Track Listing

1. Check Your Basic Groove
2. Synasthesia
3. Power Of Big Slacks
4. Zerotonine
5. Love Like Razorblade
6. Legion
7. Disco 2000
8. Future In Computer Hell (Part 2)
9. Bon Voyage
10. Power Of Big Slacks (Reprise)
11. Gettin' Lost
12. Black Jack
13. Next Plateau

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #148316 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Limited Edition, Import

Album Description
UK pressing for the elctronica act featuring Tom Holkenberg, known for his work with acts like Nerve and Fear Factory. A change of direction featuring more relaxed, electronic based songs where the effects are used to compliment the music not override it. Includes the track, 'Power Of BigSlacks (Reprise). 13 tracks. Universal. 2000.

Customer Reviews

Finally some international recognition
When Junkie XL came onto the music scene with 'Saturday Teenage Kicks' we in Holland knew we had something special. The two-man team of Tom Holkenborg and Rudeboy had already shown us what they could do in the decade before. Tom was a member of the bands Weekend at Waikiki and the industrial group Nerve. Rudeboy of course was the frontman of the now legendary Urban Dance Squad, that's right, the band Rage vs the Machine blatantly ripped off making them the worlds most unoriginal band.

Brilliant live shows made them a wanted guest at festivals and later with the Little Less Conversation commercial (with Elvis) more recognition came, also in computer games.

Rudeboy now has left Junkie XL and this album is their last work together, a great fin-de-siecle piece of music.

This CD does not have great songs like 'Billy Club' or 'Saturday Teenage Kicks' but the overall quality is outstanding. You almost feel like you are at their show. 'Check Your Basic Groove' is carried by a funky bassline and Rudeboy's shouts to awaken us all. 'Synasthesia' is a good piece of big beats with another melodic bassline. The song changed dramatically after about 3,5 minutes when it slowly drifts into a symphonic, almost new age like, piece. Strings, horns have a solo before they are mixed into the big beats again.

'Zerotonine' was the first single and is carried by little pieces of violin and Rudeboy's raps, like he also does on 'Legion' (with acoustic guitar)

And it goes on, there is not a bad track on the CD and it's a very worthy succesor to "Saturday Teenage Kicks".

If only there were more people as inventive as Junkie XL...

Love Like Awesome
Rock is the place to be!

This album is fantastic... I can't get enough! This was the first JXL CD I bought (a while ago), after hearing somebody tried to palm off some Junkie XL tracks and some Lunatic Calm tracks, as a new Prodigy CD. Now I loved Prodigy, so thought I'd check these guys out...

GREAT idea. It's quite different to prodigy, but damn awesome, groovy and VERY danceable. My favourite track is Love Like Razorblade, and Future in Computer Hell is a close second, but it's all good!

Lunatic Calm is also a worthwhile listen. They had that song Leave you Far Behind (I wanna take you on a rollercoaster) that has been on about 8 movie soundtracks).

But yeah, check these guys out... be warned though, their latest offering is very poppy, and very different to this genius!

Electro-Explosion
I first heard "Action Radius" on Need for Speed Underground and it blew me away. XL's use of rock/punk elements spliced with Big-Beat and hard Techno grooves are amazing. Nothing I have heard in recent months comes close. In a world filled with Ushers, Britneys and J.Lo's, it is delicously refreshing to find an album like this. Look out for the "The power of big slacks," a symphonic master piece swirling with emotion! A big highlight!
Buy it, blast it, enjoy it! This album rocks!