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Classic Album Review: Mucho Macho | The Limehouse Link

No vocals are no problem for the British DJs on their auspicious debut release.

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):

 


This auspicious debut shows once and for all what separates electronica chart-toppers from also-rans.

These British DJs have all the skills, funky breakbeats and cool samples of Fatboy Slim or The Propellerheads. But you probably won’t see their name in the Top 40. Why? No vocals — none of these tracks has the hooky lyric of, say, a Rockafeller Skank. If they could (or wanted to) pay Shirley Bassey or Noel Gallagher, you can bet you’d have these tunes trapped in your noggin for months. Of course, since that won’t happen, you won’t be completely sick of them a year from now.