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Tracks Abstract Funk Theory - Lo Fidelity Allstars [VINYL]
- Kao-tic Harmony - Rhythim Is Rhythim
- Up With People - Lambchop
- Youre So Pretty - Charlatans (Lo Fi Mix Previously Unreleased)
- Troglodyte (Cave Man) - Jimmy Castor Bunch
- Ghosts With Teeth - Kid Acne
- The Snake - Al Wilson
- Mack Facts - New Flesh
- Holes - Mercury Rev
Release date: 2003-02-10
RRP: £13.99
Price: £34.78
Review Abstract Funk Theory - Lo Fidelity Allstars [VINYL] / Lo Fidelity Allstars:
Tracks You Know It's Hard
- You Know It's Hard [John Creamer and Stephane K Mix]
- You Know It's Hard [Boris and Beck Sinister Mix]
- You Know It's Hard [Boris and Beck Sinister Dub Mix]
- You Know It's Hard [Digital Assasins Remix]
- You Know It's Hard [Koma and Bones Gaping Axe Wound Remix]
- You Know It's Hard [Dub Pistols Dub Mix]
- You Know It's Hard [Dub Pistols Vocal Mix]
Release date: 2001-11-13
RRP: £6.99
Price: £11.95
Review You Know It's Hard / The Crystal Method:
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Tracks Dig Your Own Hole [VINYL]
- Don't Stop The Rock
- Where Do I Begin
- Private Psychedelic Reel
- Elektrobank
- Lost In The K Hole
- Get Up On It Like This
- It Doesn't Matter
- Setting Sun
- Block Rockin' Beats
- Dig Your Own Hole
- Piku
Release date: 1997-03-31
RRP: £24.99
Price: £19.53
Review Dig Your Own Hole [VINYL] / Chemical Brothers:To follow up their bombastic 1995 album Exit Planet Dust, the Chemical Brothers fine-tuned their bombastic beats and produced a rock-solid pop album (pun intended). Dig Your Own Hole finds the common ground between rock & roll and techno, both in spirit and substance. Singles like "Block Rockin' Beats," "Elektrobank," and "Setting Sun" (featuring vocals by Oasis's Noel Gallagher) may lack the big hair and pomposity of rock music, but they make up for it in spades, with sampled and real guitars battling for space with sirens and distorted hip-hop drums. The album reeks of pure enthusiasm and energy, evoking a crowd-pleasing exuberance that makes Dig Your Own Hole a Back in Black for the late 1990s. Pure stadium techno. -Matthew Corwine.
Tracks On the Floor at the Boutique
- Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2 - Bassbin Twins
- Discositdown - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
- Michael Jackson - Fatboy Slim
- Apache
- Can You Feel It - C.L.S.
- I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) - Christopher Just
- Everybody in the House - Buzzthrill
- World's Made up of This and That - Deeds Plus Thoughts
- Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Clockwork Voodoo Freaks
- Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim
- That Green Jesus
- Psychopath - Hardknox
- Give Me My Anger Back
- Phun-Ky - DJ Tonka
- Acid Enlightment - Aldo Bender
- Because I Got It Like That - Jungle Brothers
- Forget It - Cut & Paste
- Break In - Cirrus
- Post Punk Progression - Cut La Roc
Release date: 1999-05-19
RRP: £16.99
Price: £11.73
Review On the Floor at the Boutique / Fatboy Slim:
Tracks Come Get It I Got It
- Effectin' - The Free Association
- Gossip - Cyril Neville
- Intro - David Holmes
- House Music - The Free Association
- Purple Haze - Johnny Jones And The King Casuals
- Mama Soul - Harold Alexander
- Sweet Songs - Jujus
- Nobody - Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford
- Start Of Something - The Free Association
- Sugarman - Sixto Rodriguez
- Sounds Phoney - The Free Association
- Tom Cat - Muddy Waters
- The Monster - A Fascinating Musical Experience
- Strange Happenings - Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers
- Salut La Dolce Vita (Pt 1) - The Free Association
- Don't Believe A Word - The Free Association
- Country Girl - The Johnny Otis Show
- Why? (Am I Treated So Bad) - The Staple Singers
- This Could Be Your Sister - The Free Association
- Make It Real - Betty Adams
- Up Above The Rock - Ray Bryant
- Ode A L'affaire - Andre Perry
- Stars And Rockets - The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
- Don't Mess Hair - The Free Association
- Salut La Dolce Vita (Pt 2) - The Free Association
- Herbstplatte '69 - Valentin Mehler's
Release date: 2002-04-16
Price: £12.99
Review Come Get It I Got It / David Holmes:Swiftly becoming Hollywood's cinematic composer of choice, the Belfast-born wonder-DJ David Holmes dusts off his record box for this first release on his own 13 Amp label, Come Get It I Got It. Featuring a sublime selection of obscure R&B, soul and funk alongside Holmes' self-penned material (under the guise of Free Association), it's an intriguing and eclectic romp with some of the 1960s and 1970s greatest unsung heroes. More vital than his Essential Mix 98/01, Come Get It. kicks off with the gorgeous acid-tinged folk of Rodriguez's "Sugarman", before unleashing the raw soulful delights of Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford's "Nobody" and Betty Adams' fervent "Make It Real". Infectious experimental funk comes courtesy of the Johnny Otis Show's "Country Girl" and Cyril Neville's "Gossip" while Muddy Waters' masterfully delivers growling psychedelic blues on "Tom Cat". But the highlight has to be the absolutely hilarious, eccentric and bizarrely sexy cover of "Purple Haze" by Johnny Jones and The King Casuals, a favourite in Holmes' DJ set since he was 15, its camp genius is irresistible. Tied together with the sample-heavy retro-chic of Free Association, this is the soundtrack to one highly sexed, drug-fuelled, occasionally disturbed but genuinely joyous lifestyle. -Christopher Barrett.
![Review Death in Vegas / Dead Elvis [CASSETTE]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412Q8G5HGHL._SL160_.jpg)
Tracks Dead Elvis [CASSETTE]
- Sly
- Opium Shuffle
- 68 Balcony
- I Spy
- Rekkit
- Dirt
- Twist & Crawl
- Amber
- GBH
- Rocco
- All That Glitters
- Rematerialised
Release date: 1997-09-16
RRP: £6.99
Price: £23.61
Review Dead Elvis [CASSETTE] / Death in Vegas:A milestone in the evolution of British big beat, Dead Elvis shunned the speed, cocaine and amyl nitrate-inspired sounds of its peers for music that suggested the effects of opium or barbiturates. Not that there's anything sluggish about it; rather, it's heavy-lidded and dosed with dub for a profoundly narcotic effect. It's hard to pick stand-outs from a record of such overall high quality, but "Dirt", with its abrasive guitars smeared across a juddering bassline and a bowel-quake of a drumbeat, is truly a thing deserving of awe. "GBH" also does a fair job of living up to its title, in a lively two-step kind of way; and the overtly psychedelic "Rekkit" and "Rocco" probably sound just as good, and much the same, played backwards. -David Bennun.
![Review Bentley Rhythm Ace / For Your Ears Only [VINYL]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BXMKT8VWL._SL160_.jpg)
Tracks For Your Ears Only [VINYL]
- Lot Of Stick (But Not Much Carrot)
- Busyness Mans Lunch
- Barry Normal Eyes
- Summer Song Blue
- Ride Your Sleigh
- Jim'll Twist It
- Duckweb And Fishlip
- Madam Your Carriage Awaits
- Theme From Gutbuster
- T Spot
- How'd I Do Dat
- Do The Christmas Rush
- Kenny Beats
Release date: 2000-05-08
Price: £13.99
Review For Your Ears Only [VINYL] / Bentley Rhythm Ace:
Tracks Setting Sun
- Setting Sun [Radio Edit]
- Setting Sun [Full Length Version]
- Setting Sun [Instrumental]
- Buzz Tracks
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.25
Review Setting Sun / The Chemical Brothers:
Publisher: Sony
Price: £4.99
Review Star 69 / Fatboy Slim:
Publisher: Mastertone
Release date: 1998-03-30
RRP: £6.99
Price: £9.95
Review Star Profiles / The Prodigy:
Tracks Surrender
- Let Forever Be
- Sunshine Underground
- Got Glint
- Dream On
- Surrender
- Out Of Control
- Orange Wedge
- Under The Influence
- Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Music Response
- Asleep From Day
Release date: 2008-06-02
RRP: £20.99
Price: £14.39
Review Surrender / The Chemical Brothers:
Publisher: Umvd Labels
Release date: 2001-08-14
Price: £4.99
Review Name of the Game [12" VINYL] / The Crystal Method:
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Tracks Surrender [MINIDISC]
- Let Forever Be
- Orange Wedge
- Sunshine Underground
- Got Glint
- Music Response
- Under The Influence
- Out Of Control
- Dream On
- Asleep From Day
- Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Surrender
Release date: 1999-07-26
Price: £16.99
Review Surrender [MINIDISC] / Chemical Brothers:The Chemical Brothers released their third album with their status as one of the UK's most exciting bands unassailable. Surrender, managed to enhance their already burgeoning reputation, drawing on the talents of a formidable array of celebrity collaborators including Missy Elliott, Oasis' Noel Gallagher and Bernard Sumner. The Brothers shifted their attention away from hip-hop breaks towards more traditional 4/4 beats, but their unique blend of visceral energy, inventive melodies and eclectic samples remained unaffected. "Out Of Control", featuring the fragile vocals of Sumner, sounds like New Order on stronger drugs, before erupting into a groovy, guitar-studded monster not dissimilar to many of Underworld's offerings. The fairytale chords and Oriental chimes of "Sunshine Underground" provide a refreshing change in direction, while Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue makes a refreshing appearance on the psychedelic rock finale, "Dream On". Surrender is a deeply satisfying album from a band who grow from strength to strength. -Ed Potton.
Tracks Charlie's Angels 2000
- Wall Of Death
- Charlies Angels 2000
- Charlies Angels 2000
- Charlies Angels 2000
- Escape To Beyond The Planet Of The Super Ape
Release date: 2000-11-27
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.90
Review Charlie's Angels 2000 / Apollo 440:
Publisher: Jive
Release date: 1999-08-17
Price: £4.99
Review Come in Hard [12" VINYL] / Hardknox:
Publisher: TOSHIBA
Price: £10.94
Review Crash! / Propellerheads:
Tracks You've Come a Long Way Baby - Australia
- Gangster Tripping
- Build It Up, Tear It Down
- Rockafeller Skank
- Acid 8000
- Kalifornia
- How Could They Hear Us
- Right Here, Right Now
- Love Island
- You're Not from Brighton
- Fucking in Heaven
- Praise You
- Soul Surfing
Release date: 1999-01-12
RRP: £22.99
Price: £5.38
Review You've Come a Long Way Baby - Australia / Fatboy Slim:Biographers of Norman Cook should look no further than the title of this-his second album under the pseudonym Fatboy Slim. From humble beginnings as the bass player in prole rock band The Housemartins, through chart-topping fame with Beats International, and even a spell scraping a meagre living from writing computer game soundtracks in the early 90s, Norman Cook has done it all. You've Come A Long Way, Baby, though, is the Fatboy's culmination; the quintessential, and utterly essential big-beat album. "The Rockafeller Skank" is a manic collage of surf-guitar looped into ever-tightening spirals; utterly simplistic, but a work of devilish genius. "Gangster Tripping" and "Fucking In Heaven" are in a similar celebratory mood, but to prove that the Fatboy doesn't always work by a formula, try the purloined gospel of "Praise You", or the rave nostalgia of "Acid 8000". It's seldom poetry, but dumb dance music doesn't get much better. -Louis Pattison.
![Review Bentley Rhythm Ace / Theme from Gutbuster [CD 1]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C0XVHZHGL._SL160_.jpg)
Tracks Theme from Gutbuster [CD 1]
- Say Hello
- Theme From Gutbuster
- Do Your Mints
- Theme From Gutbuster
Release date: 2000-05-15
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.55
Review Theme from Gutbuster [CD 1] / Bentley Rhythm Ace:
Tracks Better Living Through Chemistry
- Santa Cruz
- Give the Po' Man a Break
- Next to Nothing
- Going Out of My Head
- First Down
- Everybody Needs a 303
- Sound of Milwaukee
- Punk to Funk
- Song for Lindy
- Michael Jackson
- Weekend Starts Here
- 10th & Crenshaw
RRP: £23.99
Price: £22.49
Review Better Living Through Chemistry / Fatboy Slim:
Tracks Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
- Ya Mama
- Drop the Hate
- Mad Flava
- Weapon of Choice - Bootsy Collins, Fatboy Slim
- Demons - Fatboy Slim, Macy Gray
- Song for Shelter - Roland Clark, Fatboy Slim, Roger Sanchez
- Sunset (Bird of Prey)
- Love Life - Fatboy Slim, Macy Gray
- Talking Bout My Baby
- Retox - Fatboy Slim, Ashley Slater
- Star 69
Release date: 2000-11-07
Price: £13.99
Review Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars / Fatboy Slim:Fatboy Slim has come a long way since his debut album, Better Living Through Chemistry, saw him bring big beat to the masses. His first offering of the new millennium, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars was his most ambitious project to date. Married life and impending fatherhood seemed to have made the original party animal grow up, and this was reflected in the new and improved sound-the banging floor-fillers being replaced by a more refined and adult sound, as he teamed up with Bootsy Collins and Macy Gray to bring a fantastic blend of funk and soul to the dance floor. His collaborations with Macy Gray are two of the standout tracks-"Love Life" and "Demons" effortlessly combine funky fluid beats and Macy's distinctive vocals with fantastic results. Jim Morrison even pops up, providing the haunting looped sample for the first single to be taken from the album-"Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Purist fans of his previous output won't be disappointed by his change of direction, as tracks like "Ya Mama" and "Mad Flava" are instantly recognisable as vintage Fatboy Slim-big of beats and samples. The sound of a man growing old disgracefully. -Helen Marquis.
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Abstract Funk Theory - Lo Fidelity Allstars [VINYL], You Know It's Hard, Dig Your Own Hole [VINYL], On the Floor at the Boutique, Come Get It I Got It, Dead Elvis [CASSETTE], For Your Ears Only [VINYL], Setting Sun, Star 69, Star Profiles, Surrender, Name of the Game [12" VINYL], Surrender [MINIDISC], Charlie's Angels 2000, Come in Hard [12" VINYL], Crash!, You've Come a Long Way Baby - Australia, Theme from Gutbuster [CD 1], Better Living Through Chemistry, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars |
