Customer Reviews

Metro Area

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I'm a 70s/80s child...Growing up in the days of roller skates, break dancin', parachute pants and jerry curls. Metro Area's CD brought back a lot of fund memories of yesteryear with a whole new flava. This baby is "JAMMIN'"--to use an old 80s vernacular. I wasn't impressed at first sample, but after reading the reviews online, I decided to give it a try. The boys of Metro Area mixed the old with the new in a very stylistic way! And although they haven't reinvented the wheel so to speak, they have flawlessly mastered this style of music by making it sound fresh and reminiscent of days gone by via the use of hand claps/finger snaps, drum machines, disco gurgles and synthesizers. This is clearly a CD meant for the dance floor, but this baby can really be played anytime--Just try not to bop your head, shake that thang, or tap your feet to this one! Every song is a stand out track and a DJ's fantasy! "FUNKY FRESH!"

I was turned onto metro area by listening to a nude dimensions CD(Caught up). I must have listened to this song 40x in a row. When I bought their album I swear when I say that I listen to it every single day and if Im not listening to it I am playing it in my mind. This is THE BEST CD I HAVE EVER PURCHASED! Its got great bass and mixes genres like disco, 80s pop, house, and funk. If you dont buy this cd and pass this on to ten other people bad things will happen to you.

This is the stuff we used to be made of. These songs are just your very basic old school house instrumentations. But done to perfection. About 75% of this record will make you smile or just dance. I ride to it in my car and nothing can touch me. I am just cruisin'. You know? Its all good.
I gave this record a four because not every single song on this CD is excellent, but there is nothing on here that isn't listenable.
Check this CD out.
If you like any old school music - you will love this.

I just tore up my cubicle at work HULK style cause the music is so ...good. It's been a while since a cd has gotten me so hyped and after seeing Metro Area live at Joe's Pub in NYC I love them even more. Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani the producers and musicians responsible for putting together this album are bringing together various influences. You can hear hints of New Order, 70's disco and early 80's funk. If you can catch them live don't miss out and if you do slap yourself!

The sort of music that needs to be felt, more than heard. The clear influence of disco makes Morgan Geist just more than the electronic musician he was on his early Environ releases. Transcending the limits of a bedroom studio, Geist has created what is one of the best dance-floor records. Let Miura take the pain away.

It's the funkiest thing I've ever hear. Sounds very old skool and kinda like mega man video game music. Never thought I would buy music that was made either on the keyboard or computer. Sounds good though. They have one song on my nude dimensions cd. Thats's how I knew who they were. I never expected that they would sound like this though. The cd gets better every time I listen to it. Every track is bumpin and can be mixed with anything. I could even imagine a dude rapping on those funky trax.

Borrowing the musical stylings of the 70s and 80s, Metro Area's self-titled debut is a fine flavour of old-school/new-school disco, married to create an amazing, unadulterated sound. Influenced by old disco, R&B, Soul and 70s pop, this cd will bring you back to the days of rollerskates, bell bottoms and Jeri curls. Highly infectious and heavily thumping, Metro Area is sure to make you want to break out those old dance moves.

This is the stuff we used to be made of. These songs are just your very basic old school house instrumentations. But done to perfection. About 75% of this record will make you smile or just dance. I ride to it in my car and nothing can touch me. I am just cruisin'. You know? Its all good.
I gave this record a four because not every single song on this CD is excellent, but there is nothing on here that isn't listenable.
Check this CD out.
If you like any old school music - you will love this.

Metro Area is a rolling beat beast which seems to get its material from the 80s dance scene, minus the cheese. It is catchy, head-bobbing, and will stick in your brain for a while, much to your joy. Its the soundtrack to a life lived on martinis, gambling, and lights on the strip. If you like to go out and have a good time and you have even the slightest tolerance for 80s music, then you have to have this. It changes things.

Blippy electro-disco from Morgan Geist (one of the forefathers of the movement) and his partner-in-crime Darshan Jesrani under their moniker Metro Area. The tracks display nice blend of different elements, from deep house to Chicago-style disco house (with a extended stay in Detroit). The clear and unabashed love of funk (listen to the tootling voices on "Miura" or the old-skool rhythms on "Soft Hoop") also add a sense of fun. There's also a polished smoothness (like on "Machine Vibe" and "Orange Alert"). The simplicity of the songs both adds to their charm and makes them difficult to differentiate from one another, but still, for your late night pleasures, you'll want to make a visit to this metro area.