trying to get going. The album's great. 18 minutes of seduction.

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Itenef's cover of OMD's "Of All the Things We Made" got some play in one of the Stephy B mixes. It was also reviewed on International Tapes. The Youtube video's beautifully creepy, and you can download the track here.