Electronic > C Electronic

Advantages: Danceable, original, eclectic - what more could you want?
Disadvantages: Lack of hits (if that's a problem for you)

...talking crap when someone put Come With Us on, the title track of this album. The first cacophonous, discordant keyboards shimmered out, the massive beats kicked in and everyone immediately got back up to dance without saying a word, it was just the right thing to do. The album was brand new, so it wasn't as if this was a familiar song that we all knew and loved; it was just an instant CRASH moment where everyone just looks at each other and smirks. ...
...a lot of the tunes are radically different from each other but the album works because the Chemicals know how to make an album; with them, it's always a journey more than a collection of tracks,and each track segues effortlessly into the next, moving up in tempo then coming back down again at just the right time. There's the spacey, mid-tempo tranced-out bliss of Star Guitar, the big beats of It Began In Afrika and the floorfiller anthem of Denmark ... Read review

Advantages: Can be both chilling and music to dance to
Disadvantages: The first few tracks dont have the excellence as the latter

This compilation from R&S records brings together over an hour of Dave Angels exclusive sound from the early part of his producing career. The opening song BOUNCE BACK sets the scene for the 12 track compilation which is both techno in both a stripped down and melodic atmoshperic style. The uplifting FREE FLOW features a silky smooth backing and is really the first track on the CD which displays the trademark Dave Angel rolling percussion loops ...
...also featured on X-Mix 4, ENDLESS MOTIONS takes you to another part of the universe. An intense dreamlike flowing sound very pleasing to the ear. The whole CD is a music lovers delight. My personnal favourites being DOWN DEEP and LUST (both heard at Club Kinetic in Stoke on Trent). The CD ends with the soft pads, tuned percussion and sweet sounds of GREAT DAINE, an unmistakeable classic in every sense of the word. ... Read review

Advantages: Very good Album
Disadvantages: We've seen better from the Brothers

First impressions count a lot in terms of music, and the album's title track, the first track of the album really annouces the return of the Chemical Brothers. Heavy aggressive beats, with crazy strings going everywhere, everything merges to create a sound which could fill stadiums. The next track, It Began in Afrika, is an African Tribal Drum psyche out dance tune. It's funky, trance inducing and very danceable. This quality continues throughout ...
...beats. It may peter out slightly with the end 2 or 3 tracks, but overall, the album is very good. It's just a shame that it's standout tracks, "Come with Us", "It Began in Afrika" and "My Elastic Eye" just don't seem to have the killer edge that previous Chemical Brothers albums have had. This is a great album, but search out "Dig your own hole" and "Surrender" first. ... Read review

Advantages: Original, POUNDING BASS
Disadvantages: naff lyrics!

...dry and generally meaningless but in this type of music you expect that. To describe it is a Prodigy for the next generation is fair i think and this album really is a classic already. The general feel of the tracks is similar, with one or two exceptions, the receipe being an acoustic start, heavy build up and powerful, low frequency repetitive and catchy taglines. Since i've owned it, It's been on loop in my car CD player wowing my friends with ... Read review