Let's dance SLOWLY FOREVERRR!!!
Rafael Cova | Caracas, Venezuela | 05/11/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The album kicks off with "Look Me in the Eye Sister," and the Armada proves it still has a right to the groove, with exactly the sort of deep, propulsive rhythm we would expect for a show-opener. The song works itself into a climax, where you can just imagine the spotlights kicking on and blinding you with their intensity. It's a good feeling. For many of the rest of the songs on the album, the group seems to be looking for that same high, "I Won't Kneel" or the soulful "Time & Space". Andy Cato and Tom Findlay bring in the lesser-known Fenech Soler, SaintSaviour, Jessica Larrabee, and Will Young to provide further vocals, and all the artists involved seem ready to commit just enough of themselves to the project to make it wonderful. Really nice Bryan Ferry on vocals in the song Shameless. My favorite song of the album is "Cards To Your Heart" (feat. Nick Littlemore) where denotes a respected influence (very delicious) to early Human League.
The album is a perfect blend of sounds very well assembled and produced, in a distance where marked with the previous work, but in the end it, between the layers of sound, we can find the pure sound of GROOVE ARMADA.
Black Light is nostalgia, pure and simple. Throwing away the big beat stylings and dance funk tendencies prevalent in their earlier works, what's given to us this time is a tribute to the 80's. Replete with synth pop melodies and electromagnetic qualities, this isn't an album designed to move and rock you, instead it lulls you into a hypnotic trance, and rolls over you in waves of euphoria. Every song on offer has been designed to soothe and relax, to almost raise the hairs on the back of your neck as opposed to making you tap your feet. It's immaculately structured, with each song accompanying and complimenting each other remarkably well.
Black Light is different, it's assembled perfectly and executed just as well. While there isn't a major peak to climb while listening the album moves along as if it has a sense of purpose, pushing you forward to it's inevitable outcome.
Groove Armada is always in my heart to recreate special moments in my life since the first time that I heard. Great work guys. They did it again very good and very nice."
Andy Cato & Tom Findlay have an amazing talent, these guys have incredible talent to make us feel through the musical work that we are alive, we're still happy after all.
Let's dance slowly FOREVERRR!!!
Special release (Japan Edition) including: two bonus tracks "Not Forgotten" (Loose Joint Mix) & "Shameless" (Alternative Mix) and the famous obi strip, a higher extended audio quality and a small lyrics booklet on the inner side of the information sheet of the disc.
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