Title: XLR8R Magiazine
Review: The debut long player from Marseille production trio Fred Berthet, Arnaud Tallefair and Dj Oil is an accomplished affair. Though the street preacher intro and the Travis Bickle comments that trawl the sprawling string of "Black City" act as ominous parentheses for an album, like DJ Food's Kaleidoscope, the material isn't all doom and gloom with the it's two years in the studio showing in the nuances and subtleties of the production. Lively percussion and cinematic orchestration really define the LP and though neither are too far away - both are used across a breadth of styles-stretching from the occasional disco strikes that break through the sonar of "Hum Hum" and the bossa breaks of "Fatigue Universelle." For this listener, however, it's "Get Misunderstood" which really stands out, it's French conversation and confused rhythm section making for a tense intro before stretching out to a full string accompaniment. A three-dimensional listening experience.
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