RFI lcd soundsystem - losing my edge

(jess if u read this: i noticed in a post you made from last year that 'beat connection' was in yr favourite singles list, xplain?)

I wonder if the LCD LP will be worth listening to at all...

heh...indie dance.

anyone know?

what are the Mr Bongo comps, kinda like the Dusty Fingers, Ultimate Breaks and such?

And very good too, that DK7 track is cool. Anyone heard this album by Colder on Trev Jackson's label?

Someday like when there are no more automobiles and we're all telekinetic and travel around in plasticine space bubbles and eat tiny pills instead of four course meals, or someday like in the next couple of months?

Jockey Slut review of Colder - Again - ALBUM OF THE MONTH
http://www.jockeyslut.com/magazine/earwax/index.html

COLDER
AGAIN
(Output)
Revolt through style is nothing new. When Marlon Brando was asked what he was rebelling against in 'The Wild One', his aloof, leather-jacketed demeanour spoke volumes. Half a century later and the fractious symbiosis between striking a pose and delivering a message may have shifted somewhat, but its power still resonates. Frenchman Marc (Colder) Nyugen is testament to its shock and awe; his debut album, 'Again', his electronic battle weapon of mass distraction.

'Again' is that rare beast; both cool as fuck and imbued with a sense of ferocious vitality. Yes, it may be on Trevor Jackson's achingly trendy Output, and yes, it may have one sneaker anchored in the punk-funk disco, but Colder's nightclub is a world removed from cosmopolitan, bright light decadence. 'Again' is belligerently monochrome; vivid, intense, modish, yes, but drenched in the paranoid underworld of outsiders and urban psychosis. If 'Again' was a film, it'd be a devastating clash between 'Drugstore Cowboy' and 'Donnie Darko'. A 45-minute lurid trip into black and white obliqueness, The Polyphonic Spree this most certainly ain't.

The opening track, 'Crazy Love', is a clear statement of intent, corrosive guitars and sinister yet simplistic lyrics battling with seedy electro in a den of iniquity. The lysergic, echo chamber of 'Confusion' and the Sabres Of Paradise meets Massive Attack 'One Night In Tokyo' do little to lighten the heady brew of suffocation; nor does the pent-up dubby frustration of 'Shiny Star'.

However, 'Again' isn't dry, gothic emotion. Cloaked in a very French elan, it's hip and accessible, brutal and sexy. The funereal, stark minimalism of 'Silicon' is a fascinating Depeche Mode meets Basic Channel alliance, and the icy, twitchy send off of 'Colder' ("No more places to go/No more memories to burn") - wherein Joy Division begin to morph into New Order - a more than fitting valediction.

In providing 2003's first really essential release, Colder has created a soundtrack for beautiful, idiotic misfits the world over. What's he rebelling against? What you got?
Jim Butler (9)

JUSTIN ROBERTSON
DJ
"This reminds me of early New Order. There's bits of Suicide in there too - that kind of sparse and brooding feel - and it's quite haunting in places. I really like the first track, 'Crazy Love' - you can hear those classic sounds in there, but it's not overly reverential. It definitely sounds contemporary."

MARK HEDONIZM
HEDONIZM RECORDS, BRIGHTON
"As soon as the distinctive Krautrock bassline and deadpan lyric of the opening cut 'Crazy Love' kick in, it becomes apparent that Colder's album isn't going to disappoint. Dubby effects, cut-up rhythms and haunting vocals drift in and out, binding it all together. Although the Krautrock theme is consistent throughout - tracks such as 'Shiny Star' making more than a passing reference to Can - the diversity and inventiveness make this an involving album."

LAUREN ZORIC
WARP RECORDS
"It's very measured, sparse and clean. I like the darker, more primitive electronics territory without the gloss, and the dubby tracks are a nice surprise. It's raw and sexy, not obvious and has that hint of violence, which is quite daring. His lyrics are good too. It takes you into this mysterious, filmic otherworld, which is what you want music to do."

released june 30th