After having been creating a minimal ambient sphere with "Falling Down Fearless Of Bruises", and having kept tied links between dub and industrial in the album " Itching ", then preserving an omnipresent low bass frequency, oscillating between click'n'cut, digital bones, a minimalist rhythmic and pulsed trance in " Purr ", Zonk't is coming back with a fourth album, which could be a synthesis of all of them. But one can at once recognize that Trope is a rhythmical album. If Laurent Perrier preserves his trademark, namely big dub bubbles, frictional clinking, mechanical repetition, high-pulse sequences, maintained tension, "Trope" manages to exude a clever syncretism of past and present works keeping its coldness by borrowing some elements from the elegant IDM, filtered and sophisticated (somersault), powerful and jerky rhythmic à la LFO (throb), saturated hip-hop/big beat drums on high tech microsound (disruption), motives sometimes more playful (look.part.5), airial dubby cocoon (solar), pronounced melody, to end in a minimal electronic sound. The general feel of the album, different from his previous works, moves away from the dark industrial musicality, to lend it a more abstract, brighter and futuristic tonality, but still keeping its clinical cold effect. The compositions stay very precise, rather minimal, opening up more and more to bring out the texture and the topography of the sound without losing its continuous flow.

    Packaging: CD in Jewel Case
    Release Date: 2007
    Running Time: 57:49

“The "twist" in this case is the use of sounds. They are a bit different then what one could expect on IDM releases. No sudden bass- patterns and filter sweeps, but more towards the sound-use of for example Vromb. And maybe that part of the sound is what triggers you to replay the CD and enjoy it again. Because of the lack of 'what you think you are about to hear' (through the IDM approach on the album) there is a tension which opens up the whole sound-design of this release. And that is exactly what makes this a good album, for listeners of IDM as well as the industrial generation with a tendency towards the more quiet or relaxed sounds. Laurent Perrier is a name you definitely will hear more of in the future. A multi-talented musician / artist with much more capabilities then just one single style. And not many artists are capable of excelling in multiple genres.” - Connexion Bizarre

“For the fans of experimental, minimalistic electronic this album will be that right show of unlimited human fantasy and crossing borders between the world of machines and humans.” - Aliens Production