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0017046627023. New condition. CD. The duo s long-awaited debut album is one of the most assured propulsive full-lengths the dance world had seen since Daft Punk s Homework. A set of incredibly diverse tracks Remedy is indebted to the raw American house of Todd Terry and Masters at Work and even shares the NuYoricans penchant for Latin vibes (especially on the horn-driven Bingo Bango and the opener Rendez-Vu which trades a bit of salsa wiggle with infectious vocoderized disco). True Ratcliffe and Buxton do sound more like an American production team than a pair of Brixton boys would -- they get props (and vocal appearances) from several of the best American house producers out there including DJ Sneak Erick Morillo and Benji Candelario. And U Can t Stop Me is an R&B production that could probably have gotten airplay in major rap markets across the U.S. Elsewhere Buxton and Ratcliffe chew up and spit out mutated versions of hip-hop ragga Latin R&B soul and garage -- the varied sound that defined the worldwide house scene of the late 90s. ~ John Bush Rovi
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