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After success spinning on the English club scene, DJ Rap moved into the world of vocal "breakbeat pop" (as NME magazinedescribes it). Back in the '80s, artists like Danielle Dax laid the groundwork for this kind of music, but it wasn't until the rise of artists like the Chemical Brothers in the mid-'90s that techno-pop achieved a measure of popularity and success. This is the basis for Rap's style, which fuses traditional pop vocal delivery to wickedly heavy-duty bass, drum, and sample loops.
Straight out of the gate, the punishing beats of "Bad Girl", along with Rap's slightly-phased, alternately lilting and snarling vocals, clearly define the kind of ride the listener is in for. Standouts include the dense, slow-motion crunch of "Human Kind", the looped guitar burn on "Go", and the tweaked world-music vibe on "Stories from Around the World". The last track, "Ordinary Day", is a curious and eminently successful aberration that features verysmooth vocals against a pleasant acoustic guitar line. For fans of lighter techno and dance music artists like Everything But the Girl, this record makes a great introduction to a"harder" style that is just as easy to groove to and just as catchy.