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Noel (2) - Is There More To Life Than Dancing? - 27-Oct-06 01:25 AM
Neil Tennant once commented to the effect that the best pop music is so long-lasting due, paradoxically, to its disposability, whereas self-important rock music tends to date very quickly. That seems a pretty broad statement, but I will say that I've loved this irresistible bit of fluff for over 20 years. I don't know if I'd call this a lost classic, but I do think it's a forgotten gem. This EP, produced by the Mael Brothers of Sparks around the time that Giorgio Moroder was working with them, shows his definite influence while remaining true to their aesthetic. OK, that sounds too intellectual: this is a fantastic combination of European disco and early synth-pop and it's well worth checking out. It has a giddy, unironic foolishness that defies any label other than "fun," and it has always deserved a wider audience: anyone for whom the question "Is there more to life than dancing?" is rhetorical.

Time Zone - World Destruction (Meltdown Remixes) - 25-Oct-06 07:45 AM
I'd almost call this a second or re-recorded version than a remix, because some of Afrika Bambaataa's original vocals are provided instead by John Lydon on this version. This gives it a quite different feel, perhaps because Lydon is given more prominence in places and his delivery conveys snide paranoia where Bambaataa's conveys a certain "wake up" urgency. That, and the heavier guitar riffs, make it a little less electro, a little more P.I.L. Lydon went on to work with Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis on P.I.L.'s "Album" / "Compact Disc"; this version definitely has a similar feel. Mind you, it's typical of a perverse artist like Lydon to be involved with a remix that makes you long to dance to the original version.