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This nearly one hour-long compilation offers a wide range of musicalstyles: CG + Dodo Band offer nearly cabaret like jazz, CG + de R:IPdrop the cabaret part, CG + Dull Schicksal dive with "Singalong Song"into the guitar pop realms of the early Monochrome Set, CG + Wim Oudik(ex- Trespasser W.) and CG + Frank van den Bos (still- Trespassers W.)tend to jump into altered chansons, CG + Luc Houtkamp do a nearlyspoken word piece originally recorded for a radio show, CG + AlainNeffe (Insane Music, Belgium) get a little bit creepy, not very faraway from The Legendary Pink Dots, and the final piece "Gemobiliseerd"with Moebius & Haks & De Joode is a live excerpt that evolvesnearly into a dancefloor track, with contra bass set against akeyboarder and drum programmer.
More Contributors are involved but I guess I'll stop for now andrecommend this release to anyone who likes true alternative music waybeyond any marketing targets and stylistic limitations. Get hold of itif you can.
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Orthlong Musork / Tigerbeat6
If Cex is the laptop incarnate of Kool Keith, then Gold Chains must bethe equivalent of Sisqo. The first I heard from San Franciscan TopherLafata (the brains behind the chains) was "Burn Babylon" from theTigerbeat6 Inc. compilation last year. It featured sung vocals from amiss Nina Oppenheim and actually had no rap on it. However, theundeniable sass pulsing from that fat, pumpin' jam made me long formore. If that's your only exposure, do not expect a similar club smashon the first two EP releases from Gold Chains, do expect that rawkusattitude and some phenomenal programming. On the self-titled EP, Topheris accompanied by the production assitance from Joshua Kit Clayton,scratching from DJ Bre-Ad (who's credits include work with Mick Harris)and the occasional backing female vocalist. The result is far moredense than any Kit Clayton records and the rhymes are witty,entertaining and after a number of listens become drilled in the head,busting out when singing along. From the thunderous opener, "I ComeFrom San Francisco," to the closing nod to Stereolab, "Rock the Parti",there isn't a weak moment. With each listen, there's actually somethingnew to discover: "Did he say ebonic karate?" Jessica asked me during"The Wonderful Girls of Hypno" before the bombastic chorus sounds in,"San Francisco USA / to Berlin in Germany / Tokyo to Paris France /Hypno babes rule my pants". The self-titled EP came out last Octoberand is a bit of a task to locate but it's well worth it.
Less than a year later, a second EP has surfaced from Tigerbeat6.Coming from such a strong, stunning debut, this release seems somewhatanti-climactic. The rhythms and tunes here are produced entirely byTofer this time around and, while the songs are still punchy andenergetic, are somewhat flattened by the lack of content. There's farless rap, and more repetitious vocals this time around. The sex anddrug obsessions are way more explicit than the other EP, with trackslike "Mountains of Coke" and "I Treat Your Cootchie Like a Maze" ("Lickthat cootchie, lick that cootchie, lick that cootchie,..." —okay, weget the point). The titles seem more promising but maybe I wasexpecting a little more meat. 'Straight from Your Radio' isn't terribleby any means, and can still provide an entertaining 25 minutes, but isnowhere near as over-the-top as the eponymous debut. Slap all 11 tracks(and "Burn Babylon") onto one CD and you've still got a pretty strongfull-length albm!
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