{"id":710,"date":"2007-09-27T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2007-09-27T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T15:18:38","slug":"the-kings-of-electro-compiled-and-mixed-by-playgroup-and-alter-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"the kings of electro &#8211; compiled and mixed by playgroup and alter ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a superb 2 cd set compiled by  <STRONG>playgroup<\/STRONG> (aka <EM>trevor jackson<\/EM>), and <STRONG>alter  ago<\/STRONG>.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">while there are message boards rattling about the  validity of the varied tracklisting being strictly electro, or, more to the  point, that the acts included are <EM>kings of electro<\/EM>, these 2 cds make  for a great way to pass a couple of hours with the dipping of its toes into the  era when electro based hip hop was fun, and the music was all about the party  and not the sales. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">subsequently, when <STRONG>gary numans<\/STRONG>  melody for classic <EM>cars<\/EM> surfaces during <EM>just rock<\/EM> by  <STRONG>fearless four<\/STRONG>, or the grey cell kick start you have&nbsp;due to  the appearance of <STRONG>whodinis <\/STRONG>party stomper, <EM>magic&#8217;s  wand<\/EM>,&nbsp; (produced by <STRONG>thomas dolby !)<\/STRONG>&nbsp;you just  know that after a few spins you are going to be wanting to dig out those old  <EM>electrosounds<\/EM> tapes hidden in the attic and revive the lost art of body  poppin&#8217; in your living room.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">maybe.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as cd1&nbsp;is a <STRONG>playgoup<\/STRONG> set,  with trevor jacksons depth of knowledge, it is to be expected that there are  going to be some leftfield turns and sure enough, the dropping in of unusual  choices&nbsp;by pop munchkins <STRONG>deee-light<\/STRONG>, (the forgotten  brilliance of <EM>what is love), <\/EM>or the synth-pop overload of  <STRONG>visages<\/STRONG> <EM>pleasure boys, <\/EM>you do wonder about the  criteria laid down prior to the compiling of the set. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">still, its a fine mix full of fun and shoulder  padded excess.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, over on the second disc, <STRONG>alter ego  <\/STRONG>goes for a much more purist&nbsp;spin on the genre with a lack of pop  thrills, and more&nbsp;focus on the love of analogue machine manipulation, with  a definite nod towards the techno based side of the coin, and the morphing of  the genre&nbsp;into the darker grooves of the original minimal acid house noise  that eminated from chicago.&nbsp;with this in mind,&nbsp;<STRONG>alter ego  <\/STRONG>provides <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the pummelling synths of  <STRONG>plastkman <\/STRONG>and<STRONG>&nbsp;kenny larkin,&nbsp;<\/STRONG> the  blinding bleeps of <STRONG>robert hood&nbsp;<\/STRONG>and&nbsp;surprises coming  eyebrow raising additions, <STRONG>mu <\/STRONG>(an old <EM>output records<\/EM>  act formed by dance guru <STRONG>maurice fulton<\/STRONG>, good to see nepotism  is alive and well !)<STRONG>, <\/STRONG>and the mainstream dance collective,  <STRONG>chicken lips.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">each disc in the set&nbsp;has&nbsp;been given a  definite direction in mood and style :&nbsp;party or purity. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the difficult choice is all yours as to which one  to love the most.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.thekingsofseries.com\/Kingsofelectro\/\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a superb 2 cd set compiled by playgroup (aka trevor jackson), and alter ago. while there are message boards rattling about the validity of the varied tracklisting being strictly electro, or, more to the point, that the acts included are kings of electro, these 2 cds make for a great way to pass a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","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=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}