Musipal
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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5021392231129
Label : Ninja Tune
Manufacturer : Ninja Tune
Publisher : Ninja Tune
Release date : 2001-04-02
Title : Musipal
Original release date : 2001-03-06
Studio : Ninja Tune
Number of discs : 1
Editorial reviews
Amazon.co.uk ReviewLuke Vibert is a man of many faces. In the last 10 years, he's released umpteen records under a variety of pseudonyms. He's made hip-hop as Luke Vibert, jungle as Plug and bizarre left-field breaks as Wagon Christ. Surprisingly Musipal, Vibert's 2001 excursion (as Wagon Christ, no less) is his first for more than two years. A cunning switch of labels aside (he's jumped from Virgin to Ninja Tune), it seems that little has changed in the world of the bearded Cornish beatfreak. He still fluctuates between funky, acid-tinged breaks and crazy, instrumental hip-hop. And yes, there are still more stupid samples and quirky melodies than your average "hilarious" Kid Koala record. It's all enjoyable stuff (it's refreshing to hear someone jump between genres so successfully), but Musipal is hardly a departure from his usual fare. --Matt Anniss
Customer reviews
review by: date: 2001-04-20 rating:Good, but not his best
Luke Vibert (aka Wagon Christ, aka Plug) is a genius. I reckon he's one of the most original and interesting dance musicians out there. You won't hear anything as quirky, yet wonderfully layered and bouncy, anywhere else. That said, Musipal is not his best work. It doesn't stray from the style of Tally Ho!, which would be fine if it was just as good, but it isn't. It's still a good album, but there are a few too many songs that aren't special.
If you don't have anything by Mr Vibert, go and get Tally Ho!, which is fantastic, and Big Soup, which is one of my favourite records ever. Well worth checking out too is his collaboration with slide guitar legend BJ Cole, Stop The Panic. On the face of it a daft combo, but one that works brilliantly.
review by: date: 2001-04-12 rating:
Bedroom dance
This is quite an interesting album, very well produced and quite addictive but unfortunately flawed - but depending on taste. It is very trip hop - a genre I find hard to describe but this is it, and despite the absense of vocals it has the warmth and production which distinguishes it from (instrumental) hip hop. Vibert uses sampling a lot and with mixed effect: on Thick Stew he creates a benchmark standard for innovative, interesting breakbeat whilst on tracks such as The Premise, Receiver and various others on the second half of the CD the effect his almost shockingly cheesy (something I find hard to tolerate!) hence these are tracks which I can appreciate technically but cannot "like". Natural Suction is an epic jungle masterpiece, for which my words cannot do justice, but unfortunately the dark breakbeats found here are in isolation on Musipal. So, overall: well listen and decide for yourself, it is a good album and for some reason quite cheap too! By the way can anyone out there compare this to Tally Ho Wagon Christ's other album - would they recommend it?
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