Blue Brain » dance http://www.bluebrain.net Multimedia, Technology & Tasty Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:59:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God http://www.bluebrain.net/2009/05/mstrkrft-fist-of-god/ http://www.bluebrain.net/2009/05/mstrkrft-fist-of-god/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 19:11:52 +0000 Grant http://www.bluebrain.net/?p=234 MSTRKRFT - Fist Of GodMSTRKRFT (pronounced “Master-craft”) are an electronic music group from Toronto, Canada. Fist Of God is their second album, following up their first album The Look
which was released in 2006. Fist of God is a high energy slap in the face of electronic, pop and rap vocals. This is not your grandma’s techno album. Featuring guest rappers Lil’ Mo, NORE, E-40, Ghostface Killah & Freeway just to name a few.

Keep in mind this album is dance music so don’t expect deep thought-provoking intelligent lyrics, the music is the main focus. Sadly you can’t help but notice that a lot of the songs on this album have a near identical sound to them, so about 4 tracks deep into listening you might find yourself feeling like this whole album is just one long techno track.


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There are a few tracks where they dial it down; Heartbreaker featuring R&B star John Legend who has a great voice, but the song itself is a little stale. Ghostface Killah is featured on the track Word Up, but you feel like his lyrical talents are somewhat wasted as he has no verses; they simply play samples of him shouting things like “word up”, “do it hard” and “this is how you do it”.

Some tracks I actually enjoyed were the opening track It Ain’t Love. Also Bounce, 1000 Cigarettes; and Click Click featuring a great appearance by rapper E-40. Is this album innovative or groundbreaking? No. However MSTRKRFT is still in a league of their own within the genre and there are some good songs on this album. It’s worth checking out.

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I first discovered Röyksopp when the HBO series Entourage featured a remixed version of their song “What Else Is There”. Junior has been described as a mix between the styles of the two previous studio albums, Melody A.M. and The Understanding.

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Junior has a unique sound; the 11 track album display a variety of moods and wide range in tempos. The tracks I enjoyed the most are the following:

“Happy Up There” the first single, a great upbeat song with a “summertime” vibe to it.

“The Girl and The Robot” is the second single, an up-tempo song featuring vocals from Swedish singer Robyn.

“Vision One” very gritty electronic beats & great vocals from Norwegian singer Anneli Drecker.

“Miss It So Much” an electropop lullaby with very soft lyrics by Swedish indie-rocker Lykke Li.

The bottom line is if you’re a fan of electronic music you will no doubt find something you like on this album. I find I can listen to this album top to bottom only skipping a couple tracks. Check this one out, it’s a great listen.

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For more information on Röyksopp visit their official website.

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