Django Django is the debut album by British art rock band Django Django. The album was released on 30 January 2012 in the United Kingdom via Because Music, and charted on the UK Albums Chart at #33. In 2014 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Music Prize. It was certified gold by the UPFI in 2012, and then platinum in 2013.
"Django Django" was one of the bands I meant to listen to for a long, long time. So when 1001albumsgenerator revealed the album to me, I couldn't wait any longer. I wasn't disappointed! Now let's click the repeat button and play "Default" nonstop. ;)
this is an album of just good energy and amazing vibrancy. I think this is the first time so far I’m giving back to back 5s? Deserved IMO
Loved this when it came out 11 years ago and was happy to see it pop up here for me today. Quirky & groovy without feeling forced, and consistently good all the way through. Love an album with an introduction track too, so this will be 5⭐
I think WOR is my favourite song of the decade. I started off unsure, then beguiled, but when that surf rock rhythm started pounding, I was enthralled.
This is one of those bands I've only heard about but never checked out, even though I would've been the perfect demographic when this came out in 2012. I was pretty stoked seeing this pop up this morning and, boy, it did not disappoint one bit. Pure energy and vibrancy without feeling too over the top.
I never have heard of this band before, but I will definitely be checking out more of their discography. I was impressed by how easy this was to listen to and enjoy. Very cool sound.
7/10. Critical Reception: "The track "WOR" has been recently used in a Toyota Australia advertisement for the 2019 Toyota CH-R Next Gen Turbo." Pretty good album, all in all
I like the one that starts ‘Ha-ha-ha-kop-buh-buh-me-me-me-kop-ha-ha-me-me-me’ etc.
clicked on the link to listen in Apple Music. It brought up the 10th anniversary reissue that had remixes and for some reason the original was not available so I listened to remixes before noticing my good. Found the original and had to start over, was bummed because I enjoyed the remixes. The original? It's okay electronic music. But it continues the author(s) bias for unoriginal British music that has no place on a list like this. 3/5.
An intriguing one. Clearly there's an amazing producer/electronics tech in n the band, but the sad thing is there is no songwriter in the band. As a result you have these lovely exciting ideas whizzing about, but nobody to refine them into a song you can care about. Live a cross between Belle and Sebastian and LCD Soundsystem, but lacking the melodic loveliness or wit.
Maybe it's because I was forced to listen to this on YouTube, but every song sounded like it would be for an ad promoting a 'revolutionary' new crypto exchange platform, a hemp inspired make up cleanser or some green fuel for future generations. That bored me. Needs more grit. 2.5
So... the is art-rock. Or art-pop. Or something like that. So this is what kids were listening to in 2012, eh? Is it a modern mix on 1960's psychedelic pop? That's what it sounds like to me, a modern revivalist of that era. And I'm not a big fan of that genre of music in the first place, so it was probably never likely that I was going to like this. Perhaps I'm just too old. But more likely there just isn't anything that attracts me here.
love it
Wow! How have I never heard these guys before?! This is going in rotation, stat! So many good sounds: driving rhythms, sound fx, textured vocals…
Love love love love - so good
dit vind ik wel heel leuk ja, moet veel sterren krijgen
Oh hell yeah what a cool discovery.
Another incredible early '10s throwback that brings a thousand memories of driving around in the Ashcroft Butchers ute pumping Triple J and listening to the likes of Zan Rowe and Lewi Mckirdy back announcing a heap of tracks of this album. Both Lewi and Zan were so so important in the development of my musical taste and proclivities, especially Mad Dog McKirdy
One hit wonder, vreemd genoeg. Want de rest van het album is ook wel leuk
I cannot describe why I like it, but I do! A lot reminds me of the Pogo remixes of Disney.
found this to be very good
Reminded me of animal collective when I first listened, saw another review that said anco and The Beach Boys and I think that is pretty spot on. Fun high energy album
When this album came out iTunes gave you three free songs weekly or monthly, usually from new artists and “Life’s a beach” was one. Never listened to the full album and really enjoyed it, really remind me of alt-j (coincidentally, breezeblocks was an iTunes free song) 4/5
Really interesting album
I had heard a few songs off the album and am questioning why I hadn't listened to the full album before. It's a fun neo-up beat album!
7/10
django!
Me ha gustado más de lo que pensaba. Es un poco hipnótico. Art rock, neo-psychedelia, electronic rock, experimental pop.
I was not familiar with this one going in, so I had no idea what to expect. It was surprisingly good. Experimental and folksy electronica with a beat. The only negative is that all the songs start to sound the same pretty quickly.
Begins like a John Carpenter soundtrack - very exciting. Then some catchy indie-dance reminding me of Hot Chip collaborating with Beta Band. Good music.
I enjoyed this more than I expected to!
Really good. I know Django Django a bit but only through osmosis, never really listened to them properly and quite enjoyed this.
Every track is a banger!! Such unusual meshing cutting and manipulating of sound throughout I absolutely love it. So nostalgic too - brings me back to a really really fun time of life!
The whole opening of this album sounds like a Danger track. It builds up really nicely. There's a lot of interesting composition and production going on, but it's still very easy to listen to. The synth section in Life's A Beach is fucking killer.
Electronic sounding. Kind of cool
This was pretty good, though I'd hardly call it essential listening. It kept my interest throughout and the production was very strong. The blend of styles here is pretty unique and I'm guessing that's why it was on this list. Was this album bigger in the UK? I have no memory of it being big here in 2012.
An interesting mix of styles. This album reminds me of prog rock, Beach Boys harmonies, guitar led rock and electonica. I usually really don’t like that last genre but it didn’t bother me in this blend.
Another release that goes on my very good, but not great list. This is imminently listenable and enjoyable. When this was released, it struck me as a mishmash of styles that worked but didn't create anything more than a sum of the parts. I hear elements of Beck, Beta Band and a nod or two to Krautrock. Creative, but not groundbreaking. Four stars but wouldn't make my 1001 list.
This was pretty cool! Definitely hadn't heard of them but brit art rock can be fun. A couple of tracks I'd def revisit. I thought it started strong, ok middle, decent finish.
This filled an interesting space in that it is both easy-ish listening to have on in the background, and is also interesting enough musically to focus on in isolation.
a cute album they sound like they had fun
Fun album, not really much else to say, just really like the rhythm
A good electronic pop album. Perfect for the long run I need today. 4/5
The first half of this album goes suuuuuper hard and I love it, second half peters off a bit though, had my head bopping all the way through with the mild jungle beats at points
Yes
Ok
Enjoyed
Interesting, will add to playlists. Had not heard or of them before.
Remember this when it came out. Good, lightweight fun.
Interesting album cover. It's striking and I'm assuming it's some kind of mixed media? I love the intro and the seamless transition into the second track. I've never heard of this band before now so it's fun to go into an album blind and have no idea at all what the style will be. Even more so as this is a more recent release. Interesting sound. Indie rock-first but there's a lot of influences in there; I think I'm hearing some Beach Boys. Producing is cool too, lots of intriguing layers. The consistent adjective that's popping up is "interesting". It's not music that is really "out-there" but I keep noticing songwriting and production choices that aren't completely the norm for this style of music and I appreciate that. It's adding some nice depth. It made me enjoy the album and the only downsides were that it didn't have many big standout moments. Each track would have it's own idea and live inside of that idea, but then not really take my interest to the next level. "Defaults" is probably my favorite of the bunch. It's nicely diverse and yet still cohesive. They'll have tracks that have electronic drums and instruments in the foreground ("Waveforms", "Zumm Zumm", "Hand of Man"), a delta-blues Nick Drake inspired song like "Firewater", then an straightforward indie rocker track like "Life's A Beach" that you would hear on a Vampire Weekend album. It's cool and eclectic. As this was their debut album, I feel the need to see their direction after this one. Lots of promise. 3.3/5 I think.
Cheerful modern psychedelic pop. I hear some 60's influences, including The Beach Boys here and there, in addition to more recent influences like Animal Collective. I dig it. I’ll keep this band on the back burner and listen to more of them. I appreciate a band that goes out of their way to make every song sound unique. I also like when an album cover immediately signals what kind of music this is going to be. —— I get a kick out of how yesterday’s album was Nas’ “Illmatic” featuring “Life’s a Bitch” and today we have an album with a song called “Life’s a Beach.” (And personal fun fact: the first screenplay I ever wrote was called “Life’s a Beach” — it wasn’t very good but that phrase will always hold a special place in my heart.)
Quan van aparèixer tothom n'anava ple. Van passar a ser els nous reis de l'indietronica per un breu període. Entre l'horrible portada i que les primeres escoltes no em van impressionar, els vaig passar de llarg. Recuperant-los ara reconec part de les virtuts que en aquell moment es vitorejaven. Molt musicals i temes que destaquen per sobre de molts dels seus contemporanis. La portada no ha millorat amb el temps, però
Musically, I don't really have a problem with this, but I'm mostly not feeling it. I'm usually pretty tolerant of most music, but this I just found to be unfocused and mildly annoying. Coming back the next day, it improved somewhat, but I'm unlikely to revisit this. Fave Songs: Life's a Beach, Skies Over Cairo, Storm, WOR, Hand of Man
Understand why this was acclaimed at time. Interesting sounds and nice to listen to. However, no compelling songs at the heart of the soundscape.
3.5
7/10 interesting first half
Never heard of this group and it was definitely a pleasant listening experience.
Perfectly adequate music
That was kinda cool. Clearly a lot going on in the song arrangement and vocal harmonies. My 7 year-old loves the album, which is a compliment with his good taste in music. Pleasant to listen to overall, but I probably won't come back much. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding
It started out hopeful, but I kinda got bored after a few songs. It's definitely an interesting sound though. I wish the songs had more aim. My favourite song was Hail Bop.
Art rock - meh
Listened to these guys a lot in high school, so this was a great blast from the past for today. Love the reedy guitar, rhythmic focus, and actually good use of unusual rhythm elements from the dreary hay day of clap-stomp indie. Definitely frontloaded in terms of the energy and better tracks, but a fun album for a car ride or other casual listening.
Exceedingly boring even though it seems like it should be interesting. 5/10
Pop-rock electrónico experimental. Ni fu ni fa.
Pleasant psychodelia electronica with a sense of movement. Zumm Zumm is weird and infectious.
I don't know, I just can't get into this album or artist. Aussie beach boys have so much potential. Default got played all the time on my indie radio station in '12.
Tja, ok? Ikke viktig ti år senere?
Not particularly memorable, but pretty good light rock album.
It was good, I think I would have enjoyed it if they amped up the psychedelia on this. It was solid I just feel like maybe they kept it a bit safe at times. It’s playful and I liked it, Default was great, Wor may be my favourite though with that siren followed by a garage rock style rollicking lick to follow. Overall really good stuff. 3.5 stars
Good
I went in totally ignorant of this record and artist. At first I was getting Kraftwerk vibes but then the harmonized vocals kicked in which remind me of some sixties groups like The Hollies, The Association, or The Byrds. All said, I find myself drawn to records that successfully fuse cold/mechanical machine noises with warm/human musicality. Django Django certainly scratches that itch but when it veers into the longer, jammier songs I admit to getting bored. I love Stereolab but they are guilty of the same tendency. I think some editing of the longer tunes would be an improvement.
That "Default" song annoyed the hell out of me when it was released, but the rest of this album is pretty interesting.
Not heard anything by this band previously. Entertaining with a gentle flow although parts sounded like something from a decade earlier.
Had never heard this before, but really enjoyed it.
This was an album I haven’t heard before and exceeded my expectations. I thought it was light, minimal, and innovative. The beats were pretty simple and easy to enjoy. The lyrics were like an 80s tone of robotic speak. Overall it was something I’d revisit and listen to more. 7.2/10
Música ambiental sin pena ni gloria
It’s like the postal service made some trippy acid pop. Excellent electronic composure but the falsetto harmonization can get a little tired. Lord of half hashed ideas that sometimes stick, and sometimes don’t. That’s the beauty of music after all, they’re being creative and sometimes something fresh and wonderful can be created. However, only some of it hits for me. As the album progresses it resembles new age sea shanties where the harmonies float on waves of consistent rhythms mixed with well placed instrumentals. Nothing captured my attention, but I did enjoy a few songs. Overall, a bland record for my taste, mostly due to the vocals not taking any chances.
Rock alternativo.
Django Django is the debut album by British art rock band Django Django. This electronic rock/neo-psychedelia album was full of groovy, trippy tracks. It was well received by critics and the public, being certified silver in the UK. Their debut album tried its best at bringing back psychedelia rock into the mainstream. I really enjoyed this album, partly for the rock type beats and also for the electronic music elements. I believe more people should be introduced to this album, so give it a listen if it's recommended.
Nice surprise, good tip for if you need to relax.
Different! I liked it!
I don't know what to think about this album. It has high points. It has low points. It is a bit more than 3 but not enough for 4
Repetitiveness in these songs definitely has a lot of charm and makes them super catchy and fun, but over 40 minutes of that somehow feels like too much. Tiring.
petite aprem tranquillou rien à signaler
(－.－)...zzz
Vaikea muodostaa tästä mielipidettä. Musiikillisesti ihan kiinnostavaa ja erilaista, ehkä pitäis kuunnella uudestaan myöhemmin. Mennään turvallisella 3/5 kun ei ollut mitenkään erityisen pahan kuuloista myöskään.
Blast from the past this. Served best with camel chinos and a bottle of bulmers pear cider. Can't say it offers too much more than default though, a pretty easy listening album but could easily be any band from the time
Even after listening to this, I don't remember anything about this album.
I'd give this a listen again. Never heard of them before. Some songs, like Zumm Zumm, sound like the soundtrack to a video game. Standouts: None Others: Hail Bop, Default, Firewater, Zumm Zumm, Rating: 3/5
This felt long and I was surprised that it was only 50 minutes. That said I didn’t dislike it. Might have to give it another listen.
Verrassend leuk! Misschien een beetje veel van hetzelfde, maar dat mocht de pret niet drukken.
Lekker vrolijk en up-tempo.
gave this another listen and still like it . intresting music and good to listen to in the back ground
Interesting Indietronica. Reminds me of LCD Soundsystem if their major influence was The Beach Boys.
Somewhat uneven but overall decent. Quite arty and experimental.
Unique and enjoyable, but repetitive, can't do a whole album.
Catchy, and annoying in equal measure.
Pretty nice. Sounds fresh (maybe because of how old the other albums are, but still). Liked Life's a Beach the most
I didn't know what to expect with this album but it ended up being a very fun and enjoyable listen!
KGATLW by way of beach boys. I liked the timbres, but structurally it isn't particularly nuanced. The vocals lean very heavily into the beach boys Brian Wilson sound, and it works as background music, but it gets very samey. Otherwise, a good groove throughout.