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yes, headphones are urgent & key.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 12:57 (twenty years ago) link

The Strongo/Matos Critical Concern scores again--I'm on track 2 right now and very happy.

― adam (adam), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:16 (twenty years ago) link

HAPPY TWO ME ALSO

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:27 (twenty years ago) link

Should be able to fire it up here shortly...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:31 (twenty years ago) link

i've got the first 6 tracks and they're heading to a better place right now (nudge wink)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:35 (twenty years ago) link

So far so good -- I'm wondering if it's my computer speakers really forcing up the bass distortion or if it's meant to sound like that. Which I'm fine with. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:41 (twenty years ago) link

it's definately ruffer than the first two records as a whole.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:42 (twenty years ago) link

steve you don't mean you're going to murder 6 innocent tracks?

rougher the better.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:42 (twenty years ago) link

I haven't even heard it but christ the prospect of a whole new live show is boggling

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:43 (twenty years ago) link

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.

Heh, good call. I kept checking the tracklisting until the title confirmed it. The next "My Neck, My Back" in terms of subject matter?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:45 (twenty years ago) link

ohhh this is torture. i should stay off this thread (but i know i wont be able too)

― H (Heruy), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:46 (twenty years ago) link

I like how it almost becomes the Madonna "Lucky Star" in the chorus but never does. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:49 (twenty years ago) link

And the thing about "Supersonic" is that it reminds me of one of those weird songs (ie, all of them) on the second half of the Disco Tex album! That idea of twenties/barrelhouse/beat all blended.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:52 (twenty years ago) link

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.

Jesus Christ YES. I'm sorry, but this is all the ammunition I will ever need from now on against the Justin lovers. Throw this up against "Rock Your Body" or "Like I Love You" and it's just embarassing how thoroughly they're squished.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:00 (twenty years ago) link

...and as with the last album it sorta runs out of steam for me towards the end, title track aside, nothing unpleasant but it's a bit like eating a cake that's nothing but frosting, you fill up and burn out too quickly (which could say something for all the ideas being used and tweaked). Might almost be best to listen to it as two separate EPs. Regardless, on balance, yay. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:29 (twenty years ago) link

i dunno, while i basically agree, it's certainly their strongest finish yet.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:32 (twenty years ago) link

Mm, and the last track is lingering in my mind much more than I thought it would, so points for that!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link

I actually have gotten to like the last 4-5 tracks post-Kish Kash a lot. I thought they might be the weakest at first, but I think you just get that impression because the first two thirds is so non-stop full-on, and they backloaded the more introspective stuff. It maintains the quality all the way through for me.

― Ben Williams, Friday, 29 August 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I want this!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:48 (twenty years ago) link

(I would agree about the first couple of albums fading a bit, but for me that was because they got all smooth downtempo housey and blanded out a little. The end of this one is almost a bit singer-songwritey, which is kind of cool.)

― Ben Williams, Friday, 29 August 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

I just was about to go and have a cigarette and then realised what I actually was craving was this album, cos i had one 20 minutes ago.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

soon my pretties, soon...

in fact you can get the first half now here

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:56 (twenty years ago) link

i am going to be really sad if this record does like 35k cuz of people like us. they deserve to sell MILLIONS.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link

I was just about to say...

I wouldn't be so quick to say Chavez stomps Timberlake... I love this album but I don't think there's a single killer single on it (slightly paradoxically: the first 7-8 tracks could all be singles; but I don't think any one of them would cross over to people who aren't into Jaxx already). I wouldn't be surprised if it sells less than the other albums. Whereas JT pulled off the populist/experimental trick...

― Ben Williams, Friday, 29 August 2003 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

I'm not hearing an american radio song yet.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:05 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, you're probably right. the one thing i did notice about this record is that it's kind of anti-pop in an odd way (maybe this is the jaxx's parade, minus "kiss"). it's just too dense to have much impact on either the radio or in clubs.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:06 (twenty years ago) link

certainly nothing as straight forward as "romeo" or as shocking (in that sit up on first listen and go "whu?!" sense but still-has-an-undeniable-chorus as "where's yr head at?".

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:07 (twenty years ago) link

I think it could have an impact in clubs. It stomps! It's just that the banging tracks are so dense and have so many twists and turns that it takes time to "learn" them, and there's so many of them one after the other without a real tempo change that you just sort of get steamrollered...

But who cares? It's an absolutely brilliant album and I love it.

― Ben Williams, Friday, 29 August 2003 15:17 (twenty years ago) link

Whereas JT pulled off the populist/experimental trick...

Ah, see, this leads into the realm of opinion where I happen to think he didn't do that at all to my satisfaction...but the previous twelve months of this board to thread. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link

i can't remember the last time i was this excited to listen to something

listening now and am approaching orgasmic levels of joy

― H (Heruy), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:27 (twenty years ago) link

i find tracks encoded at 192 kbps tend to sound denser generally anyway so maybe SOME some of this is down to the encoding/compression rate?

i'll be buying it on vinyl, twice...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:28 (twenty years ago) link

I could kick Ned right now, but I still really really really want to hear this album.

― Larcole (Nicole), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:28 (twenty years ago) link

> i am going to be really sad if this record does like 35k cuz of people like us. they deserve to sell MILLIONS.

i'll buy it and i know i'm gonna make lots o' ppl buy it

― H (Heruy), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:30 (twenty years ago) link

i'm listening to Chromeo now and as cool as he is, its just making the Jaxx sound even more awesome frankly

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:38 (twenty years ago) link

thank you so much for your hosting, stevem.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

ok maybe the jc chasez could make it on US radio. But it's damn dense.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

Hmm...dense vs. post-Timbaland space. There's something to tease out here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

ooh right you are ned!

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link

297 pointless posts, and then stevem saves the day! :-)

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:21 (twenty years ago) link

argh, just tracks 7, 8 and 9 left to go

thanks to toby for letting me get these earlier

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:43 (twenty years ago) link

(i so shd have gone home by now, but i'm worried it won't be there next week)

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

i am now an hour late for a dinner party as i refuse to leave without having burned this.

― H (Heruy), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

you'll be the life of the party when you arrive!

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:58 (twenty years ago) link

dont worry it should be there for a while tho i may re-encode at lower quality to try and reduce bandwidth preshaaaa

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:02 (twenty years ago) link

seriously, you rule for doing that.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:05 (twenty years ago) link

that's a very good LP. i shall buy it.
(context: i own but only like half of remedy. i don't own and couldn't get excited by rooty)

thx again, stevem

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link

This Dizzee track is the most exciting thing I've heard all year. My co-workers are staring.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:38 (twenty years ago) link

props to stevem once again, you are the greatest.

(and so is this album)

― todd swiss (eliti), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:50 (twenty years ago) link

thanks to jeir strongro and hence stevem(?), i've gotten a listen.. immediate thoughts:

* i know i'm gonna like this more upon each listen
* even less 4/4 than previously. (anyone who still compares Jaxx to Daft Punk at this point are clearly lame and/or lying).
* seems like they've been listening to Rennie Pilgrem and some recent nu skool breaks type stuff.. thankfully, i think the fusion of that stuff here works well. (my opinion of Fuel/TCR/Fingerlickin/Marine Parade material has declined drastically in recent years. A bunch of it is still great, but far less hits than misses)
* i like everything on this equally. "Good Luck" is amazing.
* this is more different from their previous two records than "rooty" was to "remedy".

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:52 (twenty years ago) link

It's weird about "Good Luck," I'm actually not totally bowled over by it for some reason. It doesn't seem as immediate as "Romeo" was in terms of a 'we are HERE!' start to an album, for me it'll be a grower.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 August 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

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