This is one of the most unbelievable albums I've heard in years!
As with Zero 7 - Simple Things, my DJ mate in Nottingham is the original recommender of this CD and my mate Jon leant me his copy to drive back to Devon from Milton Keynes with. I bunged it in the player and off I went. The journey has never seemed so short!
Lemon Jelly are made up of two men. Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin. Lemon Jelly.ky is their first full album which is actually a collection of three limited edition EPs which they released over the past two or three years.
It's hard to describe what this music is like or about... it's just different and like nothing you will have heard before! You could use many words... ambient.. mellow.. and none of them really fit the bill individually.
Each track is a medley of instrumentals and strange samples. The first track, In The Bath just has the repeated line "What do you do? In the bath?" repeated over and again. The second is called Nervous Tension and has got what sounds like samples from a stress-control tape! The third sounds like a nature program about sea elephants and it goes on! My personal faves are Staunton Lick which uses what sounds like samples from a Teach Yourself Guitar manual and Come, the final track which the duo say is their homage to the mighty orgasm!
Check out their website at www.lemonjelly.ky to hear samples and check out the incredibly psychodelic artwork by Nick Franglen! Mental!
How helpful would this review be to a person making a buying decision? Rating guidelines
Lemon Jelly is a new addition to the pantheon of leftfield downtempo classics, a group to ... more
file alongside Air, Kid Loco and every Café Del Mar album so far. Lemonjelly.ky is actually a collection of the Lemon Jelly duo's three EPs so far. This album ech...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
Advantages: Highly original. Excellent cover design. Long tracks. Exciting, enjoyable and talented music. Lots of styles and techniques. Disadvantages: Odd dull track, with nothing new to offer. Acquired taste of music.
Advantages: Highly original. Excellent cover design. Long tracks. Exciting, enjoyable and talented music. Lots of styles and techniques. Disadvantages: Odd dull track, with nothing new to offer. Acquired taste of music.
Jan 3rd, 2002
helpful by (100%):
![Gatecrasher's Club Anthems 1993-2009 [Digipak] - Various Artists](http://imagesb.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/small/861/prod_small-7337861.jpg)
![Ministry Of Sound Anthems (1991-2008) [Digipak] - Various Artists](http://imagesa.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/small/406/prod_small-6791406.jpg)
