in the spirit of transparency i’ll come clean, in 2008\/2009 the influx of promo cds to ireallylovemusic<\/u> has become a trickle. however despite what you may think, such a situation is not all bad, it gives me time and space to rediscover music i actually want to invest my time and energy into.<\/p>\n
not only that, i rarely flex the power of the blog and go on the traditonal blag, however earlier this week i decided to do just that for the first time in ages.<\/p>\n
you see, following the recent lovefest for the rebotini<\/strong> album i tracked down the relevant people and asked if there were copies of the recent toob<\/strong> album given that it came out on the same label, process recordings<\/u>.<\/p>\n a matter of hours later and the cd was in my player making me a happy happy man.<\/p>\n released very quietly late last year, pull me, pull you<\/font>, is the duos second album, and according to the catalogue number, the 109th cd that process recordings<\/u> have released !<\/p>\n [after some thought, i remembered that the process<\/u> have picked up the output recordings<\/u> catalogue which just made it to #100 before calling it a day, so it looks like process<\/u> are continuing the story ..]<\/p>\n comprising of two blokes, rich thair and jakeone, the band make headphone friendly electronic pop music, with jakeone having a vocal style that provides mental connections to colder<\/strong> in the use of spoken\/sung disconnected moods, thus giving an indication as to the direction that the label hopes to go in, albeit in a more subtle nature as opposed to trevor jacksons media rattling overload game plan that he enjoyed while at the helm for output recordings<\/u>.<\/p>\n opening with a stylistic red herring in the shape of the sampledelica sunrise ibiza grooves of treetop frequency<\/font>, the albums first real highpoint kicks in with clipto, a delightful combination of <\/font>twisted sarcastic lyrical weirdness, thrustful punk-funk beat, 80s plastic horns, and a big fat bass line straight out of the shriekback<\/strong> catalogue, making this one a surefire dance floor filler should the right people get to hear it.<\/p>\n other highlights include the excellent atmospheric electro-throb of unsound skin<\/font> that has the same depth in sonic production as the best tracks by trentmoller<\/strong>, while maintaining a groove that would keep lovers of minimal electronic music popping, the ambient techno dub beauty of mr brown, <\/font>the 8 minute electro-disco of dervish angel <\/font><\/font>proving that toob<\/strong> have been checking out the deep sonics of people like swayzak.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n however, it’s when the guys dive into the history books (whether they realise it or not is a different matter) and exhume the aural reference points of jam science<\/font> era shriekback<\/strong> that really hit home with me, this unexpected treat is repeated on the twanged up offset (swamp mix) <\/font>with more of those bass lines, frustrated vocals, and an urgent need for pop related chaos.<\/font><\/p>\n then just as you think you have the album under control, a massive curve ball is thrown into the mix in the form of the acidic excess of by hand<\/font>. <\/p>\n after 2 and half minutes of excellent synth clash, comes that<\/u> old school hip hop beat – last sampled by dizzee rascal<\/strong> in fix up look sharp, it’s a mad moment, but one that works brilliantly.<\/font> <\/font>then, in a way that makes this feel like a proper album, they close the 55 minutes with another slice of trip hopped out, bleep happy ambient techno gorgeousness, the toob show, <\/font>after which the listener cannot help but feel warm and fuzzy.<\/font><\/p>\n all in all, had i heard this album when released, i would have definitely dropped in my end of year list for 2008.<\/p>\n more detail<\/u> : here<\/a> – – process recordings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" in the spirit of transparency i’ll come clean, in 2008\/2009 the influx of promo cds to ireallylovemusic has become a trickle. however despite what you may think, such a situation is not all bad, it gives me time and space to rediscover music i actually want to invest my time and energy into. not only 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