A couple of months back, I received a promo copy of a compilation CD on a
label I'd never heard of before called Vitamin with the boring but
descriptive title "An Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd".
It was generally as mediocre as you might expect, although a couple of
tracks were actually not that sucky ("The Theme From 'More'" was actually
quite well done). I was sort of surprised, though, to see the names of
some SoCal artists I was familiar with and have enjoyed in the past, like
T.H.C., George Sarah and Bassland. I wondered a bit why they'd be slumming
on a crappy Cleopatra-esque tribute record, but hey, every needs to pay
the rent.
Well, yesterday, things got much worse as I received another Vitamin
offering - "Getting Into The Grooves: A Tribute to Madonna". Lots of the
same artists on this one (including the ones I mention above). But while
the Pink Floyd one had a couple of worthwhile moments, this disc is
undoubtedly one of the worst electronic records I've heard in a long, long
time. Every limp and lifeless drum'n'bass, trance, acid techho and "funky
breaks" cliche in the book is trotted out while a bunch of unknown
vocalists do their best Maddy impersonations. Badly. It's almost funny at
first, but by the end, it's just sad.
And I see on the website for their distributor, Navarre, that the same
group of artists have also released a Nine Inch Nails tribute. Shudder.
Like I said above, I know that these guys are capable of doing good stuff
when they want to. I guess they must be making a good chunk of change on
these things. At least I *hope* they are, for their sake. I'm embarassed
for them if they're not.
Greg
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