- Artist
- Elektrons
- Label
- Wall Of Sound
- Release date
- 20th August 2007
- Genre
- Dance
Manchester’s Unabombers get hot and sweaty on promising debut of floor-filling collaborations
DJs Justin Crawford and Luke Cowdrey are big names in Manchester. Aka The Unabombers, their Electric Chair night has become a clubbing institution, thanks to a dirty underground vibe and "anything goes" merging of house, soul and hip hop. The pair also released three excellent compilations, cribbed from their club night playlists, called Electric Soul. Now, as Elektrons, Crawford and Cowdrey have attempted to fuse their club culture influences into a collection of original material featuring hand-picked guest vocalists.
So far, so Basement Jaxx – and it is this outfit’s dirty basement party atmosphere that Red Light Don’t Stop pleasingly echoes. Album opener Get Up, with Soup from Jurassic 5 bringing LA hip hop glamour to its euphoric ghetto funk stomp, sets the sweat-soaked, genre-fusing agenda. Elsewhere, both Hurry On Down and Be With You update the British nu-soul template of the Eighties, Classic Cliché with Mpho Skeef boasts a sunshine R&B flavour while Don’t Give Up’s squelchy house bounce and soulful wails scream floor-filler. Admittedly, this debut lacks the catchy melodies to rival Remedy but for pure dance energy, it’s a green light all the way.
More to try: Basement Jaxx: Remedy The Chemical Brothers: Push The Button Leftfield: Leftism Stanton Warriors: The Stanton Session
