Chances of survival
Maybe I was a little bit premature when I recently predicted the ‘death of the dance album’ in 2007: I’ve just heard that the often-maligned Loco Dice is putting out a full-length album later this year (post DC-10 season no doubt) and if it is a patch on ‘Harissa’, or follows the same abstract path that the Cadenza label that it was released on is embarking with Luciano’s new doublepack, then we’re in for a treat. After all, with Buttrich at the controls, it’ll be hard for Dice to go wrong. Then there is also the matter of M.I.A’s new album: not to be confused with the XL artist of the same name (although it is kind of confusing) M.I.A is one of the main people behind the excellent Sub-Static label. She’s been quiet on the production front over the past few years, but her comeback single, `Safe Night’, was bloody brilliant (and overlooked), merging plaintive female vocals with fractured rhythms and rumbling basslines. It was playable but strangely poppy, not in a shiny, happy Kompakt way, more in a dark and occasionally disturbing manner, a la Depeche Mode on smack. This is a roundabout way of saying that M.I.A has got a new album out on the label in a few months’ time, and if it is anything like ‘Safe Night’ or ‘Slap/Happy’, the split release follow up with Falco Brocksieper on the label, then my predictions of doom and gloom may be on shaky ground…
I've been enjoying the MIA album for the last few weeks. It's really sweet. Her and Falko are way underrated here IMO.
Posted by: Lee Smith | January 29, 2007 at 07:37 AM
cool, just got it today, must check it out... liked your mix by the way:)
Posted by: Brophy | February 07, 2007 at 01:29 PM