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Limehouse Link

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New electronica should not be so repetetive, and sound-spectrally-limited. There's always a good beat to keep one going, and the hooks are generally solid. Yet I often found myself thinking they stuck with them for just a few too many loops. There are still some inspriring tracks on here, but they scarcely eclipse mediocrity. Backstreet Love is a crime against humanity.

Mucho Macho have a nice original sound going. It appears that they make actual live drums sounds and then sample them (or maybe not, who can tell these days), along with predominant keyboard loops and usually a sample that becomes the theme of a song. This formula appears on many of the tracks, and works well.

Unfortunately the disc starts off on a bad note, with the mediocre strings and heavy beat of "The Octamed Tapes" which clashes with the vibe of most of the disc. Thankfully the next track is the breakout of the CD, "Rap is Really Changing" which features a high pitch sample and a scaling baseline along with other elements to make this one of the most enjoyable songs of 1999. "the Airport Freeze" has a tambourine-beat and a prominent keyboard throughout, similar to "Lightning" which also features vocal snippets. "Rockley Sands" is another definite hit, a springy number that features again a simple catchy baseline that gets you going with wobbly keys playing over it. "Surrender" has a chunky beat with a couple of keyboard rhythms that contrast well. "Skooby" has a neat sample and a faster bpm but doesn't do much. That also goes for "Hey Charlie," which is followed by the worst track "You will Burn" which is angry squelches to a fast beat- ugh.By now we're away from the fun tracks, and "Backstreet Love" is their only attempt at a typical song, with a moody female singing away; it doesn't really succeed. Finally "Declaration of War" features angry strings, some classic samples, and a pretty good beat.

This isn't a great disc, and the start and especially end are forgettable, but it does has have a good middle (tracks 2-7). If you want a few standout tracks for your personal mix tape or are just itching to buy something you will like this, otherwise you may want to look elsewhere.