maandag 2 november 2015

360 records from 2000: 100. Fatboy Slim - Halfway between the gutter and the stars

100. Fatboy slim: Halfway between the gutter and the stars


Country: UK
Artist: Male solo artist
Career: recording since 1996
Language: English
Genre: Electronica


If I weren’t actively challenging my preconceptions, this is another one I would have never listened to. Brain-dead, pilled up, maximum impact emptiness, who needs it? I do now. But it turns out this is pretty intelligent stuff, the maximum impact stuff is leavened with subtlety and even beautiful passages. I’m not going to guess the amount of pills consumed (must’ve been some pretty bad quality stuff too), but it’s not the empty wasteland of meaning the video clips may have enduced you (me) to think. All in all, this is weirder, and at times darker, stuff than I expected. What do you say? It’s the record after the million seller that killed his reputation? That explains it then.


At its best: Sunset (Bird of prey), Love life, Demons, Song for shelter

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