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Well-rested after the ambitious trek through the gossamer land of Nod that was the groovy bedtime tale Have Another Pillow, Gwen Snyder slipped back into her sexpot alter-ego Blueberry to issue this sensuous third album, Organika. Blueberry may well be one of New York City's -- and one of 21st century pop's -- sleekest fembot pinups. Her slow-simmer analog keyboards -- all twinkling Fender Rhodes pianos, toasty Wurlitzers, and swanky vintage synths -- dominate the record, underscoring and piloting most of the songs here as the singer otherwise diverts our attention by whispering steamy nothings into our ear. When bolstered -- on piquant aperitifs like "The Little Ones," "Buy O Life," "Karmic Disguise," and "By the Roadside" -- by programmed drums thin as rice paper (even some of the human drumming is so miniskirt tight that it sounds virtually metronomic), the music doesn't merely hint at but, indeed, seems to actually bring closer our inevitable futures as swinging, Kraftwerk-ian man-machines. Or lady-machines, in this case. But beneath their gurgling cyborg exteriors, these wonderful tunes are all thumping heart and totally exposed soul, all ache and emotion, set snuggly in a marshmallow-and-nougat center. This is bionic pop that accumulates its body parts from all over the map. Bacharach Baroque bellies up to quiet storm. Electric boogie bumps uglies with disco. Lazy margarita-shaker beats dance around soft-focus Herb Alpert trumpets and are then drizzled with a cream of whipped Lite Funk. It may go straight to your thighs by morning, but who cares? You'll have already worked it off by then. Snyder's music continues to grow riper and richer by the album. Better and better, too. Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide Tracks:
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