Horace X / Strategy
| Album: | Strategy | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Horace X | Added: | Aug 2005 | |
| Label: | Omnium Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-08-22 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 24, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
She Want |
4. | Jan 01, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
She Want |
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| 2. | Jan 05, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio
She Want |
5. | Oct 02, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
She Want |
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| 3. | Nov 02, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
She Want |
6. | Jul 01, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian
She Want |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2005-08-19
Reviewed 2005-08-19
HORACE X – “Strategy”
Omnium, 2005
UK – Horace X continues to develop their uniquely wacky mélange of bouncy funhouse sounds: ragga-style vocals, sax & clarinet honks, furious fiddling, and irresistible dance beats. Not quite as wild as their (awesome) last album, this one nevertheless offers plenty of good clean head-scratching fun.
FO’S PICKS: 1, 2, 6, 7
1. 4:22 – uptempo slither: steady monotone vox, reggae-tinged beat
2. 4:41 – YES! fast fun bounce, nice Galician flute/fiddle riff mixed in
3. 4:12 – an audio roller derby, darts in & out of a fast electronic beat
4. 6:06 – exotic string intro, slap bass & vox like a funky square dance
5. 5:26 – midtempo: dancehall reggae meets a maudlin gypsy band
6. 4:31 – like a kiddie show: klezmer-y klarinet, silly vocal, perky fiddle
7. 5:15 – fast instrumental with pop energy, fiddle & clarinet solos
8. 4:40 – relaxed keyboard/sample start, then add funky/bluesy layers
9. 4:31 – remix of #5: harsher electronic edge + dub & soul elements
[Fo] 8/19/05
Omnium, 2005
UK – Horace X continues to develop their uniquely wacky mélange of bouncy funhouse sounds: ragga-style vocals, sax & clarinet honks, furious fiddling, and irresistible dance beats. Not quite as wild as their (awesome) last album, this one nevertheless offers plenty of good clean head-scratching fun.
FO’S PICKS: 1, 2, 6, 7
1. 4:22 – uptempo slither: steady monotone vox, reggae-tinged beat
2. 4:41 – YES! fast fun bounce, nice Galician flute/fiddle riff mixed in
3. 4:12 – an audio roller derby, darts in & out of a fast electronic beat
4. 6:06 – exotic string intro, slap bass & vox like a funky square dance
5. 5:26 – midtempo: dancehall reggae meets a maudlin gypsy band
6. 4:31 – like a kiddie show: klezmer-y klarinet, silly vocal, perky fiddle
7. 5:15 – fast instrumental with pop energy, fiddle & clarinet solos
8. 4:40 – relaxed keyboard/sample start, then add funky/bluesy layers
9. 4:31 – remix of #5: harsher electronic edge + dub & soul elements
[Fo] 8/19/05
Track Listing
| 1. | First Love | 5. | Strategy | |||
| 2. | She Want | 6. | Puppet Show | |||
| 3. | Skin | 7. | A Tune for Valerie | |||
| 4. | It's About Time | 8. | How Far? | |||
| 9. | Humanity (Strategy Remix) | |||||