Author: SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE

Features:

• SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE MUSIC

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 22-02-2000

Details: Amazon.ca American band in post-dance electronic pop shock! Yes, not since the days of Deee-Lite has anything come out of the States so alternative, so... European. This is funky lounge music, reminiscent of Smoke City at their best, and very clearly Portishead-y in the Bristol group's more mellow moments. The four members of the Los Angeles-based group trace their roots to Iran, Puerto Rico, Japan, Hawaii, and Ireland, which explains their lack of adherence to conventionality. Balearic techno, hip-hop, drum and bass, and lounge music are all mixed together in a potpourri of offbeat digital exotica. The production has been compared to that of William Orbit on Madonna's Ray of Light album, and that's not an unreasonable touchstone. The three lead tracks ("Never The Same", "Goldigger" and "Last Girl On Earth") are powerful slow burners. My advice: turn the lights off, light your incense (or whatever), and let them knock you over. After that, the Supreme Beings succumb to a musical malaise of their own lethargic making (inevitable, really, given their name). After the openers, there's a lack of bite in their sound that leaves a hole. It becomes low-fat music: it tastes right and looks right, but just isn't as satisfying. The Supreme Beings have made strong use of the Internet to promote their album, actively giving away some of their first songs as MP3s as a means of getting them off the ground. And here they are, ready for take off. If they can summon up the energy. --Jake Barnes Product description Supreme Beings Of Leisure ~ Supreme Beings Of Leisure

UPC: 660200200626

EAN: 0660200200626

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New