{"id":644,"date":"2007-07-12T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2007-07-12T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T13:57:39","slug":"pepe-deluxe-spare-time-machine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"pepe deluxe &#8211; spare time machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>having been pointed in the direction of this new  album by several well respected people, i eventually succumbed once i heard the  mad opening track, <EM>the mischief of cloud six, <\/EM>on the radio.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as prior to hearing this revelation in genre  stretching pop, i was one of those people who just lumped the band in with their  previous one hit status. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you know the score, this is the band that had a  track of theirs soundtrack a <EM>levis jeans<\/EM> advert, so naturally  everything they release&nbsp;is surely no longer worthy of anybodies attention  ?<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>unmitigated rubbish, and an opinion for which i can  but apologise.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you see, for this 3rd album, the well connected  finnish duo ( i&#8217;m sure one of them moonlights as a journo for a website here and  there), along with a&nbsp;whole host of guest appearances,&nbsp;threw away their  well trodden samplers, and set forth to scour the planet, and a few others i  suspect, for old original studio equipment that allowed them to recreate mind  altering sounds and styles long assigned to the late night playlist of radio  2.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so gone are the tired loops and samples, and in  comes 60s psychedelic pop, 70s prog excess, sky reaching melodies, and a myriad  of surreal weirdness&nbsp;that only the brilliant alterego of xtc,  <STRONG>the&nbsp;dukes of stratosphere,<\/STRONG> would be able to fathom  out.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>basically in the space of 10 tracks the listener is  taken on a wonderful and yet very listenable journey through space and time,  revisiting the twisted psych pop of <STRONG>pink floyd, <\/STRONG>(syds era of  course), <EM>nuggets <\/EM>styled garage beat pop, the drawn out meanderings of  the <STRONG>moody blues<\/STRONG>, off the wall lounge music, and so much more  besides, with even a nod towards the most 70s of all bands, <STRONG>led zeppelin  <\/STRONG>in the hammond organ and guitar chaos that is <EM>go for  blue.<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the result is a funny,&nbsp;mad, and a truly  wonderful album that will have you hitting the replay button far more than you  ever expected. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>oh and for more fun(k), the sleeve art totally  makes the real world version essential as opposed to getting this via any mp3  options.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.pepedeluxe.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>having been pointed in the direction of this new album by several well respected people, i eventually succumbed once i heard the mad opening track, the mischief of cloud six, on the radio. as prior to hearing this revelation in genre stretching pop, i was one of those people who just lumped the band in 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