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I'm tired of hearing that they arent new.

Ive read a lot of reviews saying that SMD, Justice, etc etc are rehashed dance music, daft punk wannabes, and that Aphex Twin, and u-ziq already did it but better. First off, Aphex Twin and u-ziq are weird. Theres no two ways about it. They may have been pinoneers in electronic music, but they ventured into the musical equivalent of the north pole. Its cold, eeire, and not that many people want to live there. SMD is like going to downtown Los Angeles. Yeah theres a lot of things similar to it, its a little dangerous, and its not for the faint of heart, but its still pretty amazing! And guess what? It doesnt matter if SMD or Justice are riding on the coatails of Daft Punk. Because theyve out done them. I would rather listen to SMD over Daft Punk anyday. Am I going to burn in hipster hell now? So all you experimental, IDM, glitch lovers, why don't you go listen to some Burial and let the rest of us party!

Simultaneously innovative and derivative?

I'm not going to deride this album as totally uncreative. The production aesthetic is dark, textured, and funky...and now that "glitch" and "IDM" have introduced to producers of dance music an entire universe of experimental sounds and styles to reference, dance music such as this has grown to become marginally more interesting and sophisticated of late. And so this album stands out as hip and forward-thinking, in contrast to its many club and dance music contemporaries, but as derivative and safe, in contrast to the more daring experiments conducted by artists in the current, and even the past, underground of electronica. The underlying compositions themselves seem to take us on a trip through the same house and disco landscapes through which we've been travelling since the 1970's, and which now imprison us mercilessly at almost every gay club on earth. SMD has the power to create both cerebral and evisceral music, but I'm somewhat disappointed that they focus their energy on mostly derivative, maintream dance music. Their are some nasty, funky jams to be found here, but the antics grow tiresome upon extended listening. Like Jackson and His Computer Band, SMD tips its hat both to the tried-and true formulas of funk, disco, and house, and to the insane headtrips of IDM...all just a little too self-consciously.

ADSR is pretty cool

I give ADSR four stars because I don't listen to enough of this type of music (electro/clash dance) to give it a full 5-star review, BUT I will say this I was pretty impressed with this album. It sat in my shopping cart for like a month, but eventually I just bought the damn thing. I like Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, BT, Gorillaz, groups of that nature and this was indeed something much different then all of them. At the same time, I'm a pretty hudge fan of electronic music in general. I had heard "I Believe" on the internet radio and decided to check these guys out - Not something I can listen to every day but ADSR is undoubtedly cool, and Simiam Mobile Disco definitly proves there talent here.

Biography

Formed: England

Genre: Dance

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Producers/remixers James Ford and James Shaw formed Simian Mobile Disco in 2005, following their departure from the experimental electronic rock band Simian. The two had originally formed Simian with singer Simon Lord and Alex MacNaughton in the late '90s. Not content with their roles in the band and wishing to indulge their longtime interest in electronic dance music, the two latched onto DJ gigs while touring with the band. Eventually, the duo split from Simian and dubbed themselves Simian Mobile...
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