Electronic > Trip Hop / Big Beat Electronic > D > Death In Vegas

Advantages: great album
Disadvantages: bit dark in places

With the pictures of Elvis Presley on the cover and the multiple references in the band's name and the album title one could be forgiven for thinking that someone in the Death in Vegas camp has an affection for The King. That man is Richard Fearless, who known as a DJ primarily was involved in the Heavenly Social Club in Clerkenwell Road and has been a mover and shaker in the underground dance scene for a number of years. His cohort at the time of ...
...about every field of music production from the BBC to Country and Western. This wealth of experience put the duo in a good place when it came to recording an album. With Richard's understanding of the UK dance scene and Steve's knowledge of production and engineering skills the music they created was an eclectic and full bodied mixture of deep soulful and sombre grooves with style and substance. With a root in dub, as well as breakbeat dance much ... Read review

Advantages: Making the Indie-Dance Crossover Genre Cool Again.
Disadvantages: Can't Play This Album Using Winamp Because of the Dirge Cd Rom!

...oozes class. The Contino Sessions is the soundtrack to the coolest lounge Bar around. It is mature electronica which would suit those not out for an immediate aural fix. Those who flash 'Tune' placards over their fluorescent heads will be sorely disappointed. Those enamoured with Screamadelica type indie-dance crossovers will be more than satisfied. Death in Vegas are a great addition to an underground music scene that is thankfully beginning to ... Read review

Advantages: Immense tracks and a sense of excitement
Disadvantages: A couple of useless tracks used to fill the gaps

...sceptical after hearing "The Girls" I was pleasantly surprised by the creativeness and diversity of the tunes this album had to offer. Dance music should make you want to dance, possibly sing, and jump around with your friends and loved ones. That is why it exists. If you're getting ready for a big night out, you'll whoop with joy when the Scot comes through the speakers. Tunes like "Colours" and Merrymaking at My Place" are perfect for those essential ... Read review

Advantages: originality, some finely crafted songs
Disadvantages: towards the end of the 16 tracks, it may start to feel a little same-ey

The Crystal Castles- a Toronto based duo made up of multi-talented instrumentalist Ethan Kath and singer Alice Glass that drown everyone else in a malaise of alternative electro-dance beats. Their music seems to be made up from a series of sounds from the old Atari games, perhaps the inspiration for thier name from the early 80s game also called Crystal Castle For a relatively new band, only forming in about 2004, they have already made a name collaborating ...
...describe the sound of the crystal castles could be to imagine your old atari or nintendo assaulting you with its soundcard from across the room, with some tracks sounding like a balls-out thrash. Particular tracks such as song two, Alice Practice, and song 5, XXZXCUZX are like super-mario on drugs, and can be reasonably conpared to someone like the Nashville based Be Your Own Pet. Others, on the other hand, are finely crafted, for saying they have ... Read review

Advantages: Alternative to most modern music, tracks 7 and 12 in particular
Disadvantages: some tracks may lull and some may feel that bit too long.

The Bajofondo Tango Club, self-titled album is a range of south-american styles and instruments from the uruguay and argentina area. This music adds a whole new, contemporary twist to the Latin-america genre with better technology and a more energetic focus. Often compared to the more European/Parisian sounding Gotan, the band were a part of Electrotango revolution that brought the failing tango scene back into the public eye. The band have recently ...
...which even better reflects their newly expanded repertoire, now including some down-beat/trip-hop, club, chill out and elements of house style music. This album is something almost totally different to anything I personally had heard before. So different, in fact, i had to hear them for the first time in spain. But was i was immediatley mesmerized by not only the unique style of the music but of the various, sometimes unconventional instruments ... Read review