Word: albums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four beats, and in its repetition of catchy sing-along shout-along phrases. In recent years, the filtered French disco house sound of groups such as Daft Punk has been the dominant trend. Perhaps the best house record of 1999 has been Basement Jaxx's Remedy album, which goes back to the roots of house and still manages to achieve a fresh, futuristic sound...
...Funky Drummer" and those in Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache"), and throws in the squelch of the Roland 303 synthesiser, rock guitars, and whatever else fits. Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long Way, Baby or the Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole are both fairly well-known albums, but try the import-only Fatboy Slim mix album On the Floor at the Boutique vol. 1 for a nice demonstration of the range of songs that will fit into a big beat night...
...whole motivation for everything came from me thinking 'what would I want if I bought this record?' And if I'd bought my album and I'd gone to see it live, I would want some surprises, I would want to be entertained for a start, and I would want to hear alternative versions and slightly remixed versions, yet still be able to know the songs...
...about what it takes for a live dance act to succeed--tricky ground for so many artists before him. He wants to create a live act that audiences can relate to. He wants to be a star. He wants to conquer the American market with his '80s-influenced dance album Darkdancer. It seems to have worked somewhat: LRD recently claimed the honor of being the first act to ever play live at New York's legendary Twilo club. But before that, their Boston gig was one of the test grounds...
...same dance in the '80s) failed. In any case, it was the start of a show, all right. Lu Cont and Reynolds had chemistry and were having a laugh camping it up, shrugging their shoulders to the beat. In the background was a blown up version of his album cover, with lighting set to highlight lu Cont's flaming crimson hair. Jim Carmichael, the drummer, dressed in somber black, was the more sedate counterpoint to all that energy. Somebody had to hold down the fort, apparently...