Mylo: ‘utterly charming’ is right
I can’t quite work out how such a benign album as this could have ended up with a title as aggressive as ‘Destroy Rock and Roll‘ (and the art work to match). Mildly teasing, perhaps; tickling rock’s tummy in a smart and suggestive way, possibly; but destroying? please.
If you haven’t heard it, well you should. It won’t change your life. It won’t have you ripping your top off and shouting ‘Chooon’. It’s just very fine, listenable dance music: about half way on the spectrum between Royksopp and Daft Punk. That is to say, it’s got enough energy to keep it out of the ‘mildly enjoyable noodling’ camp, but not quite enough to earn the reputation of ’squelchy, funky, floor-filler’.
Oh, and we do like that Bette Davis’ eyes keyboard sample…
OMM was right to call it utterly charming; meanwhile I’m desperately impressed that he basically put the whole thing together with a G4 Mac, Reason and Pro Logic. Kids these days…