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The Go! Team
This extraordinarily hyperactive Brighton, UK collective take remix culture and mash-ups to an extreme, all for the goal of fun, fun, fun. The Go! Team write and perform a significant portion of their "samples" and describe themselves as "an international 50/50 boy girl split" with guitars, two drummers, keyboards, bass, an MC, and "fucked up harmonica."
The first time I heard from cuts off of Thunder, Lightning, Strike I wasn't a believer. It's too crazy and nonsensical and busy, I said. It's giving me a headache, I said. Turn this off please so I can hear myself think, I said. But eventually, after enough listens, I finally came around. It may take a while to wrap your head around the Go! Team, given the sonic chaos they create at times. They do a fabulous job of combining the adventurous spirit of Sonic Youth meeting the feel-good vibes of Jackson 5 and sugary Saturday morning cartoon themes. Hip-hop, funk, electronica, soul, and bubblegum pop, all thrown into a blender, served up extra smooth with an infectious exuberance: these are your superhero theme songs for the modern age. The Go! Team are here to rock the microphone (and you, you stuffy disbeliever), so please, stand back, and let them.
The Go! Team - Ladyflash
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart
The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
The Go! Team official web site. Buy Thunder, Lightning, Strike from iTunes Music Store or via import on Amazon.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 02.28.05 at 4:47 PM
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