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Rating: LEMON JELLY: musicians of electronic music, but more precisely samplers (fragments of songs), ingenious creators of unreal soundscapes, comic-like, engaging, psychedelic, vibrant, and suggestive atmospheres. They captivated the wider public with a masterpiece album in 2002, "Lost Horizons," a brilliant collection of light, imaginative, I'd say experimental tracks, a perfect fusion of various styles, expertly crafted to transport the listener to lost horizons. A work of art!
"64-95" is an album with fewer artistic pretensions than "Lost Horizons," let's say it's more of an exercise in style.
Don't be fooled by the title, the period "64-95" does not refer to the artistic lifespan of the duo! They're not that old! These dates refer to the musical period from which the duo has drawn samples to create their sound elaborations. 30 years of records, 10 chosen samples! That is, one sample per track! Indeed, every track on this album is a rhythm borrowed from some obscure song of the past, stretched and elaborated with the duo's typical sound recipe. As I repeat... it's an exercise in style and nothing more, but the fact remains that these 10 elaborations are technically impeccable and remarkably engaging. So don't expect another "Lost Horizons" but just let yourself be carried away by soft psychedelic and lively melodies.
Lemon Jelly proposes 10 different styles, one for each track, from metal to light psychedelia, to blues, with nods to big beat and chillout. Unusual music; you don't know if you should dance or sit and listen, let's say we are halfway between ambient and big beat music, for example: much less noisy than the Chemical Brothers, but noisier than Moby! A perfect middle ground.
The peculiarities of this album are numerous, starting with the song titles, which all date back to the period from which the sampled sample originates, for example, "88 aka", "95 aka" etc., but above all regarding the visual aspect. The duo does not merely produce a musical album but create a perfect union between sound and image, starting with the splendid colorful cover with psychedelic and comic-like images, up to the packaging of the limited edition with the accompanying DVD, in which each song is accompanied by exceptional animated drawings rich in visual oddities and various psychedelics.
The final result is excellent! Of course... nothing compared to the previous masterpiece but... a good product to entertain every kind of eardrum on the planet.
The only detractors of Lemon Jelly are people who have lost their imagination and the desire to let go. "64-95" is exactly that, an album that stimulates the imagination.
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