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Classic Album Review: Coldcut | Let Us Replay

The electronica duo's leftovers taste great — and they're less filling!

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


In the Moog cookbook, cutting-edge electronica duo Coldcut make a fine Dagwood sandwich.

Just take everything and the kitchen sink — saucy flamenco guitars, spicy eastern melodies, chilled synthesizers, southern-fried blaxploitation licks — and beat it into a frenzy. It even makes great leftovers: This 76-minute outing, a followup to 1997’s Let Us Play, features live versions and remixes of classics like Atomic Moog 2000 and Every Home A Prison. Celebrity chefs Cornelius, Jello Biafra, Grandmaster Flash and Carl Craig all add a different flavour to their tracks — and prove that too many cooks can’t spoil Coldcut’s meaty, beaty broth. Let Us Replay tastes great, and it’s less filling.