| Jarren | Add Friend |
Name: Jarren
Home Page: www.thelongblondes.co.uk
Member Since: Aug 16, 2003
Rank: 53
Average Vote Received: Correct (3.62, 8 votes)
Rated 431 releases, average: 4.57
Location: UK
Profile: I love all styles of music, from ambient to speedcore.
|
|
Reviews:
Krisma - Chinese Restaurant - 29-Aug-08 07:04 PM
Chances are that you heard about this group on blogs, forums etc online.
I had no idea of their existence up until about 4 months ago, when I discovered them by accident while looking up old electro / new wave on blogs.
Quite simply, this album is fantastic.
You've got a raw punk ethic running through the songs, along with softer moments that still beat with a dissatisfied heart.
You may want to pay particular attention to the track "Black Silk Stockings" as it is basically a Ladytron song. Only written in 1977.
Essential to anyone who's heard it.
Utah Saints - Believe In Me - 15-Jul-08 11:28 AM
The Madness remix of What Can You Do For Me by Morales is surely one of the biggest "forgotten" classics of this era.
Managing to sound NOTHING like the original mix, it is a pure 100% club destroyer!
The cheeky riff that kicks in after the Annie Lennox sample is guaranteed to make any floor yours on a plate.
The A-side was never a favourite of mine even though I liked the Utah Saints. A clever reworking of The Human Leage yes, but cheesy beyond belief.
Trust me, check out the Madness mix of What Can You Do For Me.
Altern 8 - Full On .. Mask Hysteria - 30-Mar-08 04:34 PM
The classic Altern 8 album, only on an awesome looking picture disc!
This can go for a lot of money on various auction sites, but be warned.
The sound quality on this pressing is completely, totally, unusable. I know people can be fussy about sound quality, but if you know what picture discs usually sound like then you'll have some idea what this is going to be like.
You are advised to buy the album on plain black vinyl, or even better just collect the 12" singles. Even the black vinyl sound quality isn't all that great due to the compression of having around six 5 minutes+ tracks on each side.
It IS a record to collect for any self respecting Altern 8 fan, but only to be used as a cool wall decoration to show off to your mates.
Don't even think of dropping it in the mix.
Homotronic - U Look Like A Gay - 30-Mar-08 03:42 PM
A very curious record, there has been speculation as to who the actual producer is.
The main hook of the song is in the lyrics, which namecheck various legendary techno and electro producers like Dave Clarke, Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath and Laurent Garnier before claiming that they "Look like a Gay". This tune could easily be mistaken for being homophobic, but fear not because it's obviously meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
This is made apparent in the second verse, which claims various techno cities such as Detroit, London, Berlin etc "Look like a Gay" too.
The main hook of the song however is in the breakdown, when a mantra is introduced of one simple name... Tiga!
Although Tiga is hetrosexual, he has had many homosexual rumours floating around him for years due to his "metrosexual" appearance.
This is a fun little tune which is sure to get people's attention on the dancefloor, some may frown but most will laugh. It should be massive in gay clubs, for the humour factor alone!
Musically it's nothing special, sounding like a rough Buick Project demo but still an interesting collector's item.
Miss Kittin - I Com - 19-Nov-07 02:24 PM
It seems surprising to us all that this was actually the first Miss Kittin solo album, such has been her presence in the electro scene for 10 years now.
But, indeed, this is her debut album. And it is fantastic.
She really opens her ideas here, so we are not just treated to the sexy Kittin we know and love from 1982, Silver Screen, Rippin Kittin et al but also to a deeper, more reflective side of the woman.
She is punk as much as she is electro, and the songs here don't so much push that fact as to gently remind us of it.
Professional Distortion is a classic, and Requiem For A Hit is sheer brilliance. LFO made a lethal remix of Requiem, managing to meld Kittin's vocals to an old school "Energy Flash" meets brutal Belgian Techno sound.
Also, a big mention has to go to the Hacker collaboration Soundtrack Of Now. A match made in heaven as always.
Check this album out...
View all 16 reviews...
|
