Marine Parade / Come spring 2009, iconoclastic producer and DJ Adam Freeland will release Cope, his first artist album in six years, on his own independent label Marine Parade. Like his 2003 solo album debut Now & Them and its uncompromising worldwide smash We Want Your Soul, Freelands much-anticipated latest traffics in the unexpected Welectro beats banging enough to fill dancefloors, yet twisted with sounds and collaborations from uncharted waters. Indeed, Cope ultimately proves a genre-smashing, era-defining call to arms on par with Leftfields Leftism, Prodigys Fat Of The Land, Daft Punks Discovery and Justices, defying expectations of what an electronic album should and could be. Yes, Cope features its share of club killers, like the storming Morning Sun however, instead of ye olde prog fromage, Morning Sun gets laced with Freelands raw, hard-rocking e-drone grooves, aided by akimbo guitars courtesy of Joey Santiago (Pixies) and sinister low end courtesy of Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails). Tracks like the driving, gritty Borderline co-written with Brody Dalle of Spinnerette/Distillers, with a raw, eerie vocal by Dalle show Freelands ability to blend electronic charge with artfully confessional songwriting. Likewise, Only A Fool Freelands epic collaboration with Jerry Casale of DEVO, proves a Krautrock apocalyptica anthem for the entire family. Indeed, psychedelic drone rock redolent of Freelands move from his native U.K. to the California desert reverberates throughout Cope, from the swirling shoegaze of Silent Speaking (written and performed with Brooklyn Pitchfork faves SoundPool) to the heartwrenching, Sigur Ros-like Mancry an epic modal soundscape anchored by thundering percussion courtesy of? the legendary Tommy Lee. Meanwhile, Do Ya proves totally uncategorizable imagine DJ Shadow given a Mooged-out Krautrock retrofit by Can with Bonham sitting in on drums, and you get the idea.