sigue sigue sputnik - piratespace
they are back. held in cryogenic suspension for 11 odd years - melted down to catch up on new technology/language (net speak is very dominant on this). absorbed and spat out with a vengance. this is a stunning release and provides a real kick up the arse for new bands - if it ever gets the chance !
now the music. the sound is amazing - i love the william orbit sqidgy
trance style production to a lot of the tracks, they have really
spent time on the feel of the production. martin degvilles voice has really
improved - along with the actual songs . i love the concept feel of
it where all the lyrics/titles/imagery relates to the net (wasn't too
sure when i read the tracklisting - but now i'm really into it !)
yes the sound is different but somehow still retains that sss feel
which is essential - a natural progression which given the time delay
from 'Excess' to this is amazing .. the guys really have talent !
track by track :
1. "welcome 2 the 21st century" :
underworld meets duane eddy - trance and twang never sounded this
good, a really impressive introduction to the next hour ..
2. "everybody loves u" :
reminds me of devo - too catchy by far :-)
3. "slave trade" (extended): full-on techno rock, pumpin bass with
max overload of dub effects/guitars. this is the highlight for me
4. "alien@tion" : strings over the top of amazingly crunchy guitars -
great proper song - with cool atmosphere
5. "cyberthieff":
thumpin' bassline with samples galore
6. "up 4 it!" :
scrathed rythmn .. wow - reminds me of old style tackhead with
mechanical cut-up voiceovers - superb and quite a difference for sss
7. "x-ray eyez" - jungle-lite - gets better with more listens
8. "spaaced out" - growing on me very dark sounding ..
9. "demon seed" (sputnix advocate extended mix):
glitter-band stomp (real dual drummerz sounds !) with more of the
sput-guitars - another highlght for me ..
(note anyone like this should listen to earl brutus who also mix
glitterband stomp with modern guitars/noise samples)
10 "what do you dream of little caesar?" :
dunno yet !
11 "alien christ" :
blade runner sax/trumpet which i love and another excellent proper
song.
12 "zero zero (anarchy.com)":
'out with the old ...' - a superb finish to the album