Booka Shade has been around for a long long time. We're talking over a decade of cuts. Well 2008 marks the year of their 20th-22nd (?) release! and thats not counting all the remixes. In all fairness it will be the year of their third actual album...
The Sun And The Neon Light starts off very slow, with tracks like the title embracing 'Dusty Boots' and Junior Boys-esque 'Solo city'. I literally fell asleep. I wasn't sure whether or not I was dreaming when the gorgeous whispers in 'Redemption' picked up the pace and went full throttle into a very mysterious synth type drone. Still "Dreaming" I heard people making mention of "Booka Shade" as if to call my attention back to consciousness. Had I not heard these voices, waking up would have been inevitable due to the bumping, hand-clap laden, 'Charlotte'. Here we see Booka Shade actually standing the listener up and forcing them to dance.
Booka Shade - Charlotte
This is short lived however, as 'Charlotte' is followed by the subdued nature of the title track. Although the following 3 tracks reach for album stand-out 'Charlotte''s heights, they never quite get there, and we're left with more of what put me asleep in the first place: beautiful chastened electronics.
The album is good, but I'm really surprised at the lack of experimentation, as well as transition from track to track. Anyhow, Booka Shade will be sorely missed by the majority of us at FBM, as we most likely won't be seeing either of their only two west coast performances. (I, on the other hand, will in Chicago!)
Booka Shade's The Sun And The Neon Light is due out May 27th via Get Physical
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I was kinda thinking they would go this direction. ever since they remixed hot chips breakdown last year they've seemed like they changed. and the single they put out after that had a hot chip remix of darko. the albums pretty solid. but a little different than i'm use 2. but whateves its all good music!
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