Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer
Apr 2, 23:40 by Stefan Koopmanschap
Every once in a while I go through my whole cd collection to find something fun from the old days. In some rare occasions you find some jewels that for some reason you haven’t listened to as much as you should’ve. Darkdancer definitely fits in with that.
This project was Stuart Price’s one day fly, it seems. This album was released, and probably about a handful of remixes were done under this name, but it seems that after that, he got tired of it. That was quite a shame, Darkdancer is a classic, and I would’ve loved to see a follow-up on it.
So, what is Darkdancer exactly? An album full of funk, house in the style of Daft Punk’s filter house, soul. A journey into the old disco days, but in a modern jacket. Wonderfully executed, possibly better done than Daft Punk did on their legendary albums Homework and Discovery.
As such, I’d love to see an Interstella 5555-like animated movie for this album. I definitely feel that fits this album just as much as Discovery, if not more.
Back to the topic. The most popular single probably was Sometimes, a very melancholy track that is good, but definitely not the best of the album. Instead, try ‘Music makes you lose control’, ‘Hypnotise’ and ‘Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)’ (where Jacques is a reference to the alias Price is using, not only for this project: Jacques Lu Cont). Those tracks kick some serious butt. But really, singling out tracks like that on an album like this is bordering on sacrilege: The whole album deserves the full attention of any listener.
This is one of those real classics, and it’s a shame it’s been the only album by Stuart Price under this name. I definitely hope that somewhere in the future he will decide to revive this project.
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