Contino Sessions, The - Death In Vegas > Reviews

Advantages: New. Fresh. Musical. Thought Provoking. Unique.
Disadvantages: Sub-culture turned pop.

...those singles come from, “The Contino Sessions”. I feel justified in talking about the videos though. Once you purchase the album and slide the CD into your computer’s CD drive the all too common multi-media track will come to life. Normally this drives me mad. Normally I don’t want to watch the stinking milti-media track. Death in Vegas, though, provide the original video to Dirge. Your computer screen goes black. It flickers. ... 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!

...trip that 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 ... Read review

Advantages: A groundbreaking album of unique vision
Disadvantages: Not for the average listener

...to hard edged rock. The Contino Sessions sees Death in Vegas working around a more focussed sound, a dark psychedelic music closer to the sound of sixties proto-punk bands like MC5 and The Stooges and the Seventies Kraut rock bands like Can than the big beat/electronica scene that they had been previously associated with. (Mainly due to Richard Fearless' DJing at the legendary Heavenly Social). Richard Fearless has moved Death in Vegas's sound ... Read review