ARTiST: Hexstatic
TiTLE: When Robots Go Bad
LABEL: Ninja Tune
GENRE: Electronic
TiME: 50:13 min
SiZE: 70,1 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-22-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jul-10-2007
WEBSiTE: www.hexstatic.tv
Track List:
01. Red Laser Beam 03:29
02. Roll Over (Ft. Sabirajade) 05:07
03. Tokyo Traffic 04:20
04. Freak Me (Ft. B+) 03:55
05. Prom Night Party 04:12
06. TLC 04:20
07. Move On (Ft. Profisee & Ema J) 03:59
08. A Different Place (Ft. B+) 03:56
09. Subway (Ft. Profisee) 03:24
10. Lab Rat Interlude 02:48
11. Newton's Cradle 03:48
12. Newaves 03:09
13. Bust 03:46
Release Notes:
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. Its such a euphoric opening that its
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 Ladds "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 - "Newtons
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.