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Wronger Than Anyone Else

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In Flagranti is a gritty mix of sex and disco; choice samples off of dirty vinyl records and funky dance beats with an excellent array of vocalists. It's anachronistic in the best way possible. Half of the tunes sound like they were plucked right from the 70s, lost for four decades on the basement floor of some tiny record shop, and then rediscovered.

Interestingly, the "band" consists of a producer and a graphic designer. Following the Roxy Music model, the cover art and the general design image of In Flagranti is integral to the music and the artistic statement as a whole. In fact, the singles that will eventually make up the albums start out with the covers. Once the cover is designed, then the producer takes over crafting music inspired by the retro porn images. It is for this reason that owning In Flagranti music in digital form is totally unacceptable. You are literally missing half of the artistic work.

The music is strange; it is at once compelling and somewhat rudimentary. The production is primitive, but I believe this is by design. The songwriting doesn't adhere to the conventions of dance music in all cases - there are occasional shifts in tempo without warning, in the middle of songs, strange beat shifts, and abrupt transitions. The CD plays like an old mixtape, but with some glitches and some erroneous transitions.

The one thing this music is, is fun. The music is colorful and vibrant, sexy and salacious, up-beat and down-and-dirty. It's also not for those that are easily offended. There isn't a great deal of profanity or anything, but the general themes (as if you couldn't tell from the name of the band) are fairly adult in nature. It's a lot more subtle than, say, Lords of Acid, but it's definitely there.

In Flagranti doesn't really sound like anyone else out there. If you're an adventurous listener and you love unique dance music, check this out.

This CD is a collection of all the early In Flagranti 12"s released up until the release of the CD. I have all the tracks on vinyl which cost me a pretty penny ,but getting them all on one CD is amazing.