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Publisher: Shock Records

Mon, 12 February 2007

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by: Australian Ninja

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Another day, another Buttonhole music review. At this point you think I would have some clue about reviewing music, but alas I do not. So read on and be confounded by my nonsensical ramblings.

Mekon Presents 'Something Came Up' is an album of fast paced, bass heavy electro beats. I'm an amateur when it comes to knowing what 'genre' of music a particular band or album falls into. However I'm an expert at knowing what I like. In fact I can pretty much tell from listening to only ten seconds of any piece of music whether I like it and if I want to hear more from the same artist.

And that brings me to 'Some Thing Came Up' [SCTU]. It is an enjoyable album. I've lost count of how many times I've listened to it so far. I'm not familiar with the artists, but I just keep listening to it as often as I can.

Electronic music is so diverse these days that it almost defies any kind of categorisation. With that in mind SCTU is mostly fast paced, bass heavy high energy electro music, also known as 'big beat.' Personally I get a real charge out of this kind of deal, if you're sleepy you better not be listening to this album or like Lionel Richie you'll be up all night, all night long.

If you enjoy the artists from say Two Tribes '06, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Fat Boy Slim or Junkie XL then you will likely enjoy this album.
All of these artists produce music with attitude and then some. The
type of music that keeps you up at night like a paranoid insomniac with bad foot odour. Not that I know anyone like that - no really I don't - who have you been talking to? What have you heard?

Of all the tracks on SCTU, around half have lyrics and the other half don't. This is pretty typical of electro music. The vocals are from various guests, but again I don't know who they are - so don't ask me. What I do know is that they all do an excellent job on this album.

Truthfully, SCTU is an album that grows on you. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. With this genre of music, you can't really talk much about it; you need to feel it in your body.
I guess there are those who like electro / dance music and those who loathe it, and then there are people who may listen to it occasionally in clubs or what have you.
Personally I love listening to albums like this while playing games or working away on a review, and sometimes first thing in the morning when I'm feeling lethargic about exercising.

Mekon Presents. It's a music CD. It spins around very fast and produces sounds to stimulate and ensnare your consciousness into a hyper kinetic state of concentration some call 'trance.'
But not the kind of trance that hilarious 'Power of One' hypnotist guy on pay TV uses. The kind of trance where everything in the world goes a little faster, you feel the need to dance poorly and you act like you've just used your government rebate to consume 100 cups of coffee.

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'Mekon' reminds me why I'm totally addicted to bass. An excellent big beat electro album. I recommend it highly.