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Art Of Noise, The - And What Have You Done With My Body, God? - 08-Jul-08 04:22 AM
In one sentence - this is their definitive manifesto.
A bit too late for it would've made it a great LP set of goodies prior to their debut-LP, however, it is a perfect object of digital beauty you'll ever likely to find these days.
And a perfect way to terrorize your neighborhood. The Art of Noise are deviant and sweet, funny and oblique... and they still manage to get away with it. Something truly delightful to be afraid of indeed.
Cure, The - Mixed Up - 27-Jun-08 01:44 AM
Their legacy and its reinvention still stands proud for a band that successfully combined matters of goth, rock, pop and electronic dance music without tumbling down in itself for the sake of its own eclecticism.
Mixed Up might be a hard cake for some, however, as its title suggests, it's a mixed affair of everything - extended versions are by far the most referential to The Cure sound, but new mixes aren't any different, proving Robert Smith and the crew know how to refresh the originals and get away with it.
While some mixes at first listen might seem like cruel traps the group itself put to fall into, in the end this collection provides a nice synthesis of formal and pleasant surprises - while Lullaby, Fascination Street, Love song, Hot Hot Hot!!!, Pictures Of You or Never Enough are all given a fine extended dynamic, new versions of earlier, more obscure tracks provide impressive modern touches for the 90s club style - Close To Me, The Walk, A Forest, The Caterpillar and In between Days all form respective part to this collection, giving it a decent view of the group's astonishing musical career - equally adaptable for dancefloors or lounge bars.
a-ha - Hunting High And Low - 25-Jun-08 08:42 AM
In an era when Duran Duran hopelessly left-off towards more over-extravagant-less-valuable pop forms, A-ha came along with 'Hunting High and Low', a truly magnificent pop-study in both, melody structure and pristine production.
To put it simply, there is not a single bad song in this collection. Some tracks are less ace than others to be sure, but as a whole, 'Hunting High & Low' is one the finest 80's-defining moments alone without cliches usually attached to that decade's newcomers.
The crowning moment is of course, 'Take on me', the group's debut success, an up-tempo tune where dance sensuality meets the eye but don't be fooled by the typical game of choice by the group's record company, to put their killer hit-track on top in case the rest might fail. The thing is, 'Hunting High & Low' is far more obscure to a deserved hit in that respect and is much more opened for re-discovering the album with every next listen.
'Train of Thought', 'Sun Always Shines on TV', 'I Dream Myself Alive' or 'Living a Boy's Adventure Tale' are to name a few significant others that might ring the bell in case you decide to put this album back on or if you are completely new to early A-ha. A pop-album sadly missing in case you don't have it in your collection.
Prince And The Revolution - Parade - 17-Jun-08 11:50 PM
A superb collection. Love him or hate him but Prince is a respectable figure in the music world for there is rarely such a genius daring to experiment with rock, funk disco and the avant-garde - the latter of which is most evident here on 'Parade'. Bizarre but fascinating sound experiment, a sonic mess as sexy as it is actually quite spooky.
... and 'Sometimes It Snows In April' remains one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Nitzer Ebb - Basic Pain Procedure - 06-Jun-08 12:24 AM
Nitzer Ebb alone should be responsible for hordes of faceless EBM imitators (themselves included) that continue to lean on the very same DAF pattern to this present day - however, the duo of Bon Harris and Douglas McCarthy (at first Dave Gooday was also a member) remain a unique language by which, unlike many after them, they had the luck to improve DAF's legacy, providing the original with a desired hardcore effect.
This very first demo cassette is typically raw and sounds too similar a flat reproduction of DAF's to be identified with any other band. However, a positive thing about it is, it continued exactly where DAF of the time left off into more disco-orientated territory (with 'First Step To Heaven').
Naive, predictable but already marking bits of sliding away from the Cologne's legendary twosome - McCarthy's vocals is powerful if not childish at times and alone informs the oncoming sound that fans will associate with as Nitzer Ebb's mid 80s finest 'funk aggression' examples ('Murderous', 'Let Your Body Learn' and of course, 'Join in the Chant').
While this tape of Nitzer's is indeed impossible to find or track down anywhere, even through Soulseek's or Torrent's wider range of individual MP3 collections, it is worth a listen for the fact it is truly the earliest Nitzer ever got into music. The sound of the tape is satisfactory albeit it betrays a typical demo of the time, the voices, drums, dub effects and synths fight between each other respectively - among the studio tracks taken, one is significant of surviving a transfer onto vinyl ('Crane', in a slightly different version, of course) while among the standout, predominantly DAF-esque tracks, 'The Pass' is a chilling, unique example of what Nitzer Ebb would become in their later days.
