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From the Cradle to the Rave

Shit Robot

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Album Review

With fond remembrance for the days when acid house reigned supreme, 20-year veteran, pal of the DFA crew, and former resident DJ at the Save the Robots club Marcus Lambkin finally released his first album in 2010. Relying on scenesters like Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, the Make-Up's Ian Svenonius, and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Nancy Whang (also of Juan Maclean) to keep the songs relevant, From the Cradle to the Rave is overtly retro, dating directly from the mid-‘80s to early ‘90s. Elements of Technotronic, Bizarre Inc., Bananarama, and Yaz pop up amidst the hearty 4/4 kick, synth strings, digital Steinway, handclaps, and gurgling bass grooves, as well as the all-encompassing classic techno of Detroit, Chicago, and Germany. Appropriation is the name of the game, so there are few musical surprises in the 39-year-old's veteran beats. The main shocker is that Lambkin never tries to sound the least bit pertinent, but instead holds on stubbornly to yesteryear on this dated but fun throwback to 12" singles.

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Genius

Five stars just for the album name !

you gotta.....

love s**t robot... and this album does so much justice to the effort he puts into making good sounds....and now seeding the vocals into that. Marcus knows a thing or three about eclectic dance/punk/electric and you can hear that from wrong galaxy all the way to now. This album is not a simple 'electronic' or 'dance' album.... its wider - the linking to DFA is always nice for those of us who have grown up with that great label. The nods to his previous instrumentals are all here but the departure into pop (yes, pop) is welcome as it is unexpected. i like to think Marcus smiles at that.

I wanted to write a review last year...but i took my time as you should with all great albums

I think I once read that marcus listened to Killing Joke...taking that early punk industrial stuff and crafting punk, synth, acid, electro, dance....pop.....who could ask for more ?

complaint : do more - c'mon please do more.

right - gotta feed the kids, bye.

DFA dancefloor destroyer

Am a big fan of most things that James Murphy and DFA put their names to, and this is one of the best. Chock full of squelchy synthesisers and chunky beats, and with a good sense of humour, From The Cradle... is an album I keep coming back to. Tuff Enuff? and Take 'Em Up are probably my favourite tracks.

Biography

Born: Ireland

Genre: Electronic

Years Active: '00s, '10s

In the early ‘90s, Dublin, Ireland native Marcus Lambkin moved to New York, where he ingrained himself in the club scene as a DJ with a number of residencies. It wasn’t until 2006, however, after he had moved to Stuttgart, Germany and aligned with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy for a party dubbed S**t Robot that he began producing and remixing under that name — a reference to Murphy’s poor drawing skills. From April 2006 through March 2010, Lambkin released four left-field house singles —...
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  • £5.99
  • Genres: Dance, Music, Electronic, Rock, House
  • Released: 17 September 2010
  • ℗ 2010 DFA Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music

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