Oi Oi Oi

by

Boys Noize

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This is one of the best and well rounded electro albums I've heard in a while. For the most part it holds a pretty good consistency from start to finish... for me the crowner being "Oh!" which I can't seem to get enough of.

It's packed with a lot of raw energy and solid beats. Sometimes it can get repetitive, but as a whole I think it's really well done and the type of thing that DJs should be spinning at clubs. It's a really original sound that never lets up... he's already remixed artists like Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, Bloc Party, and others... he's definitely going to hit the scene really big soon.

I'm not sure what else to say... it's a great album. Probably one of the best electro albums in the past few years.

You know how everyone who doesn't enjoy dance music says it's repetitive and uncreative? Well this album is a perfect example of just that. As a DJ I've become very particular about what's considered good dance music and what isn't. Now I'm not saying that Boys Noize (terrible name, terrible album cover) is bad, it just isn't anything you haven't heard before. On this release you'll hear it more times than you need to. Nearly all the tracks on this album are too long, terribly repetitive and quite honestly rather grating. The groove in many of the songs is almost there but then just fails to deliver. All the retro arcade sounds, robot voices, distorted digital guitar and vocoder effects just can't save this album from mediocrity. These tracks are good for about 1-2 minutes tops in between or with other mixing but that's about it. My track ratings;

1. & Down 7/10

2. Lava Lava 6/10

3. The Battery 5/10

4. Oh 7/10

5. Let's Buy Happiness 7/10

6. Arcade Robot 6/10

7. Deny Selected 3/10

8. Shine Shine 5/10

9. Vergiftet 6/10

10. Superfresh 6/10

11. Wu-Tang (The Battery pt.2) 4/10

12. Don't Believe the Hype 6/10

13. Frau 9/10 (I really liked this track, most likely because I've heard used repeatedly in Justice sets)

14. My Moon My Man 2/10

Boys Noize please step away from the vocoder and retro sound effects and try to put a little less generica into your tracks. The potential for some amazing tracks is there but never seems to come to fruition. The whole release feels like a failed attempt to emulate Justice, which in this instance there's no comparison.