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Member Since: Nov 18, 2003
Rank: 12
Rated 1 releases, average: 5.00
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Reviews:
Leroy Burgess - 10-Mar-05 11:19 PM
This guy has made immeasurable contributions to dance music for the past 3 decades and beyond. Blessed with the sweetest male vocal in house music, a pioneering spirit and an ear for a great tune, this guy must be considered one of the founding fathers of house. To this day, he continues to make quality contrbutions - for example his vocal work on Cassius's Au Rêve release. Respect is due!
Larry Levan - 10-Mar-05 11:19 PM
What can be said about this man? Whatever is said, it is not enough! Not only was he a musical pioneer whose influence still resonates in every area of dance music today, he also brought together formerly disperate communities from the most diverse city on Earth. He will be missed and remembered as a DJ for the people and for the DJ of future generations. R.I.P.
!!! - Louden Up Now - 10-Mar-05 08:00 PM
I'm not generally a fan of indie rock, college rock, garage rock or, indeed, any form of rock. This band and, in particular, this album remain an exception to that general principle. The production values are extremely high - tight and varied percussion shimmers clearly over funky disco-rock, yes that's right disco-rock.
Although only 2 tracks are attributed as being Maurice Fulton remixes, I am sure that his influence can be found in other parts of the album - the best trach (IMHO), Hello? Is This Thing On?, has an electro-disco stab in the intro that only Maurice Fulton seems capable of producing, elsewhere snares, hi-hats and kick drums co-ordinate in perfect synchronicity to build energy before the bass and guitar kick in to great effect - very Maurice Fulton, very nice!
Bushwacka! - Healer - 10-Mar-05 04:06 PM
What a tune - great to play to a messy dance floor to make it even messier. Starts of innocently enough with a Kevin Sanderson style rumbling, building bassline, before breaking down for a male vocal "Whatever you fuck your brain with ... Whatever that is ... It's a lie ... It's a lie!" Play, sit back, watch the mayhem. enjoy!
Nicola Conte - Jet Sounds - 10-Mar-05 04:06 PM
Great drifty album - the tunes really seem to mesh well with eachother, and the album flows really nicely - as if some of the tunes are fugues to the preludes of tunes preceeding them, whilst maintaining enough individuality to make them interesting. I would certainly not classify it as Acid Jazz, as is indicated above, but rather world music-influenced jazz, or something along those lines. The real Highlight for me is the dancefloor friendly "The In Samba.'
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