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December 29, 2004
It just sounds weird
Day three of "Stuff Laura dropped off at my house recently" week brings us Super Furry Animals, a group I know absolutely nothing about. (Well, one unfortunate thing I learned is that their fans apparently refer to them as "The Furries".) The particular album Laura dropped off is Phantom Phorce, a remix album featuring the likes of Weevil, Mario Caldato Jr, Four Tet, and Boom Bip, as well as several other artists that I also know absolutely nothing about. (There are days when I'm glad almost nobody bothers reading this stuff.) The first mix is a bit Kid Loco-ish; the second veers into nice IDM; the third highlights the apparently stellar vocals of the band in a very satisfying, over the top mix; the fourth is sky high uplifting and totally yummy, and that's that.
Super Furry Animals - Father Father (Boom Bip mix)
Super Furry Animals - Sex, War And Robots (Wauvenfold mix)
Super Furry Animals - Cityscape Skybaby (Minotaur Shock mix)
Super Furry Animals - The Piccolo Snare (Four Tet mix)
Posted by Scotto at December 29, 2004 09:00 AM
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Not a huge expert on the topic, but the Super Furry Animals get RAVE reviews in the mainstream press, and nobody seems to be able to work out why they're not absolutely super-famous. It could be something to do with the whole being Welsh thing.
Even the Manic Street Preachers aren't household names...
Posted by: Dubber at December 29, 2004 01:45 PM
interesting... i forgot to mention that the remix album comes with a 3 song EP that proved to me that it wasn't just the talents of the remixers making that music so good. they are definitely of the yum and their entire back catalog is now taunting me from my wish list.
Posted by: Scotto at December 29, 2004 01:53 PM