André Obin has been making exceptional music for over ten years in bands (Endless Wave, Matters & Dunaway, Eyes Like Knives) and as a solo artist. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is highly proficient with computers. He writes, records and produces his songs with a keen sense of sonic dimension creating vast multilayered hypnotic soundscapes reminiscent of The Cure, Joy Division, CAN ...
His ability to recreate these lush layers in his live solo act is quite impressive. He is not simply singing along to a prerecorded backing track, he is manipulating tracks in real time while playing the keyboard and singing. He is also effectively manipulating his vocals through tastefully saturated effects which are always appropriate for the given song. These songs, never lacking in dynamics or memorable melodies, fill the room space with textures one can touch while keeping his audience dancing which was certainly the case when he opened for the legendary Peter Hook's The Light at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts September 20, 2011.
Obin's set, which included songs such as "The Arsonist", "Premonition", "xo 1979" and "Cinnamon" was enchanting and inspired, exactly what one would expect and want to lead into Peter Hook performing all of Joy Division's epic classic, "Closer". André Obin is a must see performer who was voted Best Electronic/Dance Act in Boston in The Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll 2011.