Angles - Dan Le Sac

Working my way through a list of recent albums by this year's Glastonbury's acts led me to Angles by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, I have to say I didn't hold out much hope when I saw the name and assumed they would be a mediocre dance or hip hop outfit. Instead these unique and special characters from Essex impressed me with a very alternative album that crosses the genres of psychedelic electronic music, hip hop and dance. Dan Le Sac's method of telling stories with near perfect raps and awesome spoken word is one of the coolest styles of come across recently. Musically it's quite strange and could be compared to work by PIL in the way that it's ...  Read the complete review

Me and My Music Taste I absolutely hate rap music, and r 'n' b. Pretty much no exception, sure I like some of Eminem's songs, the ones with decent lyrics that aren't all about bitches and bling. It is because of those common themes within that music world that puts me off it, I don't want to hear some one shouting "I'll woop your head boy, you know that I will", to be that is a load of shit, that will never adorn my iPod. Anytime I hear music with such a beat I will ignore it, shout for it to be turned off. Unfortunately by 16 year old brother likes some of that said music, through hanging out with some of his Chavvy friends (thankfully he is not a ...  Read the complete review

On the surface of it, this record seems to be a well-humoured and fairly intelligent alternative hip-hop album, with the overwhelming theme that modern hip-hop is not very good, and these British upstarts are here to sort it right out. The album starts with a monologue from the duo's rapper 'Scroobius Pip' (presumably recorded at the start of a gig) lamenting a lack of originality in modern music and the way it is marketed and promoted. From this we launch into opener "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" a highlight of the album for me, it's very catchy and sounds great, and lines like " 'good god damn' and other such phrases, I haven't ...  Read the complete review

Dan le Sac is a musician who I would personally predict we will see a lot more of in the next year. Dan le Sac became a wider known artist after hitting the festival circuit and his tune the beat that my heart skipped is one that people can be found singing along too but without realising who Dan le Sac is. Angles is a great album filled with witty lyrics and tuneful beats. My favourite song on the album would have to be Thou Shalt always Kill, track eleven, which the lyrics describe all the stupid little things we do or say which we wittily shouldn't. Unlike artists such as Mc Lars Dan le Sac is not purely about taking the p***, Dan le Sac is a big artist on the ...  Read the complete review