DJ-kicks

"It's not that Digitalism have changed up their approach here. At all. One dance generation's populist heroes always become elder statesmen when the next generation of sensation-hungry kids comes along to render their musical values out-of-date. On this DJ-Kicks, Digitalism seem plenty comfortable settling into that role, the thorough professionals rather than the one-time radicals, doing a job without offering many surprises along the way".

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"Digitalism's particular genius can sometimes be a bit too subtle here, but you can see it in the way they take a tiny vocal snippet from the end of "Brain Leech" and use it as a zombified dub segue into the more house-flavored "Summer." Also somewhat zombielike is Grauzone's "Raum [Ata's Extended Mix]," which features relentless clicky rhythm guitars, a two-chord progression, and an obsessive focus on the phrase "Ich habe angst" ("I'm scared"). But Digitalism's brilliance really comes to the fore on the previously unreleased original tracks offered here".

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