― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 12:25 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 12:56 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 13:35 (twenty years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:29 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:30 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:31 (twenty years ago) link
― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― adam west (adamwest), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:41 (twenty years ago) link
one at a time please.
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:45 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:46 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:47 (twenty years ago) link
― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:48 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Ding Dongs in Motion (Arthur), Friday, 29 August 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
track 1: 2-step dnb buried in an avalanche of r&b signifiers (strings, chimes, the works) with a vocal rips "tained love" (no shit.)
track 2: serious p-funk house action. what "sfm" was trying to be on rooty and failed to be. n'degocello sounds like prince's camille, except the genderfucking flipped and reversed.
track 3: interlude.
track 4: dizzee rascal is the most exciting person on the face of the earth today. vaguely middle eastern acordion (?) modal/bagpipe drone thing going on. imagine jammer or danny weed if they overdosed on e and got 10k in new equipment.
track 5: interlude, deranged freaks-style gibber
track 6: their most deranged track since "fly life", and 100x as overstuffed. also, their most blatantly princely track ever. harmonica! acid wah-wah guitar! half a dozen competing voices!
track 7: if jc chavez produced an entire album with the jaxx it would - in sonic terms at least - trounce justin 8-ways from sunday. more prince. imagine modern r&b produced by, say, the house crew or jonny l.
track 8: interlude. "robert owens in the echo chamber."
track 9: a rather straight forward, yet totally beautiful, fingers inc. style house-ballad.
track 10: title track. the best electroclash track every written. no contest.
track 11: fractured spanish-guitar pop house that never quite achieves lift off since it seems to be collapsing from the inside. "house of the rising sun"/"paint it, black" meets chain reaction meets rodney jerkins.
track 12: stacey q style stab-fest. the rhythm sounds like it was made out of stalactites and percolating coffee.
track 13: indie pop! this is the jaxx's "hey ya".
track 14: typical jaxx gorgeous slow jam closer. 7 minutes. utterly aquaeous. chill out meets kompatkt meets drexciya meets timbaland.
this album is fucking STUFFED. as usual, they fill each track with enough ideas to fill another artists whole album.
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 05:39 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 05:40 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 05:41 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 05:48 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:06 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:07 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:10 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:11 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:12 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:13 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:15 (twenty years ago) link
― H (Heruy), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:19 (twenty years ago) link
07 is so fucking Prince-circa-1999 crossed w/Prince-doing-rock it's just fucking sad-making
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:21 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:22 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:26 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:27 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:27 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:29 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 06:33 (twenty years ago) link
oh jesus yes
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 29 August 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link
Grrrrrr I want this NOW!
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 07:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 29 August 2003 08:41 (twenty years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:45 (twenty years ago) link
:(
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:17 (twenty years ago) link