Day 0956 - Destroy Rock n Roll

Mylo "Destroy Rock n Roll" (2004)

The book heaps praise on Mylo, stating "Everbody loves Mylo" and in my usual contrary way I went in ready to hate it.    Truth be told it was okay though.   I wouldn't say I 'love' Milo, but I can certainly hear some value in what he does.

It's all upbeat dance music with an ear for pop.  A few of the earlier tracks have a kitschy sound that almost brings to mind St Étienne.

"Guilty of Love" and "Otto's Journey" have a bright, shiny 1980s pop vibe to them, while "Paris Four Hundred" feels like it would fit in alongside many of the big electro aritsts of the late-90s/early-00s.   

The title track seems to just be a spoken-word roll-call of different famous artists.   Kind of reminds me of a disco version of Tomahawk's "Harlem Clowns".   "Rikki" has a glitchy but still electro-pop sound, like a dance version of what the Shortwave Set would attempt with their "The Debt Collection" album a few years later.

Day 0452 - The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan "The Pleasure Principle" (1979)

Numan!   Stop eyeballing that pyramid.

Another synth-pop album that kind of heralded the sound that would come to rule the airwaves in the 80s. Numan's band consisted of drums, synthesisers, bass, and a viola... the last of which adds a touch of the organic to what can occasionally be an overly polished and dehumanised genre.

The cover too speaks of that move from flamboyant or macho scruffy musician in the 70s to a buttoned down, corporate look that a few bands opted for the following decade.

The track M.E (or a part of it) is the basis for the popular Bassment Jaxx song "Where's your head at", aside from that, I was familiar with the song "Cars".