I am generally not into house music by any stretch usually preferring the darker sounds of techno electro etc and the A side would be typical of the type of house I really don't get - happy bouncy fare with something akin to Sesame Street kids vocals over the top. Maybe if I have kids some day I'll throw it on! But the B side of this 12" is really very special. It is unlikely you will have heard anything like it before with it's slo-mo intro and change of pace halfway through. What you will get is one of the most innovative pieces of 4/4 music produced in the last few years. I stress music as this doesn't fit conveniently into any boring techno/house category.'Timeislafinacharunninout' is a brilliant song, not mix tool or production line 12" track designed to be gratuitously mixed in and out of other records without a second thought. It features a poignantly foreboding female vocal over a paradoxically grinding and swinging bed of musical melancholy and paranoia. It creates such a genuinely original atmosphere of suspense that it makes it a very difficult record to pin down or classify. Brilliant. How many tracks do you hear like that these days? Highly recommended for fans of quality electronic music of all descriptions.

"Friendly Children" is one of those super nasty Theo jams that works as well on the floor as on the mind. It may not sound that way the first time you hear it, but it's the truth. The flip is a tough one. it starts off super slow, you can play that part at 45 and mix it with house. when it breaks down though, you gotta turn it down to 33 again to keep a similar tempo. Very bizarre, and certainly not "easy".

The worst thing about this whole project is the fact the vinyl is pressed so atrociously that it's close to unplayable. Scratch that, it is unplayable. What upsets me the most about it is that 'Friendly Children' is one of the best tracks I've heard for ages - I desperately want to be able to play this out and put it on CDs - only the sound quality is so bad that that's not an option. It makes me weep everytime I try to listen to it.

One more for the collection from Theo.
Timeislafinacharunninoot starts on the ground. drop dead slow and builds and climbs up into an addictive boogie. Good social track for introducing the dancefloor.
Friendly Children provides you with a wonderful Lo Fi dj tools record for the eq happy dj. I can't get into the mid section with the off key pads it has. I have to get out before I hear it otherwise it bugs me. Totally destructive to the Friendly Children who are stuck in my head na na na-ing the day away.