Music Post Q1&Q2/09

Hello music lovers,

May i present you the first official posting of my new Music Post Qx.
Content of this regular posting, based four times a year, is to provide
you some critics about latest but also older music releases.
....it´s fun and interesting, so check it out....

Here are the albums for Q1 & Q2 2009:

Röyksopp: Junior
Genre: Electronic
Content: Amazing smooth vibes on their 5th album release. This extraordinary Norwegian band has supported since 2001 the intenational Electronic scene. A must for many but not for everyone. Release date, 2009.
Good for: Background music; dance floors.
NotGood for: Music fans who deny that electronical music is existing.


The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die!
Genre: Big Beat
Content: Power! Yes, that´s how we like it! Nothing new but who cares...the album rocks!!! Release date, 2009.
Good for: Any dancefloor which allows far more than 130db penetration! (Airports?)
NotGood for: Guys who think they are too old for this world!


U2: No line on the horizon
Genre: Rock/Pop
Content: Disappointement comes up if you expect more than they produced ever before. It is a nice U2 album, but unfortunetaly just nice! Release date, 2009.
Good for: Background music for U2 fans and people who heard about U2.
NotGood for: Old school U2 who are still bleeding on Sunday!


Various: Hands on Scooter
Genre: Everything
Content: Well, lots of you will read the name Scooter, get some goosebumps and close the blog. Stop! Wait! Listen, i promise you if you want to experience this album, then you´ll start to be interested how bad the original songs were sounding! Terrifying amazing! Special notice to the remix of "Klostethaler-Friends", it is beer tent compatible! Release date, 2009.
Good for: Parties with a touch of aggression and lots of alcohol...Apres Ski?
NotGood for: Scooter haterz, they will never understand the ironic part of it.


Beck: Modern Guilt.
Genre: Alternative/Rock
Content: Nice job! Groovy parts, floating parts and destructive parts combined to a new intellectual journey into music. Release date, 2008.
Good for: Alternatives who think they know more than Nirvana.
NotGood for: Background music on a party where nobody even knows the song "Loser"!


Deichkind: Arbeit Nervt
Genre: Electronic
Content: "Germans try to f*** the dance floor", and nearly succeed in! Amazing powerful beatz with a touch of hardcore. Though they didn´t forget to commercialize it, with "Urlaub vom Urlaub", "Luftbahn" or Arbeit nervt". But, better than anything before! Good development, Release date, 2008.
Good for: Workoutz; dance floors where exchange of sweat is not a tabu!
NotGood for: Maniacs; overworked white-collars workerz!


The Streets: Everything is Borrowed
Genre: BritHop
Content: Difficult to descirbe. On the one hand, the voice...English. On the other hand, the beatz are like US Hip-Hop but though it has something British.
Mr Voice expesses the music. Get yourself an impression, you might like. Release date, 2008.
Good for: Pubs; parties were the percentage of british natives is high; parties in general where a high per mille level of alcohol in the blood is the goal of the evening.
NotGood for: Suicide tendenced people; in general poeple who are in anger with Britain.


Laibach: Volk
Genre: Independent
Content: What shall i say? LAIBACH, you love them or you hate them! This Album is from my point of view one of their absolutely best projects they ever realized. Remixing national anthems, such as the one of the US, the Russian, the Japanese, or Italian, (and many more) is most unique at least in that way! And the way is a perfect synergy between finest soft voices and hard Laibach vocalz&beatz. There is something goosy in that music! Release date, 2006.
Good for: Special moods; patriots with a touch of fetish.
NotGood for: House warming parties, cause there might occur national conflicts.


Shantel: Disco Partizani.
Genre: Folk
Content: Balkan vibes rulez! Nobody can tell me that any other music has more temper than the music from the Balkan and its surroundings...Brass it!
Good for: (Disco-)Partizani; People who are ready for lots of dancing and Rakija!!!!
NotGood for: Ćevapčići & Ražnjići haters!


De-Phazz: Godsdog
Genre: Electronic
Content: In the mood for holidays? Check this album! Electronical Trip-Hop mixed up with Drum´n´Bass beatz and everything messed up with finest latin & soul vibes.
Great Music from 2000 and still worthy to listen.
Good for: Background music, dance floor, cocktail bars, or just simply for dreaming.
NotGood for: People who cannot enjoy!

If you have any feedback please comment.Thanks!

Greetz,
Jochen