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Écrit par Za Ku
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08-04-2008 |
A quirky little album here from Mexican Institute of Sound, aka head of EMI Mexico, Camilo Lara. Billed as ‘Electronica meets Cha-Cha and Cumbia’, ‘Mejico Maxico’ is a pleasantly kitsch collection of beats that brought to mind a number of quite diverse influences – from crusty Big Beat to ‘Austin Powers’ bachelor-pad swing, spliffed out Dub and the kind of quirky, uplifting electronic tunes beloved of the likes of Money Mark, Mr Scruff or Thievery Corporation. Aimed more at the lounge than the dance floor, the overall feel of the album is light-hearted and summery meaning you’re likely to hear a fair few of these tracks in cafés and on summer terraces. My main criticism is that many of the pieces on this album feel more like skits or vignettes – incidental music, rather than whole tunes. But weighing in at 23 tracks there’s enough ‘meat’ in here to keep singles-hunters and DJs happy as well. |
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Écrit par CGWW
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08-04-2008 |
 Lovebox returns to East London?s Victoria Park with another exceptional and diverse line-up... |
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Écrit par CGWW
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08-04-2008 |
 Three seperate locations, several different venues and a bucket load of bands... |
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Écrit par Za Ku
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08-04-2008 |
Well, I was quite looking forward to Mr. Da Housecat’s new GU offering – we at CGWW towers are fans of Felix’s electro-clash-tinged housey sound. The package consists of two CDs – one entitled ‘Fuck Rock’ and the other ‘Fuck Rave’. The first, ‘Fuck Rock’ isn’t particularly Rocky at all – it’s more 3am chugging minimal and electro. Smoothly-enough mixed, featuring tracks from Chris Leibing, Sasha, Benny Benassi and Pig & Dan, it’s competently enough put together, but in my eyes a little lacking in terms of progression, and not particularly representative of Felix’s DJing style. As a CD to play after a night out, it’s not bad though.
CD two is a little bit more like Felix’s usual style – and a bit more interesting to listen to into the bargain, with tracks from trendy German, Boys Noize, Quando Quango, Lopazz, JoJo de Freq and a rather tasty Switch remix of Armand Van Helden’s ‘Je T’Aime’. However, some of the biggest tracks on here have been knocking about for quite a while (Etienne De Crecy – ‘Punk’, John Dahlback – ‘Blink’) and also some of the mixing was a little intrusive – for example from Ramsey & Co’s ‘Love Call’ into Felix’s own ‘Radio’ there was quite a bad key clash, and while I don’t think all mixing should be harmonic, I do think that perhaps GU could have considered a re-edit here, as when you’re listening to a mix in a home context, you don’t have the room energy that you would hearing a mix in a club, meaning one tends to listen more critically.
To sum up - not a bad mix but I was a little underwhelmed. I thought the first CD could have been mixed by any number of DJs, while the second, although it promised a lot, didn’t quite deliver in the end.
6/10 |
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08-04-2008 |
 Total metal mayhem in Donington Park... |
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