When I was approached to review an electro compilation I only had one simple wish, no La Roux. Their use of a female sounding (I know she's a woman) robotic voice over a sombre electro beat is a travesty in my eyes.
Luckily for me my wish came true, not a sign of Le Raoux on three CD's. Unfortunately as many a teacher told me in school, I always aimed too low and had no ambition. There was no La Roux but they found a lot of similarly weak tunes (I even use that word lightly) to fill out their mega compilation.
I put this album through a battery of tests. With results like this, Daz has nothing to worry about.
Stage 1 - My iPod and I - I listened to each on my iPod during my daily commute. Normally a few tunes in the morning energises me for the day ahead but not this time. Overly long breakdowns and enough cheese to fill a sandwich was my rapidly reached conclusion. It's like some sort of synth house compilation, lacking the filth factor that makes electro so enjoyable to listen to.
I do have a tendency to be a bit of a dance music snob so I thought, lets get the public involved and make this review a little more in depth.
Stage 2 - Mates and Plates - Had a couple of the lads around for dinner and decided to put this on as I had a captive audience. Not a great reception, tasteless and inoffensive unlike your dinner, were the mates' comments of the night by far. Nearly everyone agreed that have the word electro on the cover was slightly misleading.
Stage 3 - The Session - Post club party, my house, my tunes. That's normally how I decided what to play after a nightclub. This time Cream was voted off after less than twenty minutes by unanimous verdict. I am also normally very stubborn but this time I had to agree with the crowd.
Electro makes me think of Dr. Lecctroluy, DJ Hell, Erol Alkan, Jacques Le Cont, Dave Clarke (when he's in the mood) but not this.
No real bass, teenage disco vocals and leaning so far towards pop/house that it did not appeal to me at all. The Killers and Fatboy Slim remixes are amongst the low points but Deadmau5's and Kalvin Harris keep the flag flying for what could be classed as electro.
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