Chances of survival

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…

Comments

[Lee Smith]

I've been enjoying the MIA album for the last few weeks. It's really sweet. Her and Falko are way underrated here IMO.

[Brophy]

cool, just got it today, must check it out... liked your mix by the way:)