From: owner-wireless-digest@smoe.org (wireless-digest) To: wireless-digest@smoe.org Subject: wireless-digest V5 #1 Reply-To: wireless@smoe.org Sender: owner-wireless-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-wireless-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk wireless-digest Sunday, January 27 2002 Volume 05 : Number 001 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [Wireless] Immi on LHB record [RobDiament@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:34:13 EST From: RobDiament@aol.com Subject: [Wireless] Immi on LHB record Hi all I have just found out that our favourite Imogen Heap appears on yet ANOTHER record that no of us were aware of!! It's one by group LHB who did remixes of Getting Scared the single way back... This is a brand new album tho, and it is out on 11/02/02, so it looks like Feb is gonna be a good month for Immi fans all round, what with Frou Frou coming out too... Pre order it at www.hmv.co.uk HMV UK Top Dog For Music, Videos and Games It's seems there may be a few songs on it featuring immi and there are 12" vinyls and CDs etc going round as we speak. The album title is LHB Tell 'Em Who We Are Telstar The band also had a CD out before called Dig you may find a friend I think and it may feature immi but not sure. I was also at a london venue last night called The Kashmir Klub and saw Immi on the wall from a review. It seems she played live in the summer at a royal festival hall event i think. Had a pic of her at her keyboard. Wish I had known. Havent seen her live for ages. I think her management also hd a gig night at the Kashmir not long back showcasing all their artists. This is a review of LHB album from the BBC Yes, you read that correctly. Telstar. No cool imprint with the corporate logo hidden away somewhere at the bottom of the sleeve artwork and no white label release to the music business in attempt to divert attention away from this fact. It's not even a product of their smaller Multiply Records. Label snobbery aside, LHB's Tell 'Em Who We Are is an infectious listen that in it's own understated way does much to challenge the preconceptions of popular dance music. With a studio full of all the right bits of equipment; the squelchometer, vocalator, rock-o-tron and pumpamax XL756 Giles Barton and Lee Wilson-Wolfe have put together a tidy album of original and unpretentious tuneage. Pushing house grooves and the odd rock sensibility, LHB are serving up a sound that might best be described as the bouncing love child of Daft Punk and Depeche Mode. Opening with the straight-forward stomp "No Transmission" the album progresses through an impressive menu of electro, guitar jangles, bleeps and synth swells. The charming title track "Tell 'Em Who We Are" makes headway in to the calmer waters of Royksopp whilst "Coming Up For Air" assisted by the emotive Imogen Heap on vocals is a claustrophobic, twisting, analogue breakbeat lope reminiscent of the Crystal Method. Despite the somewhat obvious statement made by "We Live In Cities", the track redeems itself as the most infectious on the record. Using a vocodered lyric (which will loop itself in your head for days) whilst lifting the bass line from The Temptations' "Papa Was A Rolling Stone", playing it backwards and generally mashing it up can't help but raise a smile. Clever stuff this, and respect is due to LHB for producing such a bold and accomplished debut that pulls off many ideas that on paper most would have thrown in the bin. Well worth making the effort. Reviewer: Andy Puleston Or you can go to this link BBC - Music - LHB - Review ALWAYS LIKE TO HELP ROB.xxx ____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a message to wireless-request@smoe.org with UNSUBSCRIBE as the body of your message ____________________________________________________________ wireless :: imogen heap : http://imogenheap.cjb.net ------------------------------ End of wireless-digest V5 #1 ****************************