Lambs Anger: Sort Of, Half Of A Review!
(If you were wondering why I have reposted three posts- it’s because I have just got a new host that works, and the links in all these posts now work!)
Mr Oizo… How to possibly introduce such an extraordinary guy?! Simply put, he is a blatant mentalist French 40-something DJ with Ed Banger who was making “Ed Bangerish” noises whilst I was still a little mainstream tween watching World Cup 98. I really would like to see what goes on inside his head one day… his trains of thought must be absolutely crazy. Fortunately, insanity aside, Mr Oizo is a surprisingly reliable producer of fantastic music, and his latest full length “Lambs Anger” goes someway to restoring the failing Ed Banger name in harsh electro-head circles.
“Lambs Anger” is no masterpiece, but it’s a fantastic patchwork of a thousand different musical styles. Predictably incoherent, the album veers from the dark bass of “Hun” to the breezy funk of my album highlight, “Jo”. Although not genre defining, “Lambs Anger” is essential just for the diversity of dance music on offer. It must also be noted that when Mr Oizo nails it, like he does on “Jo”, “Z”, “Cut Dick”, “Rank”, “Positif” and “Gay Dentists” (according to moi) he really makes an impression. The real disappointment that if he had bothered to cut away the deadwood, eg the deplorable “Bruce Willis Is Dead”, this could have been a great album.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I love Jo! Its by far my favorite song off the album! I found a remix of it and it was pretty damn good too.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
damnit. I can’t find the Mp3 of it anywhere, Only the myspace. you have to contact this guy this jo mix is amazing!
- http://www.myspace.com/mxm
February 19th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Woah! Just listening to that Mix Match Edit… it's awesome!! Really sebastiAn esq, hardly surprising he is no.1 in his myspace friends. I'll try and get hold of it & post it for you Joe.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Thanks mate! I can’t get enough of this mix or the original song! I’m dieing to hear this in better quality.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenGwnaSDN4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenGwnaSDN4
April 19th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Mr. Oizo is a true genius, and this album clearly settles it. In order to fully appreciate the album , you need to have an explicit understanding of true electro. That’s why it’s so hard for some people to understand or enjoy his music. And NO, it’s not “sebastiAn esque” Haha. Quite far from it actually.
But Lamb’s Anger is the type of album, where you hate it at first, but after a while, you just wake up one day, and it just *clicks*.
You realize it’s utterly amazing.
- Cassidy of the Ed Banger Kids.
May 7th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Oizo is amazing, sebastian is alright he has some good stuff, I think his remixes sound more like dilemn or sirisumo something along those lines. but the sebastian remix he did sounds really sick.