You'd think hybernating since "Devin Dazzle & The Neon Fever" in 2004 would do damage to Felix's brain but i assure you that's not possible because he's back with another concept album & this time allegedly claiming that he created music to see & not just to hear (a metaphor that is ofcourse)! Virgo Blaktro & The Movie Disco is a much more softer project or smooth-er if i may say... the new 16 tracks are pressed on a flat aluminum & fiber tube readable by a laser lense in a cd reader/player! Virgo Blaktro & The Movie Disco spans several musical genres including electronic, funk, soul & pop. this one is centered on the revival of 1970s and 1980s black music, He explains:
"This is the first record I've done with black folks, but to me it's not a colour thing, it's more like a roots thing. This record has a black, soulful groove, it's more like Sly & the Family Stone. With this album I wanted to go Parliament, I wanted to go Prince, and at the same time I wanted to go like George Michael and Pet Shop Boys, only them being black. This stuff is all black-influenced"
The record is saturated with pop.. electro pop! you can feel the other genres through out of it but the foundation is pop pop pop! Actually it sounds alot like Cut Copy, Mylo, Planet Funk, Tiga, The Presets & Basement Jaxx's "Remedy" & "Rooty" era tracks! Enriched with warm melodies, catchy lyrics, dance-able beats & sharp buzzers making it taste like snickers ice-cream heated in the microwave.
Now the sucky part which i think is actually smart is the average tracks length "just like he did in Devin Dazzle" , 2:30 per track which is considered to be interlude or demo on proper-track-length-standards these days. Why is that good well, most of the artists stretch and re-repeat-parts-of their tracks to achieve what they think is the common average track length for commercial release which is around 3:35.. but felix kept the songs just like he made them, no extensive re-touches, yawn-causing stretches or un-neccisary repeats.. but that's the case with "Some" of the songs here because you'll come across 2 over 4 min and 3 around 3 min. Even though it's good this way.. Still you'll wish some tracks were abit longer for example "I Seem 2be The1" (1:52) ohh and if you for some reason felt like you've heard the first 9 secs off it before it's probably because it sounds like the begining of madonna's "Jump".
Tracklist:
01. Virgo Arrival
02. Moviedisco
03. Like Something 4 Porno
04. Radio
05. Sweetfrosti
06. I Saw The Future Balktroman
07. Mad Sista
08. Its Been A Long Time
09. Monkey Cage
10. I Seem 2be The1
11. Its Your Move
12. Lookin My Best
13. Pretty Girls Don't Dance
14. Tweak
15. Night Tripperz
16. Future Calls The Dawn
DL: Virgo Blakto & The Movie Disco
My only regret is the male vocals on "Sweetfrosti" that shouldn't be there because it makes the track terrible (in my opinion) & should've just kept the "Ahhhs" there. Sweetfrosti contains a sample of Devo's "Snowball", originally released in 1981 & is the only track on this album not written by Felix.
In a related matter "Pretty Girls Don't Dance" (0:29) is just a speech interlude on the album but is a full track "Pretty Girls Don't Dance (What Should I Do)" (4:27) as a B-Side on the "Like Something 4 Porno" single.
DL: Pretty Girls Don't Dance (What Should I Do) (B-Side)
Felix Da Housecat Makes Brilliantine Material 4 Sure.
"This is the first record I've done with black folks, but to me it's not a colour thing, it's more like a roots thing. This record has a black, soulful groove, it's more like Sly & the Family Stone. With this album I wanted to go Parliament, I wanted to go Prince, and at the same time I wanted to go like George Michael and Pet Shop Boys, only them being black. This stuff is all black-influenced"
The record is saturated with pop.. electro pop! you can feel the other genres through out of it but the foundation is pop pop pop! Actually it sounds alot like Cut Copy, Mylo, Planet Funk, Tiga, The Presets & Basement Jaxx's "Remedy" & "Rooty" era tracks! Enriched with warm melodies, catchy lyrics, dance-able beats & sharp buzzers making it taste like snickers ice-cream heated in the microwave.
Now the sucky part which i think is actually smart is the average tracks length "just like he did in Devin Dazzle" , 2:30 per track which is considered to be interlude or demo on proper-track-length-standards these days. Why is that good well, most of the artists stretch and re-repeat-parts-of their tracks to achieve what they think is the common average track length for commercial release which is around 3:35.. but felix kept the songs just like he made them, no extensive re-touches, yawn-causing stretches or un-neccisary repeats.. but that's the case with "Some" of the songs here because you'll come across 2 over 4 min and 3 around 3 min. Even though it's good this way.. Still you'll wish some tracks were abit longer for example "I Seem 2be The1" (1:52) ohh and if you for some reason felt like you've heard the first 9 secs off it before it's probably because it sounds like the begining of madonna's "Jump".
Tracklist:
01. Virgo Arrival
02. Moviedisco
03. Like Something 4 Porno
04. Radio
05. Sweetfrosti
06. I Saw The Future Balktroman
07. Mad Sista
08. Its Been A Long Time
09. Monkey Cage
10. I Seem 2be The1
11. Its Your Move
12. Lookin My Best
13. Pretty Girls Don't Dance
14. Tweak
15. Night Tripperz
16. Future Calls The Dawn
DL: Virgo Blakto & The Movie Disco
My only regret is the male vocals on "Sweetfrosti" that shouldn't be there because it makes the track terrible (in my opinion) & should've just kept the "Ahhhs" there. Sweetfrosti contains a sample of Devo's "Snowball", originally released in 1981 & is the only track on this album not written by Felix.
In a related matter "Pretty Girls Don't Dance" (0:29) is just a speech interlude on the album but is a full track "Pretty Girls Don't Dance (What Should I Do)" (4:27) as a B-Side on the "Like Something 4 Porno" single.
DL: Pretty Girls Don't Dance (What Should I Do) (B-Side)
Felix Da Housecat Makes Brilliantine Material 4 Sure.
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