Leon Jean-Marie: ilikemusic because... It transcends. It really creates emotion with someone. That feeling it gives you, it goes through boundaries. To create something, it just breaks through all the walls. When you connect with a song, that is it, that is magic isn't it?
Ellen, Los Campesinos: ilikemusic because... It’s the best form of escapism that you can have wherever you are. You could be completely miserable or waiting for a bus and put on any song that inspires you and you can escape into a little world, well that’s what I tend to do anyway.
Kal Lavelle: ilikemusic because... it's cheaper than a therapist! ;)
Josh Ritter: ilikemusic because... It’s like an envelope that I can carry around with me wherever I go and I can unfold the letter at anytime.
robbie: ilikemusic because... my friends say its cool
Lyoko: ilikemusic because... i love dance, indie and urban genres!
Just Jack: ilikemusic because... I can’t explain why I like music!
Shabee Naqvi: ilikemusic because... it takes me away from the pains in life. It's the shoulder I cry on. It's the hug I crave for. It's the smile that lightens up my day...and it pulls me by the ear to a melodious heaven on earth.
Lalor: ilikemusic because... you can make it anything you needAttack, Decay, Sustain, Release is the debut album by Simian Mobile Disco - AKA Jas Shaw and James Ford. You might think an album where half of the team behind it is the producer for Klaxons or Arctic Monkeys would be a thrashing indie affair but James and Jas have made one of the electronic party records of the year.
From the jaw-juddering reworked vocal version of last year's underground anthem 'Hustler' to the pumped up hip house M25 rave anthem reborn that is current single 'Its The Beat' this album is one big gloriously debauched afterhours session in an electronics shop.
Formerly the drums synths and electronics end of the band Simian, James and Jas were already DJing and sending out some inspired eclectic mix tapes as Simian Mobile Disco even before they were inspired to get back in the studio and start producing the same kind of amped up punky mixture of electro, techno and rave they were playing at parties.
The result, after a couple of rapturously received one off singles on labels such as Kitsune is this album. The album that reconnects new rave with the spirit of its pill popping elder brother, a collection of songs that will appeal to dayglo kids clutching their Reading tickets as much as up all weekend clubbers booming their tickets to Ibiza. A record that revs up the dancefloor with indie attitude but an armful of immense breakdowns guaranteed to soundtrack your summer.
TRACKLISING
01. Sleep Deprivation
02. I Got This Down
03. It's The Beat
04. Hustler
05. Tits & Acid
06. I Believe
07. Hotdog
08. Wooden
09. Love
10. Scott
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