Various - Digital Penetration 2

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3...according to our Brett on Fri 03 Oct, 2008.

BRIAN

Disco disco disco. If I were actually in a stable relationship with some nice bossy girl who wanted me to work off my well Northern lager & curry gut i'd only accept going somewhere as horrendous, pointless & sterile as a gym if I could listen to the new Digital Penetration 2 compilation on loop on my MP3. Brett hated this, probably thought it were the work of retarded gerbils with computers all e'd off their furry nuts an' that. Sporting rodentshades (tm) and UV leggings, these hairy ballbags make some very effervescent 8 bit style tunes that are stuffed to the cheeks with some great itchy post kraftwerkian melodies. They and their hamster mates go by crazy infant science names such as Metronomy, Glass Candy, Grabba Grabba Tape, Kap Bambino, Cleckhuddersfax, Groupgris, Late of the Pier and DJ Mendhi. There's reason to buy this bargain digi-psych rave comp especially as it's chocka with loads of fascinating remixes & demo versions. Rodentcore is well gibbering and dayglo, chomping at the bit, pissing in the straw of authority and shitting your face off with it's banging cyber rhythms. Well fucking futile.

BRETT

Right then, Digital Penetration Volume 2.. I've got to be honest, the tracks on this comp generally range from the almost bearable to the massively numpty. Expect lots of excitable broken Gameboy anthems verging on happy hardcore, a bit of Italians Do It Better sort of disco, funk tributes and an incredibly blatant Gary Numan takeoff from Late of the Pier. Cleckhuddersfax turn in a good performance though, they're a cut above most of what they've been surrounded with here. Other artists on here include Kap Bambino, Metronomy, Kavinsky, Glass Candy and Grabba Grabba Tape.. I'd like to tie most of them up in a big bundle and slap them with a giant hand made of kippers. Brian likes it though, the nutter.

The biggest and best bands about to take over in 2008, all under 1 roof, all for under £5.
Last year’s ‘Digital Penetration Vol. 1’ launched the careers of Klaxons, These New Puritans, Shy Child, Crystal Castles, Architecture In Helsinki, New Young Pony Club, Theoretical Girl, The Presets, Cut Copy and many more.
With 2007’s New Rave and Electro dead and buried and young music fans looking for the next wave to get excited about, ‘Digital Penetration Vol. 2’ heralds the next generation of bands and the sound of 2008 – there is a distinctly progressive and experimental feel, retro and pastiche are out the window and making way for the underground to come through and intelligent pop to reign supreme.
With home-grown talent like Metronomy, Primary 1 and Late Of The Pier creating the new indie / electro / pop crossover scene on their own terms, 2008 is going to be a fantastic year for British music.

Kap Bambino ‘Neutral’
Metronomy ‘Hear To Wear’
Late Of The Pier ‘Space And The Woods’
Kavinsky ‘Testarossa Autodrive’
Duchess Says ‘Black Flag’
Slagsmalsklubben ‘Kasta Sten’
Fashion Flesh ‘If You Go To Rome’
Cleckhuddersfax ‘Buses’
Friday Bridge ‘It Girl’
Twisted Charm ‘Socialite’
(Happy To Be Best Fwends Remix) The Bubonic Plague ‘Nonsense Nonsense’
Primary 1 ‘Hold Me Down’
Fryars ‘Chocolate’
Ungdomskulen ‘Surf's Up’
Glass Candy ‘Lovin' Machine’
Kania Tieffer ‘Get Flunky!’
Groupgris ‘Your Eyes’
DJ Mehdi ‘Signatune’ (Thomas Bangalter Edit)
Grabba Grabba Tape ‘Bué Da Fixe’
Professor Murder ‘Free Stress Test’