Lemon Jelly - A biography
"In an alternate universe, '64-'95 would be our Best Of album."
Introducing '64-'95, the third instalment in Lemon Jelly's rich history of long-players. Breaking away from any (Jelly) mould, Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen have altered the ship's course somewhat; as, in their own words, it would have been very easy for them to merely make another Lost Horizons. Fortunately, never being ones for a safe option, we are instead treated to '64-'95; their most diverse record yet.
Continuing from where their limited (and now highly collectable) Soft Rock and Rolled Oats 7"s left off, Lemon Jelly have made an album entirely based upon unlikely samples swiped from their vast record collections. Each track is built around one single snippet and is then fleshed out with the full Jelly treatment. Not unlike one of their DJ sets, they flip between musical styles at will and make light work of cramming metal, 70s pop, Euro house, R&B, punk and more into just one album.
The title, '64-'95, simply signifies the span in years of the various samples they've used and, as ambitious as the whole thing sounds, it works. The list of musical mavericks willingly plundered in the cause of the good ship Jelly includes 70s popsters Gallagher and Lyle, Scottish post-punkers the Scars, R&B balladeer Monica and none-more-heavy metallers, the Masters of Reality. Each track manages to come as a complete stylistic surprise without losing any flow from one to the next; having said that, it's probably best not to mention the Maori crooner or Captain James T. Kirk for the moment.
In typical Lemon Jelly fashion, that's just the half of it. Their meticulous sleeve design remains, but this time they've truly upped the ante by producing a full DVD version of the album. Roping in Fred's design company, Airside, they have made video promos for every track (as well as designing all the packaging of all the various formats). From the beautiful machinations of Only Time to the creepy-crawly neon floral jungle of Make Things Right and an abstracted live action dance piece reminiscent of a James Bond title sequence for Come Down On Me, the DVD takes you through a rather sumptuous array of animation styles and weird worlds.
It's all very Lemon Jelly and it's all very good.
"In an alternate universe, '64-'95 would be our Best Of album."
Introducing '64-'95, the third instalment in Lemon Jelly's rich history of long-players. Breaking away from any (Jelly) mould, Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen have altered the ship's course somewhat; as, in their own words, it would have been very easy for them to merely make another Lost Horizons. Fortunately, never being ones for a safe option, we are instead treated to '64-'95; their most diverse record yet.
Continuing from where their limited (and now highly collectable) Soft Rock and Rolled Oats 7"s left off, Lemon Jelly have made an album entirely based upon unlikely samples swiped from their vast record collections. Each track is built around one single snippet and is then fleshed out with the full Jelly treatment. Not unlike one of their DJ sets, they flip between musical styles at will and make light work of cramming metal, 70s pop, Euro house, R&B, punk and more into just one album.
The title, '64-'95, simply signifies the span in years of the various samples they've used and, as ambitious as the whole thing sounds, it works. The list of musical mavericks willingly plundered in the cause of the good ship Jelly includes 70s popsters Gallagher and Lyle, Scottish post-punkers the Scars, R&B balladeer Monica and none-more-heavy metallers, the Masters of Reality. Each track manages to come as a complete stylistic surprise without losing any flow from one to the next; having said that, it's probably best not to mention the Maori crooner or Captain James T. Kirk for the moment.
In typical Lemon Jelly fashion, that's just the half of it. Their meticulous sleeve design remains, but this time they've truly upped the ante by producing a full DVD version of the album. Roping in Fred's design company, Airside, they have made video promos for every track (as well as designing all the packaging of all the various formats). From the beautiful machinations of Only Time to the creepy-crawly neon floral jungle of Make Things Right and an abstracted live action dance piece reminiscent of a James Bond title sequence for Come Down On Me, the DVD takes you through a rather sumptuous array of animation styles and weird worlds.
It's all very Lemon Jelly and it's all very good.
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