DJ Kicks

Kid Loco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 19, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B0000206AJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,024 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Despite the fact that most of the featured artists in the DJ-Kicks mix CD series are usually not DJs, they're producers, the compilations stand out as the best collections of dance music for both the purist and the uninitiated. Kid Loco's addition to the series is no exception. Like other chill-out artists--Kruder and Dorfmeister, Smith & Mighty, and Thievery Corporation, who have each released DJ-Kicks discs--listening to Kid Loco's mix is more like getting a musical history lesson and less a journey through fantastic technical skills. Loco deconstructs his musical influences into an equally dreamy and varied hour that includes artists as different as Underworld, DJ Vadim, Boards of Canada, and Lisa Germano. --Tricia Romano

Product Description

Paris Resident DJ And Producer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS WHAT I CALL RELAXING, March 14, 2000

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"vondele" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

I am a black female, and this man makes me want to leave my job, lounge in my favorite recliner, drink several martinees, and feel beautiful. This album is sensuous.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant, December 12, 1999

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vadim's dog (moscow) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

This album has to be experienced. Kid Loco merges heavy beats, ethereal ambience, and avant-garde jazz seamlessly. I'm not sure how much he actually modified each of these tracks from their original state, but even if he left them unchanged, his choice of songs, their order, and the transitions he provides would still be proof of his genius. Each track leads into an unpredictable yet somehow smooth follow-up, and just when you think Kid has reached his climax he brings the intensity back. Not just a "booty" or a "pothead" album (although it could certainly be put to those uses), "DJ-Kicks" transcends all boundaries and can be savored on so many levels. The casual listener will find a mix of sensual ambience and head-bopping beats. Yet it will reward the close listener for hearing the clever samples, delicate layering of sounds, and the breathtaking transitions.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hazy instrumental hip hop from the Parisian producer, May 29, 2000

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

Kid Loco is a relative newcomer as a professional DJ, the opportunity springing up initially from his success as a producer and remixer of laid back tunes. This mixed set of songs reflects both his eclectic taste in downtempo or psychedelic instrumental hip hop (as the CD aptly labels it), and a competent skill of track blending. The result is an album that stands above his "Jesus Presents..." collection and upholds the quality of the DJ-Kicks series.

The CD begins with a clever little intro, "Don't You Know I'm Loco," then really starts with the slow beats and India chants of "Om Namah Shivaya," a melancholy tune that works even if ethnic vocals aren't your thing. It turns to a series of hazy hip-hop instrumentals predominately off the Ninja Tune label, but thankfully lacking the label's signature too-lazy abstract jazz/funk sound. The highlight of the bunch is DJ Vadim's "Theme From the Conquest of the Irrational," followed by the equally stellar "Introspection" by Jazzanova. The album now begins to take a turn for the worse, as the odd, male off-key chanting of "Dark Soul" is unsettling, and is followed by the bagpipes (!) mixed into and screwing up the subdued guitars of Underworld's "BlueSki." But order is quickly restored on subsequent tracks (with the jarring exception of the painful horns and chanting of "Attitude Adjuster") and ends with Kid Loco's exclusive "Flying on 747."

The scoreboard: there are a few clunkers amidst the 18 tracks you get, but it's as consistently a dreamy-smooth set as you'll find, and without rappers getting in the way. For those who want a mix that's relaxing but not lethargic, or who want to try his best domestic release to date.