So it's surprising how subtle, sedate, and frankly unlike their former selves They! Live turns out to be; the transformation reminds me of raver friends who hooked up on a drug binge and then promptly moved out to the suburbs to grow vegetables together.
There was a honeymoon moment where the partying trajectory carried through the first flush of romance: On their first single together, last year's aptly named "Creeper", Daneeka and Damage hit upon the best of all possible worlds, offering a throbbing bad dream of strobing, bleepy synth organ riffs over remorseless 4x4 kick drums, if not "Show Me Love" then maybe "Show Me Anxiety".
In the tune's second half, after a build up that becomes more deliciously interminable with each replay, they unleash a thunderous rave breakbeat rhythm over a woman's outraged declaration, "you're nasty! In its simplicity and patience, "Creeper" seemed at odds with both the rave revivalism it superficially referenced in truth the result was closer to early Underworld and the typically cluttered post-everything maximalism of current UK dance music not to mention Damage and Daneeka's own pasts.
Live stretches the already strained relationship further, offering nine voluptuously melancholy tech-house slowburners, each trying to outdo the other for how tightly wound it can hold itself, how reluctantly it can give up its secrets. But it's a problem for They! Live that a foreshortened, less charming "Creeper", if not the album's loudest moment, remains by some distance its most memorable and gregarious, with only the melancholy stutters of "Charlottenburg" and the clipped, synth-driven house of "Juggernaut" coming remotely close.
Part of the problem, though only part, is that the duo have swapped a Spartan albeit decreasingly so musical landscape for a densely populated one, and then set out about erasing any tell-tale signs that they haven't been living in the neighborhood forever.
Melodies and soundscapes go hand in hand with club pleasing beats. On some tracks you will hear the lush voice of UK singer Abigail Wyles, who came to Berlin to record with the Swansea boys. Share via. Out of stock Notify me when this item is back in stock. I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. Live 2LP quantity. Benjamin Damage, Doc Daneeka - Charlottenburg. Benjamin Damage, Doc Daneeka - Juggermaut. CD Infos More by Doc Daneeka.
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