The Chemical Brothers "We Are The Night"

Artist: The Chemical Brothers
Album: We Are The Night
Label: Virgin
Release date: 2 July 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Big Beat/Electro/Tech House

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Tracklisting:
01. No Path To Follow
02. We Are The Night
03. All Rights Reversed [Feat. The Klaxons]
04. Saturate
05. Do It Again [Feat. Ali Love]
06. Das Spiegel
07. The Salmon Dance [Feat. Fatlip]
08. Burst Generator
09. A Modern Midnight Conversation
10. Battle Scars [Feat. Willy Mason]
11. Harpoons
12. The Pills Won’t Help You Now [Feat. Midlake]
Total running time: 59' 50"

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[The Chemical Brothers - Open MySpace Standalone Music Player]

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[The Chemical Brothers - Do It Again - Video Clip]

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[The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar - Live @ Glastonbury 2007]

"Approaching their sixth album, the Chemical Brothers may have felt like James Murphy did on LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge - that "the kids" are coming up from behind. With young pups Justice and Digitalism currently white-hot in dance circles, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons have a lot to prove if they are to live up to what their album title claims. They do so brilliantly on Do It Again, a subterranean romp with east-London hipster Ali Love questioning his hedonistic pursuits; and the Klaxons hint that there will be life after rave as the new Blur on All Rights Reversed. On an album already steeped in psychedelia, it seems a given that The Pills Won't Help You Now will be about a bad batch of ecstasy; this Midlake collaboration is emotionally taut and heartfelt. With their reputations at stake, the Chems have conjured their most brilliant work since 1999's Surrender. Losing their edge? Not a bit of it." [source]

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Hexstatic "When Robots Go Bad"

Artist: Hexstatic
Album: When Robots Go Bad
Label: Ninja Tune
Release date: 2 July 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro/Big Beat/Funk/Hip Hop/Tech House

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Tracklisting:
01. Red Laser Beam
02. Roll Over [Feat. Sabirajade]
03. Tokyo Traffic
04. Freak Me [Feat. B+]
05. Prom Night Party [Hexstatic Remix]
06. TLC
07. Move On [Feat. Profisee & Ema J]
08. A Different Place [Feat. B+]
09. Subway [Feat. Profisee]
10. Lab Rat Interlude
11. Newton's Cradle
12. Newaves
13. Bust
Total running time: 50' 07"

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[Hexstatic - Open MySpace Standalone Music Player]

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[Hexstatic - Roll Over - Video Clip]

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[Hexstatic - Pulse (Dance Mix) - Video Clip]

"The dynamic duo, Hexstatic, return to the fray with "When Robots Go Bad," their finest album yet. Taking their electro obsession to greater heights than ever before, "WRGB" finds Robin Brunson and Stuart Warren-Hill mashing up sounds and influences in search of the ultimate machine groove.

From first track "Red Laser Beam" they lay out their wares - crunching guitar samples, huge drum box beats and enough synths to drown a nation beneath a sea of (sine) waves. It's such a euphoric opening that it's hard to imagine how they can keep the pressure up. First single "Roll Over" quickly lays any fears to rest. Featuring new vocal find Sabirajade, this is a swinging groove of heavily-layered keyboards and soulful, sultry vocals. "Tokyo Traffic" takes the tempo up again for an acidic, glitchy, serialist pop-locker of a tune that just about makes sense of the term "future-retro". "Freak Me" features B+, a female MC from Oz, who effortlessly rides a more minimalist, sexy, funky riff. Continuing the sexy theme, "Prom Night Party" is a complete re-work of a classic 'lost' track from Mike Ladd's "Majesticons" project. Electronic ode to love "TLC" gives the boys an opportunity to take the tempo right down, whereas "Move On" (featuring Edinburgh MC Profisee) starts to drive us forward again. B+ returns on "A Different Place", a floating electronic groove that shows she can do much more than rap. "Subway" is another tune for a new generation of breakers, Profisee offering a paen to underground music inspired by the forced fears of a nation. From "Lab Rat" onward the vocoder takes over - "Newton's Cradle," "Newaves" and the superb "Bust" offering an object lesson in the contrasting ways in which synths and drum boxes can be used to create superb, funny, funky, driving dance music." [source]

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