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The Nextmen's 2007 album, This Was Supposed To Be The Future, heralded a more organic, song-based direction for production duo Dominic Betmead and Brad Ellis (aka Dom Search and Brad Baloo). Here, the follow-up and fourth album delivers a mix of live instrumentation and digital trickery but, crucially, as many killer tunes as always.
The returning Ms. Dynamite takes things back to her pirate radio roots by MCing and singing on lead single The Lion's Den, a muscular number with a jumpy bassline of the kind breaks/garage innovator DJ Zinc used to frequently churn out. Roll Deep pal Kivanc contributes a heartfelt lyric about the horrors of domestic violence to the contemplative reggae skank of Love Someone. It's unusual to hear the line, ''He's only happy when he's bullying women,'' sung over a bedrock sound usually associated with happiness and sunshine, but the ostensibly wrong combination works well.
The album is particularly well-named. Dark to light, tough to tuneful and funk to reggae to breakbeat to baile funk are all interconnected with a host of impressive MCs, singers and moods.
For every moment such as Betty Stelles' oddly coy and childlike singing on pop dancehall number, Whisper Up, there's a song like Stay At Home: halfway between a minimal, paranoid, tech-garage subway nightmare and baile funk favela sexmusic; it'd get a gaggle of librarian's pole-dancing in a sweaty basement. Or how about the UK garage of Red Setter followed by So Many Girls' hilarious Chuck Berry-simple lyrics?: ''Suzie call me in the afternoon, she want me lovin' and she need it soon.''
And then, at the end of the record comes at most unexpected and plaintive moment. Folk newcomer Linsday Waters turns in a sweet-yet-earthy vocal over a Fix Up Look Sharp beat and echoing pianos. The resulting tune is like Groove Armada's My Friend retooled by Natasha Khan and Kate Bush, and is utterly captivating.
It's a strong end to a exciting, original and diverse collection of tunes which poses one big question - where can The Nextmen possibly go next? --Lou Thomas
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The eclectic production duo Nextmen have carved another shiny gem from London’s lovely low-end underbelly with a mix of electronic music styles in the form of their fourth studio LP Join The Dots. In typical Nextmen fashion the game has been sonically upped to dizzying heights as Join The Dots progressed like a paint by numbers prayer of affection through all the genres and styles that are loved by the pair and their fans alike. The album was born from their explosive and eclectic DJ sets, which have been the focus of global critical acclaim over the last 12 years. Making this connection between music they love, be it dancehall, drum’n’bass, instrumental and actual hip hop, soul, funk, dubstep, indie, leftfield, ambient, pop and straight-up hands in the air party jacking pleasers, is something Baloo and Search always strive to achieve, weaving their way on four turntables with mastery and abandon, laced with their own sought after mash-up edits, bootlegs and specials. This studio record is certainly a reflection and reaction to what they have accomplished as DJs and is a natural follow up to their last critically acclaimed album This Was Supposed To Be The Future (2007). Featues guest appearances by Ms. Dynamite, Dynamite MC, Banana Clan Man Jimmy Screech, newcomers Betty Steeles and Roll Deep affiliate Kivanc and Lindsay West.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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From the first track from this, the Nextmen's 4th studio album, they show you the way their sound has grown beyond the standard hip-hop/reggae/breaks/soul based party tunes of 'Get Over it' and 'This Was Supposed to be the Future'.
The title track 'Join the Dots' starts as a gentle introduction to the album and is drenched with luscious strings, before chucking in a beat that remind me of late 90's drum and bass, and a bassline with more than a touch of the dubstep to it.
The range on the album is huge, ranging from the first single to be taken from the album, Lions Den with Miss Dynamite in full-on bad-girl ragga vocal style on a DJ Zinc style bouncing bass, to the Ska-ballad 'Love Someone' and the early 90's hip-hop sampling 'So Many Girls' which will be sure to rock many a party.
Personal highlights are the funky as hell, Meters sampling 'Round of Applause' featuring longtime collaborator Dynamite MC, and the danchall stylings of 'Facts'.
As ever it's a wildly eclectic bunch of tunes from Dom and Brad, with no obvious filler, and some stand-out tunes.
The title track 'Join the Dots' starts as a gentle introduction to the album and is drenched with luscious strings, before chucking in a beat that remind me of late 90's drum and bass, and a bassline with more than a touch of the dubstep to it.
The range on the album is huge, ranging from the first single to be taken from the album, Lions Den with Miss Dynamite in full-on bad-girl ragga vocal style on a DJ Zinc style bouncing bass, to the Ska-ballad 'Love Someone' and the early 90's hip-hop sampling 'So Many Girls' which will be sure to rock many a party.
Personal highlights are the funky as hell, Meters sampling 'Round of Applause' featuring longtime collaborator Dynamite MC, and the danchall stylings of 'Facts'.
As ever it's a wildly eclectic bunch of tunes from Dom and Brad, with no obvious filler, and some stand-out tunes.
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The Nextmen's influences are fairly evident throughout this album. Reggae and ragga-style songs mix with more laid back beats and the whole thing has a polished, confident feel. I like "Rockets" and "Love Someone" in particular, but try before you buy because these tracks are by no means indicative of the whole album. Having seen them DJ live I know how good these guys are at making a room jump with a mix of pop, dance and hip hop (for a flavour of that, get the "Personal Golf Instruction" album rather than this one). It's a shame that their older material is not widely available because I get the feeling that they are capable of something more engaging than this, but I suspect that this album will keep fans happy nonetheless.
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