Editorial Reviews
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Music Review
Foot to the Floor Hardcore [Import]
Concertos for Brass Instruments
Music: Immortality [CD-single]
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack] [Live]
Head Hunters [Original recording remastered]
Franck and Huybrechts: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
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Sure, Gorillaz sounded original, but it was a pop project with all the constraints that went with it--can you imagine the six-minute remixed version of "Clint Eastwood" making it onto MTV? But that's exactly what makes Laika Come Home so good. It's a reimagined collection filled with bone-shaking dubscapes and enough reverb to transmit a message to the farthest edges of the universe. Listen to the "De-Punked" version of "Punk" with its meandering, decayed trumpet and computerized tweaks--hardly recognizable as the original--or the swinging old-school ska that crops ups on "5/4." The two-tone skank of "M1/A1" (with Terry Hall) sounds as if it should have been the original version, but the real killer tracks are those injected with dancehall vibes by DJ U Brown and Earl 16. Who says "you don't get paid for doing what you love?"--not Damon Albarn. --Caroline Butler
Album Details
Tearing Through the Hype, the Gorillaz have Supposedly Employed Three Remixers to Give their Debut Album a Jamaican Old Skool 'dub' Stylin'. Hence, the Personae of the 'space Monkeyz'. Includes a Six Min. Dub of 'clint Eastwood', a De-punked Version of 'punk' and Guest Vocals Brought in for the Proceedings from Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy Three, Colourfield), Dancehall Vibes from U-brown and Earl 16. A Further Chapter to the Phenomenon of the Gorillaz Saga. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.