Track Listing

1. In the Bath - Fred Deakin, Nick Franglen, Lemon Jelly
2. Nervous Tension
3. Tune for Jack
4. His Majesty King Raam
5. Staunton Lick
6. Homage to Patagonia
7. Kneel Before Your God
8. Page One
9. Come

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87836 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-10
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin are the London based duo who make up Lemon Jelly. Fred is a DJ and designer whose illustration work frequently appears in The Face magazine. His wobbly, bubbly graphics are a good visual translation of the Lemon Jelly sound. Nick is a producer who has worked with Primal Scream, Bjork and Pulp. The record consists of the three limited edition UK 10 inch EP's that the group released between '98 and '00. The juicy melodious sounds fit in right next to bands like Air and Thievery Corporation but truly exist in a cartoon world of their own. Deluxe gatefold dogipack. 2001 release.

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
A collection of three EPs released in limited quantities by this London duo (Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin), Lemonjelly.ky is what happens when you mix electronic psychedelia with downtempo beats, a selection of warm and organic sounds, a splash of sunshine, and a big dose of smiles. Coming across like a series of electronic fairy tales designed for warm, hazy afternoons in the park, Lemon Jelly are all about a good time, chill style. Kruder & Dorfmeister would approve, as would the Orb, but Lemon Jelly also have a stoner's sense of humor to accompany their warmly chaotic mixes. Take "A Tune for Jack," with its big sea elephants and smooth high-synth sound that evokes the Parisian duo Air, and then try the amusingly instructional voiceover during "The Staunton Lick." Both illustrate clearly that for Lemon Jelly there are no rules other than to let your imagination (fueled as it might be) wander where it must. Indeed, one of the most delightful things about this album, as you meander through stunningly lush pastures like "Homage to Patagonia" and the melancholic romance of "Kneel Before Your God," is its ability to marry great music with a genuine sense of goodwill and happy disorder. If Alice ever did manage to hear some tunes as she tripped about Wonderland, Lemonjelly.ky must have been the soundtrack she enjoyed. --Steffan Chirazi

From URB Magazine
Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen are the DJ/producers known as the invitingly chill Lemon Jelly, a London duo which compiled its first three limited-edition 10-inches for this CD and openly warned consumers not to buy it if they already own the EPs. Like a cross between the orchestrated retroisms of Air and the humor-based sampledelica of Mr. Scruff, a sense of humor is evident on each of the album's breezy tracks and while their sound isn't new, it still provides ample listening pleasure.

The Bath EP sighs under the weight of soft guitar strumming, beats and soaring harmonics, while The Yellow EP soothes with the lullaby tones of "His Majesty King Raam" and the playful romp of "The Staunton Lick." On The Midnight EP, Lemon Jelly's sound becomes more intricate and realized through the bossa skip of "Kneel Before Your God" and disco sashay of "Page One," making it the perfect audio companion when the post-club set gathers at your pad to chill out. "Nervous tension is an unseen enemy of the human mind," states one of the album's many (but never overdone) samples. Apply a little Lemon Jelly and feel those cares melt away.

Stacy Osbaum

Customer Reviews

Good till the end
Even when they sample the faraway reports of American astronauts or a Russian choir there is something in the flavour of Lemon Jelly (Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin) that is quirkily English. Here, as some boffin belts out on Lost Horizons, their second album, "All the ducks are swimming in the water, faldaralderaldo, faldaralderaldo." If this album were an armchair, it would be orange and inflatable. There is nothing exceptional about Lemon Jelly's folky electronica; it doesn't so much push boundaries as graze happily inside them. But it does so beautifully, with a loopy glee that will get you in the end

Great chillout music!
This is a great record, which works well as both background music and something to specifically to listen to. I find a lot of downtempo, ambient, and chill music pretty boring, as it doesn't seem to have a lot of thought put into it. These guys do a good job of coming up with catchy hooks and song ideas which aren't your typical fare though. A nice blend of instrumentation and song structure on this one. Something that you'll go back to again and again.

just as bad as the other one.
a feeble attempt to substitute humor for good music. two or three good tracks. otherwise annoying. now, please enter that this feedback is not helpful because you disagree.