| IF YOU ONLY BUY ONE
ALBUM THIS MONTH, BUY BASEMENT JAXX’S REMEDY |
| IF YOU BUY TWO ALBUMS,
THEN GET REEF’S RIDES AS WELL |
| IF YOU WANNA BUY
ANYMORE, THEN READ BELOW |
| 5-Exceptional 4-Must Buy
3-Very Good 2-Reasonable 1-Poor |
| Armand Van Helden - Flowerz |
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| The (House) King of New York returns with a
superb follow up to You Don’t Know Me. Unfortunately the CD features nothing really
new, as the mixes are uninspiring, and the original version has spent too long in the
clubs and on Pete Tong’s Essential Collection for way too long prior to release.
1997’s Ultrafunkula and The Funk Phenomena were far better than this effort. |
| Barry Adamson - The Murky World Of |
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| An exquisite collection of nu-jazz cuts from
the leader of the field as far as Britain is concerned - the Mercury nominated Barry
Adamson. The best track is undoubtedly The Big Bamboozle - the music from that
advert… I think its for Baileys, but I dunno - I don’t get much chance to watch
TV nowadays, and nobody I played it to could be sure - my advice is to go out and get the
CD and see for yourself - this collection is pure quality - no self respecting
record collection should be without it. Oh, and the whole record is so James Bond,
and that’s gotta be good! |
| Basement Jaxx - Red Alert |
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| Truly amazing track, that literally blows your
mind - without a doubt the best disc of the month - this is PERECT! Poor remixes and radio
edit accompany the fantastic club mix, from the Brixton lads who gave us such classics as
1997’s Fly Life and 1998’s Eu Nao, and 1999’s ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Remedy.
Just buy it - it’s the only new music worth listening to according to Stardust/Daft
Punk’s Thommy B, and although that’s complete and utter rubbish, the album
unmissable (on penalty of death!) |
| Beastie Boys - Remote Control |
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| This is my favourite album track from last years
exceptional Hello Nasty LP, but as all you readers out there will already have the
aforementioned album, then why buy the single if it doesn’t have the attractions of
the last couple (i.e. remixes by Prisoners of Technology, Urban Takeover, and, er, Fatboy
Slim!) |
| Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorised Biography
Of Reinhold Messner |
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| An album worth listening to again and again -
just what you need at 6 in the morning after largin’ it all night. The well written
lyrics, the blissful, soothing piano playing - Britain has no-one to compare Ben Folds
Five to - which is probably a good thing, as there’s only so much of this you can
take! |
| Busta Rhymes - What’s It Gonna Be? |
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| Rap music can sometimes be a rather very dull
affair, but Busta Rhymes is one of the few star who constantly comes up trumps with his
releases. This new track features the gorgeous vocals of none other than Ms Janet Jackson,
and has a top notch drum and bass remix from Urban Takeover’s Mickey Finn - pure
class! |
| Camisra - Clap Your Hands |
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| Tall Paul’s return is a bit commercial -
his remixes are far better than this (Excluding his poor Duran Duran & Blondie
attempts!) - I doubt he’d play the lead track to this out, if it wasn’t by him,
so why release it? Watch this one fly though, if Muzik’s prediction of 1999 being the
year of Tall Paul is to prove true - it’s almost half way gone, with relatively
little to show for it. This is probably a good time to mention that we all are, however,
immense fans of the tall one. |
| Cassius - Feeling For You |
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| After both Cassius’ 1999 and
outstanding debut album stormed into the charts at the beginning of the year, they follow
up the success with Feeling For You, a new single, which looks set to be received with
even greater critical acclaim. |
| Chef - Simultaneous |
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| Less funny, and less offensive follow up to
Chocolate Salty Balls, that anyone who wasn’t sorely disappointed by the second
series of South Park should buy. |
| Dimitri From Paris - Une Stylish Fille |
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| Commercial re-release of this three-year-old
track, after its extensive use on advertisements and television soundtracks. Dimitri sould
take a leaf out of Thomas Bangalter’s book and move onwards and upwards, rather than
relying on his back-catalogue. |
| Freddy Fresh & Fatboy Slim - Badder
Badder Schwing |
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| The very finest in Big Beat - this cannot be
beaten - Fatboy Slim adds a touch of humour to the legend that is Freddy Fresh - this will
be massive, and its better than the Faboy’s new single, which is saying something! |
| Freestylers - B-Boy Stance ‘99 |
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| One of the classics of the decade gets a load of
fantastic remixes - so many that it doesn’t count as a single anymore!! Thanks to
stupid CIN rules the CD has to try its luck as an album. Shame none of the new mixes are
quite as good as the original - no I mean, the real original - the fantastic track with
the Wonderwall lyrics, which was pulled due to legal action from those nasty
Gallagher brothers. |
| Horny United vs Boney M - Ma Baker (Somebody
Scream) |
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| The ultimate in Cheese-House, Ma Baker is a must
for anyone who likes a laugh whilst dancin’ - the Sash! Remix even gives The
Vengabus a run for its money in the hilarity stakes. |
| Mike Koglin featuring Beatrice - On My Way |
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| Dissappointing follow up to one of the best house
tracks of recent years - The Silence. On My Way is still a
fantastic single, however, and comes complete with a top notch remix from Ruff Driverz.
Another triumpth from Multiply - a record label that seldom fails to release the
cream of British/European house. |
| Moby - Play |
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| A tragic album, which promised to be so much
more from its first two singles, but is actually a very amateur effort. Its nice to hear
real pianos in dance music but you need quality beats & lyrics to go with them, which
Moby has forgot. |
| Peter Heller’s Big Love |
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| Unlike Armand Van Helden’s Flowers, Big
Love stood the test of appearing on Essential Spring 99, and still sounds
superlative - everybody clapped and cheered through the whole track when Pete Tong played
it @ Slinky last Friday. That shows it hasn’t lost its credibility for sure, and the
CD’s even got a new track on there too! |
| Reef - Rides |
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| Reef’s Replenish debut was a
refreshing change, a true quality recording. Glow was a cool but commercial follow
up. Rides is better than both - as fresh as Replenish, as cool as Glow,
with loads of tacks with The New Place Your Hands written all over them - Brit-rock
classics in waiting, such as the infectious Back In My Place which has to be released as a
single - its too good a track to waste - buy the LP just for this if nothing else! Love
Feeder, Hiding, Sweety they are all fantastic - it’s so good to hear well written
lyrics, and even better to play an album and not be able to find a track I don’t like
- the only truly great rock disc of the year. |
| Seb Fontaine - Prototype |
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| Underground house at its finest, from the one of
the best DJs around, Seb Fontaine. It’s worth it for ATB’s 9PM (Til I Come) alone,
assuming you haven’t already got the track from countless other CDs. |
| The Merchant Of Menace - Kickin’ Ass |
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| A couple of minutes of sub-Fatboy Slim madness
which will probably disappoint unless you listen to it VERY LOUD! |
| Tilt - Invisible |
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| Future house superstars Tilt release a follow up
to their Children cover, which is destined to be massive - unlike its predecessor, you
have to hear it in the clubs to fully appreciate it. |
| TQ - Bye Bye Baby |
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| Inanely catchy hip-hop with some decent remixes
- a real party track. |
| Trance Former |
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| Overly commercial collection of Trance hits. |
| Wayne G presents Twisted - Breakdance Is Back
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| Terrible track - avoid at all costs, unless
you’re over thirty in which case you’ll probably find this song amusing, as
Wayne G reminisces about ‘back in the day’! |
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