Off the Map

'64 - '95

May I highly recommend to you the newest release from the UK electronic-based Lemon Jelly, '64-'95.

3 tracks from the album have Airedale been making rounds on British airwaves and DJ club sets all over Europe, notably "Only Time", "The Shouty Track", and "Stay with You".

The whole album is themed together as a trip from 1964 to 1995 - with the main sample from each track ripped from a record released it's corresponding year. As ever, Lemon Jelly's sampling and spinning is both exciting and witty. I've had to catch myself from exclaiming out loud a number of times while listening to this disc on my iPod around Regensburg (from amazement at a new-found riff, peak or scratch). If you're not already familiar with Lemon Jelly, their Lemonjelly.ky CD is one of the best electronic-based around (meaning that many of the pieces are organic, but mixed and combined electronically, with added beats and turntable magic). We're not talking about *Umpfh Umpfh Umpfh* Techno music here.

The overarching emotions captured on '64-'95 are notably more emotional and less whimsical than previous albums - the climax in "Come Down on Me" reminds me of the guitar-heavy music from the movie Snatch (played during the Fire scene). This is a stark contrast in feel (though not in quality) to a song from an earlier album with the lyrics "All the Ducks are Swimming in the Water, Fah la la la la la".

You can put this one on repeat.

www.lemonjelly.ky

posted by Jason @ 1:41 am