Hoovertronic

Following a couple of comments about the Micronauts track in my optimistically titled 'mix', I thought I might dig out another record of theirs. And it took some digging! I've just spent about an hour on my knees, flicking through vinyl & scratching my head!

But eventually it turned up, after I stupidly forgot about my French section. For yes, these are yet more of our Gallic friends and neighbours. No scene-jumpers these though. They first turned up at about the same time as Daft Punk (1994?), and indeed their first single (Get Funky, Get Down) featured a blinding Daft Punk remix. They were also constantly being talked up by The Chemical Brothers - back when their opinions seemed to matter.

Well I say 'they', however looking at their entry in discogs it seems some time in 2000 the pair went their seperate ways. Judging by this 2004 release, the 'Anarchie' EP, it was because Christophe Monier discovered a stash of white gloves and glowsticks. It's the most ravey-davey record i'd heard in years.

I can't say I really like it that much - it's almost comically hard and cheesy in places. However it just retains the right amount of Mentasm to remain good. Definitely worth a listen though for the ridiculous hoover build-ups (the beginning is fantastic!).

THE MICRONAUTS - HIGH RISE

Listening to it reminded me very stongly of a mysterious 1-sided record I bought years ago (1992?). It carries on it no information except for the title ('The Siren'), and a phone number that I seem to remember was supposed to be of a Belgian siren factory. And it's basically the Micronauts record pitched to -8.



THE SIREN - THE SIREN