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Hadouken! return with their second album, For The Masses, the follow-up to 2008's Music For An Accelerated Culture, their 100,000 selling debut album. For The Masses was recorded in Groningen, Holland with gilded Dutch electronic producers Noisia and is released on Hadouken!'s own Surface Noise Recordings.
For The Masses is a landmark modern dance-rock album that cements Hadouken!’s reputation as Britain’s most forward-thinking and dynamic young band. "We know what our fans want," says singer James Smith. "They want it hard and they want it fast. I want this record to sound good over a 1000 kilowatt sounds system or on a Nokia phone on the back of a bus. We don’t want to discriminate. We just want to make immediate contact."
For The Masses evolves the edge of your seat meld of twenty ton club rhythms, furious guitars and keen-witted 21st century lyrical journals located on Music For An Accelerated Culture by delivering ten tracks that are even harder, even louder, even more rhythmic and even more tightly focused than anything they’ve attempted before, or than anything else on offer by their contemporaries.
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HADOUKEN! For The Masses (2010 UK 10-track CD album - Recorded in Groningen Holland with gilded Dutch electronic producers Noisia For The Masses is a landmark modern dance-rock album that cements Hadouken!s reputation as Britains most forward-thinking and dynamic young band. For The Masses evolves the edge of your seat meld of twenty ton club rhythms furious guitars and keen-witted 21st century lyrical journals located on Music For An Accelerated Culture by delivering ten tracks that are even harder even louder even more rhythmic and even more tightly focused than anything theyve attempted before or than anything else on offer by their contemporaries. Includes the singles M.A.D and Turn The Lights Out)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is amazing in its simplicity. It basically relies on three aspects. Firstly James Smith spits out his vocals with unbridled venom unlike anything you have heard from him before. The singles `Turn the Lights Out' and `M.A.D' were just a hint of what he has in store on this album. `Ugly' is the prime example of how much the vocals and the lyrics bite, but another vicious example can be found on `Mic Check'.
On top of this new level of aggression there is a serious addition of some very raw baselines and excessively energetic drums. `Bombshock' demonstrates both very well and is a really strong track that will guarantee a few bruises and ringing ears when it is played live. Elsewhere opener `Rebirth' offers up bass like a statement of intent and more violence to come, whereas `Play the Night' offers a devastating break after saw like guitars introduce the track in ominous style.
Throughout the album there are also some really nice synth sections which have grown in their maturity from the simple yet effective Nintendo influenced offerings of the first album. Throughout the aspect of the music is used principally as a supporting rather than leading section, but in that respect it is very important. Too many things competing for attention would detract from all of them. The synths are therefore used to add to depth, flow and variation to the tracks, which is a very effective trick. One track however that has a very strong synth section is closer `Lost' which has moments of scratching and fidgeting synth that push and drive the track but it then is used to ultimately end the album in a calm and euphoric manner.
The highlights in my opinion are those tracks which balance all these aspects well. `Evil' is impressively intense and it seriously kicks if you are not ready for it. `Ugly', `Mic Check' and `Play the Night also offer all three in various excessively energetic forms.
If the first album was a rave then this is a riot, and there's no escaping once you press play. Some mention must also be made of Noisia's influence on the production but it really is Hadouken's triumph in the end. This is the future of dance-rock and it couldn't really sound much better.
On top of this new level of aggression there is a serious addition of some very raw baselines and excessively energetic drums. `Bombshock' demonstrates both very well and is a really strong track that will guarantee a few bruises and ringing ears when it is played live. Elsewhere opener `Rebirth' offers up bass like a statement of intent and more violence to come, whereas `Play the Night' offers a devastating break after saw like guitars introduce the track in ominous style.
Throughout the album there are also some really nice synth sections which have grown in their maturity from the simple yet effective Nintendo influenced offerings of the first album. Throughout the aspect of the music is used principally as a supporting rather than leading section, but in that respect it is very important. Too many things competing for attention would detract from all of them. The synths are therefore used to add to depth, flow and variation to the tracks, which is a very effective trick. One track however that has a very strong synth section is closer `Lost' which has moments of scratching and fidgeting synth that push and drive the track but it then is used to ultimately end the album in a calm and euphoric manner.
The highlights in my opinion are those tracks which balance all these aspects well. `Evil' is impressively intense and it seriously kicks if you are not ready for it. `Ugly', `Mic Check' and `Play the Night also offer all three in various excessively energetic forms.
If the first album was a rave then this is a riot, and there's no escaping once you press play. Some mention must also be made of Noisia's influence on the production but it really is Hadouken's triumph in the end. This is the future of dance-rock and it couldn't really sound much better.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Originally from Leeds - destined for the World,
Hadouken! make a big noise and manage it well.
This talented five-piece comprise : James Smith/vocals;
Daniel Rice/guitar+synth; Alice Spooner/keyboards;
Christopher Purcell/bass+synth and Nick Rice/drums.
Together they have imagination, flair and energy aplenty.
The ten tracks which comprise their second album
'For The Masses' would, with little doubt, have a
large dance floor audience on its feet in seconds.
This is blisteringly fierce rhythmic mayhem and it's fun!
Mr Smith is a fine front man. He possesses a strong
pair of lungs, the better to spit out the material's
abrasive lyrical ideas.
Crikey! It's hard to pick the winners out of this bag.
It's all good but the album's highlights would have to include:
opening track 'Rebirth', which bursts into the listening world
like an express train, bristling with dark choral confusion and
raw and rasping rhythms (I'm quite certain the synths have teeth!;
'House Is Falling', whose thundering riffs and yell-along refrain
are totally addictive (Mr Smith delivers his most musical vocal
performance of the set on this one); 'Mic Check' is a funny and
uplifting floor-filler; 'Bombshock' recalls The Prodigy at their
elemental best and the epic soundscape of 'Lost' concludes the
project on a hands-in-the air high.
This is primal stuff. Not for the faint-hearted. Life enhancing!
Essential.
Hadouken! make a big noise and manage it well.
This talented five-piece comprise : James Smith/vocals;
Daniel Rice/guitar+synth; Alice Spooner/keyboards;
Christopher Purcell/bass+synth and Nick Rice/drums.
Together they have imagination, flair and energy aplenty.
The ten tracks which comprise their second album
'For The Masses' would, with little doubt, have a
large dance floor audience on its feet in seconds.
This is blisteringly fierce rhythmic mayhem and it's fun!
Mr Smith is a fine front man. He possesses a strong
pair of lungs, the better to spit out the material's
abrasive lyrical ideas.
Crikey! It's hard to pick the winners out of this bag.
It's all good but the album's highlights would have to include:
opening track 'Rebirth', which bursts into the listening world
like an express train, bristling with dark choral confusion and
raw and rasping rhythms (I'm quite certain the synths have teeth!;
'House Is Falling', whose thundering riffs and yell-along refrain
are totally addictive (Mr Smith delivers his most musical vocal
performance of the set on this one); 'Mic Check' is a funny and
uplifting floor-filler; 'Bombshock' recalls The Prodigy at their
elemental best and the epic soundscape of 'Lost' concludes the
project on a hands-in-the air high.
This is primal stuff. Not for the faint-hearted. Life enhancing!
Essential.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I only post reviews on products/things I feel are exceptional, this is one of those album's that will have you listening to it exclusively for months.
I enjoyed every single song on the album, the combination of addictive rhythm, bass and aggressive lyrics makes for some of the best music you will hear to date. For me its a mix between Prodigy and older Pendulum songs. Unlike Pendulum though Hadouken dont rinse and repeat the same drum and tune in every single song. They clearly arent afraid to be original and try new things.
Main stream reviewers are giving this an average of 4 out of 10 stars, why? because theyre over analysing the lyrics. There's nothing wrong with the lyrics theyre just not deep and meaningful, and why should they be - if you want deep and meaningful lyrics then you're listening to the wrong genre. This is about feeling and it feels gooooooood.
I enjoyed every single song on the album, the combination of addictive rhythm, bass and aggressive lyrics makes for some of the best music you will hear to date. For me its a mix between Prodigy and older Pendulum songs. Unlike Pendulum though Hadouken dont rinse and repeat the same drum and tune in every single song. They clearly arent afraid to be original and try new things.
Main stream reviewers are giving this an average of 4 out of 10 stars, why? because theyre over analysing the lyrics. There's nothing wrong with the lyrics theyre just not deep and meaningful, and why should they be - if you want deep and meaningful lyrics then you're listening to the wrong genre. This is about feeling and it feels gooooooood.
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COMPLETELY OPEN MOUTH
WOW THIS ALBUM HAS LEFT ME A COMPLETELY OPEN MOUTH FOLLOWING A LINE DESTRUCTIVE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND IF YOU nth power 'LIKED THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT YOU DO NOT fall in love at... Read more
Published 1 month ago by roberto scappini
Kill robots to this album
I bought this album over a year ago and this is just me reviewing it. Its really good if you are looking for loudness and beats - quite melodic, too. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Alice Red
Didn't meet my expectations
I had really hard time trying to decide whether this is a
four or three star album. However, four doesn't seem
justified enough since there are so many good albums... Read more
four or three star album. However, four doesn't seem
justified enough since there are so many good albums... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Téému
love this
Saw Hadouken supporting Pendulum - enjoyed them live and bought this CD - no regrets at all. Love it.
Published 16 months ago by Helennoo
Supriseed? Yes I was!!!!
I will start off by saying that I'm NOT into the "Grime" scene in anyway. So when I saw the video for Turn The Lights Out on MTV2 I was was impressed and downloaded the song. Read more
Published on 8 April 2010 by R. Buckley
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