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SST 015EP
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With Ada and Salz remixes. "Oh I remember back in '99... there was something about those sweaty clubs where London 3 piece Baxendale kicked the arse out of electronic clubpop that was desperately vibrant and frighteningly naïve, very end of a century. Something had gotten lost in the post Britpop hangover, and these 3 whiz kids had it pumping through their veins. Keep your 'Bitter Sweet Symphonies,' this is the good stuff, this is music for girls. So here we are, and electronic pop has become increasingly 'de rigeur.' Whatever became of Baxendale is another story, but this one song refuses to die. Maybe it's the 909 kick drum thud, maybe the strange urgency and belief. Maybe it's the 'Heha hey haloahs' or maybe it's the sing along to the chorus the size of Brazil. Increasingly rediscovered in a thirsty clubland, and in this case reworked by Ada, Heiress feat Miss King, Salz, and Jens Friebe & Brockdorff Klanglabor. All the best, Tim Benton, Baxendale"
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KOM POP008EP
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London-based Baxendale's "I Built This City" simply crushes out of the speakers like an electro-funk nail bomb, building up through irresistible choruses of Biblical proportions and falsetto hooks. It is essentially the ultimate dancefloor and radio hit. And did I mention the lyrics? "I scattered paving stones/the first time you took me home/I made a street on that first love feeling/I built the airport the following evening..." With Justus Köhncke and Michael Mayer, the perfect remix task force was quickly found. While Mayer takes the original to an utterly devastating underground hit, Köhncke pours all his hedonism into his mix. The outcome is an awesome piece of future disco. Incredibly hot.
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