{"id":407,"date":"2007-01-16T23:10:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T22:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2007-01-16T23:10:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T22:10:04","slug":"devils-gun-pop-levi-outputmessage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"devils gun, pop levi, outputmessage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>devils gun &#8211; <\/STRONG><EM>raising the  beast<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a 6 headed live monster currently roams the live  circuit readying itself for the forthcoming summers festival season. taking  elements from breakbeat, acid house, and rock music they scour the record shops  for old <STRONG>freestylers <\/STRONG>remixes to make sure that they have the  combination of head banging noise and dancefloor rhythms are intact. people have  used names such as <STRONG>basement jaxx <\/STRONG>when describing this entity.  pah. this is old school <STRONG>leftfield\/prodigy<\/STRONG> excellence that  will&nbsp;please the throbbing masses.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">this debut single comes with a couple of remixes,  but the noise is all the same, rave chants over a rock-dancefloor  killer.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.devilsgun.co.uk\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>pop levi<\/STRONG> &#8211; <EM>sugar assault me  now<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">lots of alt.pop cooler-than-thou-references get  ticked by this new troubadour that has been given a dedicated <EM>ninja  tune<\/EM> imprint, <EM>counter music, <\/EM>on which to release his music. facial  hair excess, glam chords, and a tune heavy song that could really catch on if  given the necessary radio play. while the press release goes on about the mans  life journey so far (<STRONG>ladytron<\/STRONG>, california excess) this means  little when a song plays on the radio, and in that respect, the three versions  that are supplied, along with some new versions of songs that appeared on pops  debut ep are a well executed homage to all things 60 psychedelic pop music.  sometimes guitars are full on and riffed up a la <STRONG>marc bolan<\/STRONG>,  and others the vibe (man) is all mellow and <STRONG>donovan<\/STRONG> like. the  so called <EM>power mix <\/EM>of the lead track strips away the melody and  thrusts the echoed drum to the fore, a perfect slice of metal guru guitar action  that&#8217;s worthy of plenty of spins irrespective of the spreadsheet love thats  going to be forthcoming, and <EM>part 2 <\/EM>ups the fuzzed up layers to a level  that would make the dandy warhols proud. along with the lead track, the ep  features <EM>hollywood versions <\/EM>of several other tracks from the  forthcoming album, making <EM>from the day that you were born <\/EM>a rather  special lennon styled piano song that should win over any loved up  smoochers.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.poplevi.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>outputmessage<\/STRONG> &#8211; <EM>someill  ep<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">fantastic 5 track remix ep on which the best track  of last years <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/melodic\/outputmessage.html\">nebulae  <\/A>is given some more love and attention. considering that the album appeared  on <STRONG><EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM><\/STRONG> end-of-year list for those that  asked, i have to say this release is the perfect icing on the cake. the sublime  <STRONG>kraftwerk<\/STRONG> melodies&nbsp;and simple production emphasises the  point that all the protool sythpads mean nothing if you aint got a tune, and in  this case <STRONG>outputmessage<\/STRONG> most certainly does. so what of the  extras for those that need to know these things. well, the second version is  massaged into shape by hipster pleasing label mates <STRONG>working for a  nuclear free city <\/STRONG>who strap on a welcome fat and warm bassline and make  the track just stand large and proud in a swathe of echo and dub effects  resulting in total woofer devastation. in a perfect world these 2 bands would  collaborate until the end of time. things don&#8217;t stop there however, next there  is <EM>marcheurs de sommeil <\/EM>which involves <STRONG>my robot friend  <\/STRONG>and includes sweet harmony rich electropop vocals over some  classic&nbsp;vince clarke styled synths. swoon? to fucking right i did, and then  some. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the so called <EM>american pop band remix <\/EM>is  one for fans of epic swooping electronic noises and <STRONG>tangerine  dream<\/STRONG>, and the final <STRONG>person <\/STRONG>version may just be a  little too brittle and cold&nbsp;considering the past 15 minutes of sonically  enhanced warmth.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, for the <STRONG>wfanfc <\/STRONG>version  alone, this ep is essential.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.melodic.co.uk\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">stay tuned.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">mark e<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; devils gun &#8211; raising the beast &nbsp; a 6 headed live monster currently roams the live circuit readying itself for the forthcoming summers festival season. taking elements from breakbeat, acid house, and rock music they scour the record shops for old freestylers remixes to make sure that they have the combination of head banging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}