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Oh come on! - It's banging hardstyle - not music really intended for the 'kiddies'..
At the least, with the amount of bull shit lyrics you hear today in gangster rap and music alike, from artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Missy Elliot and so forth, (which has a HUGE teenage fanbase), I don't see what all the fuss is about - not that i'm condoning that younger people should be listening to this track!
All I'm saying is, it's fitting for the crowd and age group of people that listen to this type of hardstyle, and that is at big events, or at overage clubs anyway (well at least here in Australia).
I personally think there should be more concern for the tracks out there (whether they be Hardstyle or any other style) that promote drug use, and what effect THAT will have on the younger generation, not a couple of dirty lyrics, that are quite funny and catchy in my opinion - "you, you, you, you wanna suck my..."
GOLD! Works real well in the track. | Various - After Dark - restless
Italo-disco always had a cheap and naive element to it, both because of the purpose of most of its creators (produce 'easy' discotheque hits) combined with their limited equipment (they wanted to copy the bright U.S disco style without access to its high quality live session players and studio facilities, therefore the creative use of electronics nowadays sounding experimental and groundbreaking in retrospective).
In comparison, 'After Dark' and the whole Italians Do It Better productions sound a lot more arty and sophisticated, with a good dose of NYC poseur attitude (references to obscure industrial/minimal-wave -the two Dark Day covers- whereas the disco covers/remixes present here are obvious 'debutant' choices ; cover art is a rip-off the 1969 movie 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice's artwork scored by Quincy Jones etc...) and a general vibe that is way more 'cultured'.
Therefore, what you hear here is not genuine disco music but rather indie-artschool-students-fashionistas' take on disco and italo : the unashamed, naive and sexy discotheque fun is replaced by a more intellectual, dark and self-conscious approach.
Not a bad thing though : 'After Dark' is a brilliant, sleazy, intoxicating record, but disco-funk heads might find it lacking groove and energy, italo heads might regret a relative absence of naive, sexy fun in benefit of a white, indie-orientated loose and narcotic charm tres post-Galaxie 500. | Rustie - Jagz The Smack EP - blip
Ridiculously accomplished and also the best value for money EP I have bought in 2007. Actually, it was the best EP I bought last year, period. All 5 tracks slam. It seems that Glasgow's Rustie was not worried at all about fitting in any scene parameters and his electro-hip-hop-grimey-glitchy beats are all the better for that. Best track is "Response", that manages to mash together flawlessly his trademark bleeps, drama and funk. (75 words are hard) | Slam Mode - Novus Ordo EP - Grantidge
Verging on selling this, I checked it for condition and rediscovered the wigged out cinematic weirdjazz house of 'Umbra' with its gritty squelchy hi-hats, Rhodesy stabs, and sliding pads, over a tense bassline that pops in and out of the mix. The track is kind of sinister but in an extremely pleasant way! The hi-hat is actually the main rhythm component, and at times it seems as if the rhythm is hanging on by its fingernails, really quite edgy, just held together as that hi-hat taps out a strangely accented latin rhythm; indeed the subtle latin undertones of the track come more and more to the fore as the tinkly piano arrives later on. Fully wiggin'!
Sadly the other two tracks are not in the same league for me; 'Futuro' has some great ideas but sounds a little dated now (like really early Plank material), whilst 'Outre-Mer' is a major key affair that seems best suited for use in an elevator. 'Umbra' is definitely THE track if you want something well off the beaten path. Hard to gauge what it would do to a dancefloor: scare 'em off or freak 'em out. Probably best reserved for those wiggier moments in the back room... | Mikey James* - Nice 'N' Deep / Mello - djthumpa
'Mello' is an absolutely beautiful track from Mikey James, and a nice representation of the warm sound that came from the Sub Base label around 1994. The intro is just soft happy strings and nothing else, a perfect set starter if you want to build a set up. The whole tune plods along (but in a good way) for a good 6 minutes with lazy breakbeats and more warm strings and pads and not much more, perfect! If you love 94 jungle then this is absolutely essential. | Spetsnaz - Crijevo
Although their beat and pristine production should do the trick, Spetsnaz obviously serve the only purpose of filling in the gap where Nitzer Ebb in particular left off. The fact is EBM (or whatever is left of it nowadays) has reached the boiling point of no return, trapped between cheap eurodance treats and the real thing - Spetsnaz at their best honestly plagiarise EBM's better days with their endless 'mythologising' about the truth, faith, violence, muscles and hate... impressive more for their obvious tribute then a slice of originality. | Loverde - Die Hard Lover - overlordr
Someone should mention that there is an uncredited sample of the horn flourish from near the end of most mixes of "Die Hard Lover" on the Busta Rhymes track "Turn It Up", although slowed down and preceded by an Al Green sample (which was credited). Imagine, a somewhat homophobic rapper, unwittingly stealing a bit of one of the most enduring gay Hi-NRG tracks of all time, and only his producer and those with sharp ears know.
Well, now all of YOU do too! | St Germain - Tourist - lucy.light
It's steady, rhythmic canvas is painted over with brush strokes of colourful sounds - melodies and vocals from an eccletic paintbox of old, modern and postmodern musical styles - you have them all - the blues, jazz, techno, Latin, African, funk, rock, hip-hop…
It’s soothing. It’s invigorating. It’s conversational. It’s like waking up knowing you can have the day anyway you want it. It’s like going to bed knowing you did!
I love it!
| Inner Life - Let's Change It Up - overlordr
It's not Jocelyn Brown's vocals on the next-to-last Inner Life release. It seems to be Bonita Taylor (see Hi-Gloss), although a vocalist is not listed on the label on any pressing I've seen, and no online source says otherwise (or in fact, anything). A few slightly wayward notes by Taylor (?) marrs an otherwise acceptable electro-dance piece, one which melodically comes a little TOO close to both George Benson's "Turn Your Love Around" and Evelyn King's "I'm In Love". | Various - Head Your Mind - jackthetab
A mixture of psychedelic electronic rock to chilled out tribal ambient to electronic weirdness. Music built and geared around the hallucinatory states. It is tracks like Tekton Motor Corp, with the intense indy car samples mixed with luscious female vocals to bleak industrial aggression of GGFH and Kong to jammin prog rock from Ship Of Fools, that make this sampler a stand out. This is not your typical agnst electro industrial album, but an album full of mind setting pleasures and madness. | | more... | | | | 887,523 releases - 748,541 artists - 75,949 labels | | Marketplace Buy music in the Discogs Marketplace. |
