Cornel Wilczek, otherwise known as Qua, enjoys nothing more than making electronic music. His debut album Forgetabout was released in 2002, on Surgery records. When he dropped Forgetabout on an unsuspecting public, the response was near rapturous acclaim. Here was an artist, a local artist at that, crafting joyful sonic vistas of gorgeous experimental constructions that simultaneously tugged melancholically on the heartstrings whilst sending appreciative shivers through the brain. Painting Monsters on Clouds is Qua's follow up album. It is an unrepentantly gorgeous and nostalgic mix of sunlit electronics and guitars, buoyed by complex arrangements, and crafted by a gentle iconoclast - bringing to mind the playfulness of Mouse on Mars, the sophistication of Ennio Morricone and the warm lush pops of Architecture in Helsinki. - Australian Music Online |