― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 25 October 2003 13:49 (twenty years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 25 October 2003 18:31 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Sunday, 26 October 2003 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
colourful, intricately carved characters - some grotesque, but all mesmerising - performing against a garish but ultimately flat, 2D landscape. the puppets are the vocalists, the backdrop is...well, everything else
i've been living with the CD for a week now, giving it due priority. It still hasn't possessed me tho', the initial thrill hasn't transformed into love. Even now, i can only recall how four or five of the tracks go. I mentioned upthread that i thought the mastering had gone wrong. I actually think it's the production itself that's at fault. The sound is muffled, no brightness at all to the treble, the beats are all sustain and no attack, the bass rumbles somewhere underground. To some extent, that's the jaxx sound ("rendez-vous" on 'remedy' for example also has those soft beats) but here I think it's fatal to the cause. If you're going to have a 'busy' sound (as Tom puts it) - not to mince words, if you're going to give us prog-house - then the details need to be crystal clear. And they're not. There's just this mass of sound in a single plane, standing about two feet behind the vocals. I'm not saying the sound is too cluttered, every note that's there should be there, but you just can't locate it spatially.
(i'm now wondering if the analog version on vinyl might do the music more justice. I'm seriously considering trading up. anyone want my CD copy? That said, i expect it won't make too much difference, the instruments were no doubt recorded digitally)
what saves the album are the - very analog - vocals. These sound just fine and what performances they are, from everyone: it's not Me'Shell who 'owns' her songs, as Dan put it, all the singers, inc. Felix, do the same with theirs, severing their puppeteer's strings in the process, and taking over the show...
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:09 (twenty years ago) link
― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:43 (twenty years ago) link
i would be interested to know if anyone's playing it in clubs (these versions, i mean, not remixes - if such exist)
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:59 (twenty years ago) link
i gave copies of this album to my favorite local DJs months ago. they were excited to get have the album and i imagine they listen to it but they haven't shown any interest in playing it out. one of them played dizzee's track the night i gave it to him but the club was basically empty.
― vahid (vahid), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:07 (twenty years ago) link
i would be caning 'right here's the spot' if i was DJing regularly right now, also 'Supersonic', 'Cish Cash' - i mean ffs what's better to dance to than this stuff?
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 01:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 01:45 (twenty years ago) link
But my living room is where I play all my super-fast sports car racing games
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 02:58 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 03:10 (twenty years ago) link
(hi fans!)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:01 (twenty years ago) link
what does this tell us about internet 'piracy' and dance-fans ?
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:15 (twenty years ago) link
How does this compare to the performance of the last two, though?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:18 (twenty years ago) link
'Remedy' and 'Rooty' were both Top 10 albums i think.
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
That's for sure.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
TEMPTED
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
Hey Steve, if you're not tempted enough, Zongamin and others are live at the ICA that night. If you wanna hit Brighton, I'm up for it...
― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link
Zongamin tho, NOW THERE is an idea
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
I bought that Nikita Warren Jaxx 12" but haven't heard it yet, and I spotted the Cooly's Hot Box one too. Will I be happy with 'em?
― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:41 (twenty years ago) link
It's for listening to! Does anyone actually think "I wish to ride a horse, perhaps some jeff mills, then home for sherry and groove armada".
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:52 (twenty years ago) link
Ronan's otm.
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:57 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:46 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
(sorry)
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 31 October 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
'N Sync's JC Chasez will kick off a brief club tour Dec. 3 in San Diego to build anticipation for his debut solo album, "Schizophrenic," due Jan. 27 via Jive.
The album's first single "Some Girls (Dance With Women)" featuring Dirt McGirt will be serviced to U.S. radio outlets Dec. 1 for airplay consideration. Chasez's other cohorts on "Schizophrenic" include producers Alex Greggs and Brad Daymond, Robb Boldt, Rockwilder, Basement Jaxx and BT.
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:28 (twenty years ago) link
The big draw for Jaxx fans here is whether or not they'll give him something more in line with Kish Kash or the relatively unsuprising remixes they did while making the album. A recent article did hint at a more nu-Jaxx style, though it may hve been talking about 'Plug It In' instead.
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:40 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 November 2003 03:34 (twenty years ago) link