The Contino Sessions

Niet echt mn ding

Like a knock off version of Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X... And a bad knock off at that

A bunch of songs in need of a singer and lyrics. "Aladdin's Story", for one, isn't telling much of a story without any words now is it? Something about the sound made me want to like this but it didn't quite make it.

Moody broody gloomy background music

90s electronic noises are done better by other dudes.

DNF - I read a review that said this was a cut rate screamadelica. And I thought, hey that’s not fair! But they were correct. This was frustrating to listen to and I found myself skipping a lot.

Didn’t listen to all of it, but it was ok

Alternated between movie soundtrack and video game soundtrack.

Sold 100,000 in the UK, so there's that, I guess. It's anyone's guess what the ACTUAL GOAL of this music is. I mean, it's fun to go down to the studio and just make noise, and I like the drums/bass/guitar formula as much as the next person. But what are you bringing to this party? Especially in 1999, la fin de siecle. Post-Radiohead, Post-Nirvana, Post-Britpop, Post-Portishead. The bookending songs, "Dirge" and "Neptune City" are the most interesting ones on the album, and I won't remember them tomorrow (I barely remember them now). Not really songs so much as a kind of background noise you might hear at the new latin-fusion restaurant in some mid-population city like Des Moines or Santa Clarita. Just okay, just enough edge to make it almost tip over into the badass side of the rock spectrum without really hurting anyone. Looks like a lot of effort went into this, but for what?

I didn’t get much enjoyment from this one.

mi ha lasciato più confusa che altro

*suono di profondo sospiro*

Starts really strong with Dirge’s buildup but everything else is just boring noise for the most part, something to put on the background than actively listen too.

Pretty I retesting overall. Kind of feels like the gorillas with a lot less lyrics

Irritating.

It's fine but forgettable. Some of the tracks tickled my brain. On the plus side it made me think about Bob Dylan being a Soul Auctioneer.

DJ concept albums. Surely we are not encouraging this???

I like some. The rest, not so much.

Just alright.

pretty meh

Not really my taste. Might be good around Halloween tho.

Remind me again: Why is this on the list?!? .... Hello?!? .... 2/5

interesting combination of big beat and rock with influence of shoegaze and what would be called post punk in the future. good background music.

This far from the worst thing I’ve heard, but I still didn’t like it much. Something about the song “Aisha” really put me off in an extreme way. Overall just didn’t care for this.

A compilation of annoying sounds.

Felt disjointed stylistically. A little boring

At times I feel it, at times I don't. When I don't, it's boring. Favorite song: Lever street.

Vibey synth stuff. It's listenable, but it's also been done to death. The genre of "repeating electronic noise with very gradual and minute variation spread across six minutes" might've been revolutionary back in the 90s, but it's not so impressive anymore. Not everything about the album is necessarily bad. Some of the tracks, such as Dirge, Soul Auctioneer, and Flying have a chord progression that's just interesting and exciting enough to be engaging. Flying, in particular, exhibits a level of slowly rising energy and adventure that I really liked. My main issue is that most of the remaining tracks are just not interesting (Death Threat, Lever Street, Broken Little Sister) or kind of irritating (Aisha). Speaking of Aisha, what's going on with that random screaming, weird monsterish mumbling, and out-of-place synth noise? Coupled with what's essentially a one-chord retro video game soundtrack, the result isn't great. I feel a lot of the tracks, particularly that one, could've been improved by cutting down on the experimentation and adding a good crooning singer. 2/5 Key tracks: Dirge, Soul Auctioneer, Flying

2/5

Experimentell - interessant aber meist nicht gut.

Couldn’t find my way to connect with this one. Some interesting sound textures but not enough to wow me, and it’s looooong.

Surprisingly, i enjoyed this much more than I expected. while I am not ready to give it 3 stars….2 1/2 would have worked if there were half stars. So it’s a two star album with some upside.

"Organized" noise

I love me some experimental electronica. I like juxtapositions between rock and rave. But this is a CD of background music played in an arts and crafts store that’s trying to be edgy. Was disengaged throughout.

Dollar Store Gorillaz.

I was somewhat intrigued by the minimalist trip hop of the first track but didn’t like the vocals on the second and was soon bored. Some of the sounds are inventive but there was not enough here to carry my interest throughout the album.

Just sort of boring electronic music with some rock elements. It's fine, just sounds like I should be hacking a mainframe while I'm listening.

Never heard about Death In Vegas before, but I can see that they, as well as so many, many other albums on this list, were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Maybe we should start not including every nominee, right?

It's fine as long as it stays instrumental. I nope right out with their lyrics.

I didn’t hate this enough to warrant a 1, but most likely will not be revisiting. 1.5/2

Add another one to the “why did this make the list” category. I mean I guess I liked it because it incorporated some real instruments with electronic, which added a more human aspect to it. But the music was forgettable. What happens in Vegas will definitely be staying in Vegas.

Liked it more than the electronic one we had yesterday, but not a lot more

It was fine. Some good grooves and riffs. Some of the songs seemed perfect for a Matrix or Blade movie. Neo walking into a bar before taking out some mofos. I could see putting this on in the background while working or something. However, I’m just not sure what makes this unique or that intersting. Why is this a must listen? And the songs seemed similar. Layout a beat and bass line and then layer on other things that build and build and build and then…just end. There’s no climax or resolution. Truly some blue balls music.

Glad this album came right after Underworld. I did not like it as much and thus rating a notch lower. Easy peasy. 2.25/5

Kind of background noise resident sleeper. Nothing really good

Blind album and artist. Had its moments, but the lows were repetitive, and uninteresting to me.

pretty bad vibes

My review was going to be 'surely one Primal Scream is more than enough', and then I saw the cast list. I stick with that. A few interesting bits but it feels like another attempt at trying to make nineties indie rock more 'eclectic'. Which mostly (doesn't) work. Definitely didn't need two discs of this.

This has a very dirty feeling throughout. It got right under my fingernails, and not in a good way, either. It sounds like it was written with soundtrack licenses in mind. Very formulaic.

I usually like this kind of stuff (darker, goodies beats) but I struggled with this one. It just did not grab my attention, and there's nothing on here I can't live without. 2/5

I'm not opposed to a little weirdness but this had a few tracks that were out there

This just sauntered along lacking any inspiration and depth.

Ja niet heel bijzonder. Iets te experimenteel voor mij.

Most of this felt a bit like a low budget primal scream. There were bits that were decent, one song that was a sort of overdriven electronic nine inch nailsy thing, but by and large I wasn't too fussed.

Didn't do too much for me. Alright in parts, but also some beeps and whirs in at least one song that annoyed me. Wouldn't choose to listen to this again. Dirge was the best track. 2.5

Sì beh

Unable to finish Some really cool instrumentation which I would think “fuck yeah, that’s a sick bit” and then they’d just play it over and over for two minutes. Death threat was a great example of this. I feel like these guys are great producers, and would be great to have in the writing room because some of the parts are incredible. But as far as song structure goes I just don’t get it

Death in Vegas Sludgey, electronic, psychedelic. There’s some cool instrumental but it all feels like an intro until it feels like an outro. Sounds like a soundtrack. Sludgey, electronic, psychedelic. 2.5

I didn’t hate this but I’m having a hard time saying anything about this. I liked Alladins story. Aisha creeped me out and not in a good way.

Mostly instrumental and musically mostly robot noise. Death in Vegas is good at what they do, but I don't much like what they do.

Yeah … no. Not my thing at all. Won’t dis it with one star but won’t be returning to this one.

Hot, sexual noise rock/pop. Like Sonic Youth met an analog synthesizer. Feels like an electrical fire.

I honestly dig this vibe a bit and how the tracks build, that said this is very much background music to me and all kinda sounds the same

Not bad but not special. Very forgettable.

There was one good song, but I didnt really like it

some cool stuff, but forgot i was listening to music half the time.

A few interesting tracks but... weird ... 2 star

Yeah nah.

rough

no thanks

I was pretty bored throughout listening to this. Hard to understand why this made the 1001 list.

Minder fra gamle dage men holder bare ikke helt med nutidens briller

A really promising start with Dirge, but it all went downhill.

Oh joy. Another album of noise. At least this one has some sort of melodic structure unlike the German nonsense from last week.

Okay techno/triphop/shoegaze. Not something I’d ever feel a desire to listen to again, but it being the assigned album didn’t ruin my day. I wish a genie had offered the band the ability to take itself a little less seriously in exchange for having to make every song on the album two minutes shorter. But other than those issues, this was fine.

Lots of cool ideas that mostly end in a bloated boring soup. Lofi beats to study to before YouTube existed except that it's not lofi enough for that even. Dirge, Soul Auctioneer, Aladdin's Story, Neptune City, and One More Time were all pretty good, but didn't make up for what was around them. I really wanted to like Aisha but is just reminded me of a bad version of "I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull" from Swans two years later. I really tried to give this one a proper go. Came back to it multiple times and it never clicked. A strong 2 here. I like the idea but it doesn't come together.

Best Song: Dirge. If I had a car, this would probably be good driving music. Worst Song: Aisha. The vocals detracted severely from an otherwise interesting electronic track. It starts in pure edgelord territory, but by the end it literally sounds like Elmo is screaming. Overall: Why do so many electronics albums of this era struggle to limit themselves to just interesting music? They need to bookend each track with some kind of analog noodling before "landing" on some rhythm as if they've just found the ghost in the machine. That kind of device is interesting once, not on every track, where it just becomes clutter that gets in the way between the listener and the track they want to listen to. That being said, some of the grooves on this album are pretty good.

Pretty good electro-rock album. I do prefer Scorpio which I know better and has Hands Around my Neck. Unfortunately nothing here comes close to the menace that that track has. 2.5 stars

Meh

Meh, kind bland and monotone. I won't be remembering this one.

More obscure British rubbish. There is far better music coming out of the UK. Honestly the last couple songs of the album were the best.

duplicate

I dunno, maybe I’d dig this electronica stuff if I (still?) did drugs. Or if I had done (at some point) the “right” drugs. But I don’t, or I didn’t, so I just don’t get it. This is better than some of the electronica this project has served up, but it is still, at best, background music. It’s got some decent grooves, but nothing happens with them…. Except repetition. My main reaction to this album is BORED. Each song, after a minute or so, just merges into the overall background. Actually, background isn’t the right word, it implies a certain not-intrusive feel. This is not quiet music. Again, I imagine this being the sound of a dark club with flashing lights and lots of folk doing drugs that didn’t exist when I was in my 20s. And even when I was younger, I wasn’t into that kind of scene. The best analogy to my days would be to say this is More Iron Butterfly than Pink Floyd. You know: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, the cool little 3 minute song that’s really a 17+ minute exploration of… …. Well, something mind altered. Not that I would know… That said, Alsha, with Iggy Pop vocals (more spoken than sung) rises above it. It could be a pretty decent 3:30 song, but it drones on for almost 6 minutes, and loses its edge. Really just not my thing. I’ll give it 2 stars for the almost cool Iggy Pop song. I didn’t give up on the listen, but I wasn’t sad when it was done. 2/5

Felt like a lot of tracks setting up a song but no actual songs. They had fun though, 2/5

This is not the kind of music I like.

Pretty fun to listen to, though too many random noises throughout and overall pretty bad. Felt like they had tried to copy Nathan Fielder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6BNE62xGqE 1.5/5

The only thing keeping it from a 1 rating is that it's Christmas Eve and I don't want or deserve that kind of karma. There's also a chance I didn't even listen to this. Oh sure, I played the album and had it on for both of my ears to hear, but that should tell you the impact it had on me. I get this dealt to me on December 26th and I likely vote down. As it is, it avoids the dustbin. Merry Christmas Darling.

Meh

Basically a "nothing" album for me. Some boring soundscapes and too-long electronic songs. All the vocals are terrible. No idea why this is on a must-listen list. Fav track: Luther's Funk

This album was pretty much uneventful. It was good enough to relax and get lost in the simple electronic style but it also was bad enough for me to not really notice anything good that happened during it. Overall it was an album that missed the mark for me. This was some weird gloomy indie electronic album. That combination of styles isn’t really needed. 3.8/10

An eclectic mix of music. It’s unique, but a bit too left field for my liking.

Better than most of the electronic I've been exposed to here but still monotonous and boring in alot of spots.

Back ground noise.

More mid techno. 2.5/5

Just ok

Background music. 2.5 stars.

One listen was enough. No thanks.

Vibey and boring simultaneously, almost an impressive combo. I don’t think I will listen again.

Theatrical - meh

I really really really can't stand this guy's edgelord-ass vocals. I don't know the last time I hated a song as much as Broken little sister. Some of the instrumental cuts are nice and vibey, but the overall palette just doesn't sit right with me. Soul auctioneer wasn't bad either, kinda sounds like Bob Dylan. Overall, I can't imagine wanting to listen to this front to back again.

Pop un tanto experimental con bastante instrumentalización y sintetizadores. Ha pasado sin pena ni gloria. Nada especialmente destacable

Not my vibe

Dirge is fun. The rest sounds like the ambient music played to open a NIN concert.

Honestly can’t recall this at all. All I remember was finding it okay but the degree to which the music evades my memory there must be missing something more than usual. Or maybe it’s just me, whoops

Tråkigt, otåligt men inte hemskt

Listened to it while distracted, it seemed like background music.

Not bad per say, but not for me. If anything seemed interesting, it wasn't by the time the song was done.

It was okay

Facking vaag niet mijn cup of tea Met drugs kan wel goeie zijn of live maar hier alleen op mijn kamer nah

Guitar, drums, bass, some organ and a mix of sounds, some vocals (a hint of Dylan on a couple of the tracks) and some screaming. A right moody album with some death threats

This was pleasant enough but didn't like wow me, I think it would be good music to do a long dancing sesh to with other people but wasn't all that interested just listening to it on my own if I'm honest

Kind of fine but generally a nothingness for me. A bit AI-y . The vocals in track two were very familar, I looked looked up the guy from the band convinced I knew his voice. Anyway, it was actually Bobby Gillespie singing on that track.

A nothing album filled with background noise.

It was an ok album by Death In Vegas, full of the 90s electronica sounds, yet there was something lacking. There were some good beats and overall feeling, but The Contino Sessions didn't quite hit the mark. Best: Soul Auctioneer Worst: Broken Little Sister

I really wanted to like this, maybe more than I did. It’s got cool sounds but for me it doesn’t go much beyond that as overly long tracks and a lack of lyrics made me less engaged.

This was pretty bland for me. Definitely backgrounded in after a couple of tracks maybe a bit unfairly but hey. Liked the blend of electronic production and love instrumentation but beyond that felt a bit middle of the road. Two and a half. Fave track: Soul Auctioneer

Found this pretty underwhelming - at best it's a not all that great imitation of better 90s bands with more interesting sounds. Not all that compelling or fresh I suppose, maybe just mediocre rather than bad. Fave track: Lever Street

I'm usually a fan of space-y trip hop but girl these compositions are boring af. 2.5/5

A bit too weird and discordant for me

Un odieux album sans chant que j'ai dû écouter à deux reprises, la faute à un endormissement intervenu lors de la première écoute.

Just not my cup of tea. Enjoyed Soul Auctioneer though.

I'd never heard Death in Vegas before. It was solidly ok. Some good tracks like 'Dirge', a lot of less interesting stuff that faded into the background. Not anything I'd listen to again and I didn't feel like it was especially original.

pretty boring for the most part with some somewhat interesting passages here and thereZzz…..aisha is what knocked it down a star for me though.

2+

Oh joy. Another mediocre electronic album. "The Contino Sessions" isn't terrible as far as electronic goes, I guess. There are zero stand out tracks and it certainly never bangs but it was fine as background music for a few tracks. Unfortunately, it quickly outstayed its welcome. At only 48 minutes long, I was still super ready for it to be over.

It was OK but nothing grabbed me particularly.

A mish mash of experimental electronica with bits of strange vocals. I was hopeful in the beginning, Dirge is a song I recognize and like. The rest of the album, though not bad at all, is not for me. 2.5

Reminds me of Radiohead, with a little bit of Aerosmith.

It’s good at the start but then it just becomes boring 2/5

Listened to this on a run and genuinely forgot it was playing... which says a lot The opener was loud-cum-gloomy, but the rest of the album disappeared into obscurity

Nothing special

Loved the percussions on "One More Time". In it's entirety the album didn't gel. Nothing held it together. Sometimes cool and often so repetitious and boring. Vocals didn't help make it more interesting. Hard to concentrate on the music quality because it just fell into the background.

Can def hear this influence in contemporary Weeknd tracks. Sort of sounds like Gorillaz covering the Weeknd for a GenX/boomer audience. I didn't love the album. The songs kind of started blurring together half way through, w/ the interruption of the Iggy Pop yelling in Aisha. Will probably not re-listen though might come back to it come Halloween time for the vibes.

I don’t know what it is about electronica. It’s just not for me. It sounds cool at first but I cannot stand a full album of this. Is something wrong with me

Alleen die track met Iggy Pop was bekend bij mij, de rest was als achtergrond muziek prima te negeren.

Dit is me allemaal iets té onsamenhangend

Another club album, and a pretty good one. Just not for me.

Nothing exciting. Good overall

I hate listening to something and thinking it's just a jumble of irritating noise. Because that's what so many said about many different genres and iterations of rock music over the years, and it just made all of them sound old and out-of-touch. Am I old and out-of-touch? Because a lot of Death in Vegas' "Contino Sessions" sounds like aimless noise. "Dirge" was a decent start, but the vocals on "Soul Auctioneer" were a turnoff and then "Death Threat" descended into noise with random arhythmic beeps. "Flying" was almost tolerable until the last couple minutes of an overlong track, and the Iggy Pop spoken word ramblings of an acid trip future on "Aisha" didn't help. "Lever Street" almost brough tit back, and then "Aladdin's Story" finally delivered something song-like, but it wasn't written by Death in Vegas. It was, incredibly randomly, a never-used Mick Jagger/Keith Richards collaboration? Listenability continued with "Broken Little Sister," aided by The Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid, and "Neptune City" was also ok. The version of the album on Amazon continued with three more decent songs before a long string of remixes, but we can't count those as the original ended at "Neptune City." Those last three tracks save "Contino Sessions" from being as single-star worthy as Mercury Rev, but this is still not one I'd leave on by choice.

Da e greit, men mislike da litt og kinda

Even on a plane this got old.

instrumental meio experimental, nao curti

I was excited for this because I like electronic rock and the last week has been filled with 1970s albums. This was pretty boring.

Got old pretty quickly. Not my style

My co-judge and I listened to this on our drive back from Ottawa. The first song builds nicely and has a moody feel to it. It’s catchy, in a Levi’s commercial, movie-theme kind of way (I cheated). The vocalist on the next one provides some spark but the underlying mood and rhythm is similar to song one. A complaint of my co-judge was that there are a number of beat-oriented songs – some that run past 7 minutes – without discernable melodies or hooks. This remains true even when the songs become more guitar-oriented. Occasionally the vocalist saves the day, but not always (Iggy Pop, for example). This is one of those LPS that didn’t sell much and critics ignored. Between a 2 and a 3 for me.

A lot of sound scaping I wasn’t really into. Some songs were alright but overall wouldn’t listen again

Completely NOT a must hear.

This was kinda boring. Some cool sounds and ideas, and I like "Soul Auctioneer," but it just sorta droned on. I should probably listen closer.

idk

I spent the first few songs wishing it had lyrics, then regretting it when they did eventually have them.

not bad as background EDM but more hypnotic than dance

Didn't completely hate but wouldn't listen again.

I don’t get the appeal of electronica although this is better than most of what I’ve heard. Not interested in hearing this album or band again.

Not the wiliest thing I’ve ever heard but I didn’t like it. I’m just not really sure who this stuff is for and would need a fan to explain it to me.

Yawn. The worst criticism I can give an album is that it is boring. This album was boring.

I think my main problem is that is just feels like background music. Feels like trance music, so by nature it’s repetitive. There were some cool moments sprinkled throughout, but I didn’t like the majority of the album. Really don’t like any of the tracks with vocals

2.8 - I read some of the rave reviews for this album on Metacritic and am feeling confused. While I do like some of the production - the guitar feedback and bleeps/bloops - overall, it's pretty forgettable, even despite Iggy Pop's strange lyrical contribution on "Aisha." Besides "Broken Little Sister" I likely won't give this record a second thought.

Aisha oli hyvää menoa, muuten ei oikein iskenyt

Aissa- miten tiukka veto Aisha on. Muuten vähän laiskaa, 2/5.

The album is OK to listen to, but it isn't very original. They are using existing music styles without putting a unique spin on them. For example, classic 60s-70s rock is a key influence, while "Death Threat" and "Flying" sound just like 80s sci-fi movie soundtracks. And even though the quality is pretty good, the album ends up being forgettable.

Well...I don't know what it is. I don't dislike it, but also don't like...I want to rate it with 3 stars, but it's too strange to be "medium"...

So far I hate the vocal style of the lead singer. Lazy, talking, incomprehensible, jumble of words. The music itself is ok. Not something that I would listen to again, just not my thing.

Edward Cullen probably listens to this

A little hmm and a lot of meh.

This album is a giant MEH for me. What is with all these late 90s-early 2000s british "rock" records lately. Droning and pretentious. Only redeeming quality is it's short. Song added to Playlist: Dirge

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I like shoegaze, but this electronica-fusion piece is a bit on the generic side, no real flavor at all. The guest vocalists were excellent and fitting with the music, but I felt they carried the show.

The Contino Sessions isn't really for me, it's moody electronica with a bit of dirt and grit to it, but nothing lasts or resonates. 2/5.

Idk it was on but it didn’t really grab my attention.

Qualquer coisa.

I'm pretty sure if you hang out at hot topic, are making a sexy vampire thriller, or LARP, this album is for you. otherwise, it's kind of eh

Dirge and Aisha are great, but much of the rest is a bit samey

Actually not that bad, but there are some pretty weird sound choices at times, that does not work out in the musics favor. Pretty boring. But allright instrumental music. Ambient noise, but not the best in that category. Really like "Dirge" and "Lever Street" 2

a massive meh from me, dawg

meh

Just ok electronic. Nothing completely shocking or exciting, and frankly a little disappointing in the middle to back half.

Мутьная муть

Liked some of it. Some was obnoxious. Most songs were too long (unnecessarily drawn out).

Like a cross between Primal Scream and Kasabian but without anything to stand out, sing along to or remember.

este álbum suena como ruido para mi

September 28, 2021 This sucks. Repetitive and tries too hard to be edgy. The only redeeming quality is "Luther's Funk" which is the only thing that saved this from one star.

They’ve done better albums than this one

The singing in South Auctioneer really turned me off. The songwriting just isn't very good nor is the delivery. The music itself is fine, but there's nothing terribly groundbreaking or unique about it especially in 1999. I get the feeling that Death in Vegas take themselves too seriously and are really trying to sound dark and dangerous. Not even an appearance from Iggy Pop salvage this album (though non-coincidentally, the song on which he appears, Aisha, is the highlight of the album).

Strong start with "Dirge." Thought I was going to kike "Aisha" knowing Iggy Pop was on it, but I did not like it. Overall very hit and miss.

Wow. What a downer. Guess that's the point though, right? Well, fuck that. Not only is the mood consistently dour, it's consistently boring as well.

First Listen. Nice background music. Not much else.

Ok: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Didn't enjoy: 2, 3, 4. In other words, probaly won't listen to this album again - 2 stars.

I appreciated the heavy organ on Lever Street. Almost a 3.

The first song with its slow build gave me a chill up my spine, which is a hell of a way to start an album. Unfortunately, the rest of the album fell short of the expectations it set up in the first song. From then on, the pieces range from bad to mediocre. The songs don't have anything to them that makes them stand out from one another. Disappointing.

never heard of this band. wasn't anything awful or compelling. 2.0

Eh

Aged badly, bad taste?

You want some early electronica? Well here is some repetitive, uninspired tracks for you that are a bit too long.

I don't know. It was fine I guess. Kind of bland and just noise to me though.

Interesting stuff here

Industrial Brit Pop? Sooo, I guess shoegaze? Some good buildups. Some cool sounds. Little bit of a background album though.

Meh

Something different to listen to but didn't particularly entertain two star Terry. 2*

Very eclectic horror. That sums it up for me. I gotta say I liked it in a strange way. Today this would have fit in with Interstellar movies. I did not like the length of the songs. I felt they were trying to burn them into my brain which was a creepy similarity to the album cover. X-ray photos of maybe Aisha’s shoes! I will keep this title in mind for Halloween or funerals. Felt a little like Def Lepered from the 70’s. Broken Sister &Aisha were my 2 favorite. And do not forget Aisha....he is a Murderer.

Tiene un sonido crudo y libre de "cursilerías" pero no trasciende; es monótono y a veces aburrido. Sin embargo es un album a tener en cuenta. Es injusto que lo califique con dos estrellas al igual que otros discos de menor calidad, sin embargo no llega a las 3. El sistema de 5 estrellas es un poco limitado. Mi calificación sería un 6, y si permitiera: 2 estrellas y media.

Neptune City" Released: 30 August 1999 (vinyl only) "Aisha" Released: 31 January 2000 "Dirge" Released: 24 April 2000 "One More Time" Released: 10 July 2000 (vinyl only

Mira que me gusta el rock progresivo, el instrumental, las canciones largas, pero los Death in Vegas NO. Lo he intentado varias veces. En este disco solo se salva para mi gusto Aisha con la voz de Iggy Pop. Prescindible excepto ese tema, le daré un 2 por que en general sería un 1 a todo más un 4 a Aisha.

semi dark and grungy sounds, not my cup of tea.

Oof.

Not feeling it

Very mediocre

A few good songs.

Look at me a less emotional Portishead and 80's guitar with glimpses of sunshine like a winter in Finland in January just after blue monday.

Meh

I'm not into the type of electronica that takes a measure or two and repeats it 256 times in a row. That's not what this whole album was, but it was enough of it to really beat me down. There's some decent stuff buried here. I'm not sure it's worth the effort to dig out. Best track: Aladdin's Story

This stinks mid 2

OMG what a slog.

Aisha should have run, and so should I. This album has no reason to be on this list. The songs are uninteresting and feel like the singer’s attempt to do a terrible Bob Dylan impression or release his inner edgelord. Absolute pass, not listening again.

Didn't like this i dont really know why but no

Favorite Song: Aladdin’s Story Least Favorite: Aisha

is this what feeling high and having a bad trip feels like?

The title of track one pretty much sums up my feelings.

Zzz…

👎👎👎👎👎 1.0

Something?

Por que me siguen saliendo cosas tan malas

This album wasn't even pretentious, it was just terrible. Such boring, atmospheric electronic sounds

Boring and uninspired drones. A waste of time.

0.7/5 I can understand how some albums have made this list and there's others, like this one that I'm scratching my head to see what's good about it, let alone great. It isn't a style of music I tend to listen too, so I'm not the best person to review it, but it just seemed like a mish mash of repetitive sounds and that doesn't sound that groundbreaking

ok interesting... first song is good it's weird but second song wtf is that, idk about this one... didn't like it

So many other good late 90s electronica albums. I was bored

This was not for me at all. Just did nothing to excite me and I barely got through the album tbh.

Here's what so great about music. This was definitely NOT for me, but I saw a few 4 and 5 star reviews from other folx. Just that fact that I didn't like while others loved it is pretty cool, in my book.

A soft, flighty opening makes it seem like the listener is entering a dream-like experience. Not sure of the effect they were going for but some electric sounds seemed like a buzzing pest flying around. The pest and the song droned on for a little too long. Should have known this was going sign of things to come for the album. The next track felt like a techno-contemporary Bob Dylan prose possessing repetitiveness that didn’t aid the song or meaning with lyrics like “Broken your wings and you lost your demon.” The more I heard, the more I lost my desire to listen. The catchy guitar riffs and steady beat of “Aisha” almost pulled me in, but then the wild crazy lyrics and odd electric sounds pushed me away. “Neptune City” gave similar vibes. I’m all for experimentation in music and exploring what sounds can do and where it’ll take you, and I’m sure there are groups who would enjoy this musical journey. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them.

This is to music what a toddler scribbling crayons on the wall is to visual arts.

Zzzzzz

Day903 - they’ve unlocked a new hate, whatever this gloomy techno is

I had really high hopes for this album based off the first song which I thought was kind of cool. What followed was not cool. I'm really not a fan of the weird post-punk, goth sound of the 90s. It feels very performative. I dig goth music in general just not this.

Malo

pretty unlistenable

This was a dud unfortunately.

Lever street is almost a vibe

I usually enjoy this type of music, but there was a specific distorted whirring noise through this album which was very unpleasant and caused me to get really tense.

I've never heard anything from this creep that was worth listening to

Nothing remarkable.

This album almost felt unfinished. Some of the "beats" were ok but lacked vocals to turn them into a completed song.

bleh

This started off ok, until he started singing. A disappointing weekend album since ai had no interest in revisiting this

Oof... pouring one out for the reviewers who were linked to the two hour version. The original version is forty-eight minutes, guys. https://open.spotify.com/album/4qUKzyXuy3GSzQD5RTJLdq

What is this pretentious Prada-wearing bullshit - Oh... It's Soho music. That tracks, and it's... interesting. Giving it a 2/10 is generous but that's what I see in it. I haven't got a clue why this album is important or why it was awarded any prizes. It's a mish-mash of electric sounds and synths with occasionally some mumbling vocals. There's a couple of songs that are palatable but in general it's just sort of generic electronica. Crystal Method was doing this but way better and didn't have the pretentiousness that somehow oozes from these songs. Also it's a long album, there's a couple 6 and 7 minute songs that just drag on. Racing gamers know "Aesha" from Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec title screen theme - which is arguably the only song worth listening to on the album (it's still not great, very abbrasive audio). Final rating 2/10, would not listen to again.

Not my cup of tea

First song was repetitive but pleasantly hypnotic. Second song, as soon as the vocals drop and those crazy dissonant guitars sort of simulating sirens, I got really annoyed immediately. I don't think this is for me either.

Not for me

No my style

More shit UK Electronica. Cool.

Based on all the genres attached to this project, Neo-Psychedelia, Trip Hop, and Psychedelic Rock, you'd think this would be a beautiful companion piece to Massive Attack's 1998 album Mezzanine but honestly it couldn't be anything further from it. This project starts off with a killer opening track with Dirge and then slowly loses its' own structure until the music is utterly unrecognizable by the end. Comparing Aisha to Lever Street is like apples and oranges and yet they are grouped together in the same basket, it makes no fucking sense whatsoever. I would praise this album for keeping the psychedelic production the entire time, but they can't even get that super easy brownie point without screwing that up too. I feel like I am aimlessly walking around in a circle but that circle never loops around when I turn on The Contino Sessions. Comparing the borderline industrial start to this project to the watered down Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ending on Neptune City is nothing short of comical and upsetting. I had such high hopes this would win me over but alas it let me down on levels I can not even begin to comprehend. Whomp whomp...

I can't believe I heard all of that waiting for something to happen

It's just noise?? Very 90s noise but not very fun

1 star, didn't like

Good for the style

Honestly it was a terrible experience for me. I ended up dropping the album halfway through. I didn’t get the music, didn’t get any meaning from it, and most importantly I felt absolutely nothing while listening. It all just came across as noise rather than something engaging or expressive. If I’m going for electronic music, I’d much rather go to something like Kraftwerk. Even with psychedelic stuff, I enjoy that space a lot—albums like Disconnected by Stiv Bators or Suicide by Suicide (which I especially love) have character and feeling. This just didn’t have that for me. Overall, really not for me at all.

3/17/26. Didn't feel this one, thought it was a bit boring. Sounds like it tried to pull from big beat and electronica from the era but a bit subdued.

somethings going on and its not for me.

Feels like the soundtrack to an edgy movie, but not a good one... 1/5

Could barely listen to it all... I think the pitchfork review was right- bad toothless "rock" that wants to be edgey.

Too much style, too little substance

I listened to this home alone, late in the afternoon as the heavenly shades of night were falling, probably not a good idea. Boy are we a long way from The Platters just by the by. And out of the mist some kind of voice was calling, but it did not make sense. When these things get thrown up I always think about Ern Malley, could we call these records the Ern Malley Effect? Did these guys just program some noises and then sat back to see if anyone took it seriously, as a laugh?

Just awful. Couldn't wait for it to be over.

Very repetitive noise. And so long. No thanks.

It's nice that they made an album specifically for late 90s action movies.

chato p caralho filho o nome é legal e termina ai

Struggled to get through this one, found it alternated between dull and annoying. Favourite song: Aladdin's Story Least: Death Threat

Damn, this list sure loves its generic 90s electronic, huh? Well I sure don't, and this is one of the worst ones yet. Like I don't even know in what setting this could be enjoyed. It's so uninteresting, but not even in a way that it could be playing in the background at the club. It's too "technical" for that kind of setting, but too generic and repetitive to actually be enjoyed in any other way where you're actually listening to it with intent. In conclusion, this suck and is really annoying, I really don't need any more of this generic electronic garbage.

There are some albums that I have to read the whole Wikipedia page to understand why it was included on this list. And sometimes even that doesn't help or make me feel any better about my time wasted. This album is one of those times.

I gave it a one because it refers to my birth place but besides that I’m not a fan

Yea...this wasn't a great listen for me. The songs were overall pretty boring and went on for longer than I should. I thought Dirge and Lever Street were okay but besides that I didn't like any of the other songs. Overall I'd give this a 1.5

Background music. Non sense music.

oooo nnnoooo ugh

1.5 stars I had never heard of this. Then I looked at the Wikipedia and the top thing about the album was that they were included in the 1001 album list… never a good sign. The band name alone is worth 1 star. But this album does not have an identity, it is random, formless, feels like a B sides record for a bad that isn’t even that good to begin with. There are hints of decent moments, but all in all it’s forgettable. I found myself wanting to skip it and as a rule I haven’t done that yet with this experiment.

Death in Halifax (UK) for me. 1/5 28/12/25

This album was all over the place man, I’m still not sure what genre this is. It started off as video game loading music then somehow morphed into the music you’d hear in the ending montage of an early 2000’s teen drama. Very odd listen but I’m assuming since the name of the album has sessions in it that they just put out random recordings??? I’m confused.

Whatever.

1.5 - DNF

No es mi estilo

1.5

After one song it felt like it might have a bit more juice than some of the other albums the author did 90s drugs to, but that turned out to be wishful thinking.

I've listened to The Killers who are from Las Vegas, "Oooh Las Vegas", "Las Vegas Basement", and "Leaving Las Vegas". This Las Vegas piece is utter garbage. Favorite Track: "Soul Auctioneer".

"Dirge" is good.

This is 1000% not my thing. Moody boring electronic music just doesn't do anything sorry. Doesn't help that the few times there are vocals it sounds like Bob Dylan, without the writing or the charm to make Dylan work. 2/10

has that The Prodigy vibe, but different from my liking

Boo

Music that would be in John Wick. Could not get into it though. Was just waiting for it to be over. Definitely did not listen to the multiple versions of the same songs. 1.75/5

what a shit inclusion to the list

This is the two hundred eighth album I’m rating. After a long break I’ve come back to what I’m assuming is ass. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Dirge, Soul Auctioneer, Death Threat, Flying, Aisha, Lever Street, Aladdin’s Story, Broken Little Sister, and Neptune City. All in all I liked 0/9 songs. Not a great album whatsoever.

Less fun. Less lovin'. Still criminal. Very criminal to be on this list

A big no, not for me. But certainly atmospheric, so might play when I need that sort of moody atmosphere?

Total snoozefest, I literally have nothing else I can say about it.

By all accounts I should love this. Electronics, shoegaze, rhythmic noise, iggy pop. But the reality is this is nowhere near as cool as it thinks it is. Dirge opens with a rhythm box and guitar chords that slowly crescendos into a noisy jam. Soul Auctioneer is trip hop a decade too late. Death Threat has some very lame synths that might have been impressive in the 70s but by 1999 the Richard D James album had been out for five years, Autechre had descended down the DSP wormhole and Esplendor Geometrico had been doing dark, industrial rhythms for literally a decade. The second half is just some ponderous sixties organ shit and grunge? Not noteworthy at all. Everything that's wrong with post-rock, not a hint of self-awareness. We need to clamp down on this shit hard.

Not my jam

I genuinely thought I was listening to this for an hour, only to look down and see I was on track 3. It's a whole album of a guy making random sounds with the same 4/4 kick-hat-snare-hat pattern for the whole album.

If you like boringly repetitive beats from a band that all got Casio keyboards when they were 10, then this is the album from you.

Forgettable. 1.5

Sounds. Not pleasing. Not art. Not music.

Just so very unnecessary… 2/10

A century and a half of recorded sound and this is on a list of 1001 significant albums?