Tapes

2008 release, the latest installment in this popular series that highlights the eclectic personal tastes of industry movers, shakers, musicians and DJs. This collection of 22 tracks was picked and mixed by the danceable NY-based Post-Punkers. Includes cuts from The Undisputed Truth, The Bar-Kays, Ghostface Killah, Armand Van Helden, DJ Mujava, Thomas Bangalter, Don Armando's Second Avenue Rumba Band and many others. Review: Enjoyment of the Rapture's Tapes necessitates unfamiliarity with the majority of its contents, indifference to acute sequencing and, naturally, deep interest in what the band views as classic and fresh. The set, containing 22 tracks in 74 minutes, flits across several forms of dance music – funk, disco, go-go, house, techno, hip-hop, disco revivalism – often to a jarring extent, indeed sounding like it was selected by committee. The tougher transitions between ill-fitting tracks are masked with fade-outs and drastic bottom elimination through EQ'ing, and some tracks that do match up rhythmically – Richie Havens' coarse cover of Lamont Dozier's “Going Back to My Roots” and Galaxy 2 Galaxy's gleaming “Afros, ARPs, and Minimoogs” being the prime pair – sometimes present clashing moods and tones. Out of the newer tracks, the strongarming ardkore hip-house of Dances with White Girls' “Everybody's Got to Make a Living,” released on the Rapture's own Throne of Blood label, wins out. All Music Guide – Andy Kellman Track Listing: Disc 1: The Undisputed Truth "Earthquake Shake" Ghostface Killah "Daytona 500" Junkyard Band "The Word" The Bar-Kays "Holy Ghost" Vaughan Mason & Crew "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" Northend "Tee's Happy" Don Armando's Second Avenue Rumba Band "I'm An Indian Too" Martin Circus "Disco Circus" Arcade Lover "Fantasy Lines" Thomas Bangalter "Club Soda" Kiloo & Phonique "The Passion (Phonique Mix Down)" Armand Van Helden "Flowerz" Cajmere feat. Dajae "Say U Will" Syclops "Where's Jason's K" DJ Mujava "Township Funk" Donk Boys "Cpstyre" Dances With White Girls "Everybody's Got To Make A Living" Alter Ego "Why Not?!" Paul Johnson "Get Get Down (Extended Mix)" Kid Crème "Austin's Groove" Richie Havens "Going Back To My Roots" Galaxy 2 Galaxy "Afro Arps And Minimoogs (S2)"