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ELECTRONICA ROGER SANCHEZ
First Contact (Sony) .0.
You don't have to be a dance music aficionado to think Roger Sanchez's number one 'Another Chance' was pure quality. But a whole album of this brings to mind some sort of hands in the air disco nightmare. Opener ‘Computabank' which could be the theme tune from some 80s action comedy (‘Axel F' anybody?) bodes well. Then there's the aforementioned blissful “Another Chance' and squiggly party-up number 'Ventura'. But Sanchez just can't resist the cheesy housey vocally thing and unfortunately these make up a large chunk of the album. And getting Sharleen Spiteri to sing on any track (even Texas tracks) is. and always will be. a crime against nature. (Henry Northmore)
ELECTRONICA KOSHEEN Resist (Arista/Moksha) 0..
Currently all over the radio with an Ibiza—by- numbers overhaul of ‘Hide U'. Kosheen's debut album reveals a group with more grandiose musical ambitions than the Sashas and Digweeds of the world could ever match. Sure. Resist hasthetendencyto slip into trance preset mode occasionally, but when Markee Substance. Darren Decoder and alluring vocalist Sian Evans hit the mark. as in (Slip and Slide) Suicide with its woofer troubling drum and bass reminiscent of Goldie in his heyday. and the surprisingly effective Portishead-isms of 'Cruelty'. they redeem themselves.
As with many a multi-genre dance album however. ‘Resist' shows Kosheen to be jacks of all trades, but masters of . . . well, some. (Steven Clark)
JAZZ
DAVID MURRAY POWER QUARTET
Like A Kiss That Never Ends (Justin Time) 0...
Hard on the heels of David Murray's triumphant M'Bizo concert in the jazz festival comes the saxophonist's latest offering, an excellent quartet session with three long-time collaborators and established masters. pianist John Hicks. bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The saxophonist supplies all but two of the seven tunes. the exceptions being Drummond's 'Dedication' and a version of Monk's “Let's Cool One'. Unlike his experiments with the ethnic music of Senegal and Gaudaloupe which featured in earlier releases on this label. this session concentrates on a (relatively) more conventional. hard swinging contemporary jazz idiom. delivered in typically vibrant and inventive fashion. (Kenny Mathieson)
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KAITO
You’ve Seen Us...You Must Have Seen Us... (Fierce Panda) 0..
The campaign for 'real' Indie clearly starts here with this enjoyably nostalgic romp through Britpop's seedy underbelly of the mid 903. You'll remember Elastica. but Kaito possess the spirit of 1994's forgotten hopefuls. Blessed Ethel, Linus and Prolapse. ‘Go' would have been a guaranteed indie-Disco floor-filler back then, with its skewed quirky Cardiacs riffs. but would no doubt be wasted in today's student union. ‘Catnap' puts a new twist on ripping off Pavement; it imitates Pavement imitating The Fall, and ‘Shelflike' would sit happily on any Catatonia album. While the songs are well constructed and the arrangements are consistently interesting, Kaito sadly face the question of exactly who is going to buy this record? (Steven Clark)
ELECTRONICA
8. I. FUTURES The Mission Statement (Novamute) O.”-
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(James Smart)
ELECTRONICA
McSIeazy (info@mcsleazy.com) DOD.
A home-recorded self- produced opus from McSIeazy main man Grant Robson, this provides further proof. if it were needed. that all the wrong people have record deals. Despite basic equipment restrictions, Robson. with his bags of enthusiasm in tow. has created a pretence-free party vibe best captured on the relentlessly effective ‘Discodance'. Shades of 808 electro- pop. early 903 rave. and most other genres that refuse to take themselves seriously, rear their heads. There's even the Digital Hardcore of ‘Sweat'. and surely Alec Empire can't be senous.
A bastardised cover of Billy Idol's “Rebel Yell' with Regency Buck's Chris on vocals provides a fitting finale. and perhaps given a decent budget next time. we'll all soon be getting nice and McSIeazy.
(Steven Clark)
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good fun tasteless
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Waters film for teenagers. The camp
and the cast are there,
but the screenplay and plot never get going. As a gay rites of passage
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funny enough. Disappointing. (Metrodome VHS and
3 DVD rental) ' (Martin Young)
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Let's just say this journey involves large breasted aliens. transvestite mobsters and French