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The CD includes 3 groovy techno Time Warp mixes and a bonus track: "Angel
in Me" from Richard's 'apartment jazz' CD, Absolute O'Brien.
The TW2K tracks sound very techno/trance dancey. The main track starts with
the classic Richard spoken delivery, though in addition to lots of electronic
sounds and electronic voice distortion, there is also some of the new smoother
voice featured on Absolute O'Brien (and a couple of styles in between, including
what I imagine he would sound like as a Dalek). He sounds fabulous: his voice
goes from sexy to techno to smooth to alien to raunchy...it's a real treat.
The Columbia verse is spoken/sung by a woman (uncredited), who also does backing
on the chorus. This highlights a lot of
the different things Richard can do with his voice, while maintaining a thematic
unity.
The second track starts out instrumental, then Richard speaks the intro with
a slight echo, making him sound like a much sexier Marvin the Paranoid Android.
I'm less fond of the third remix, as the instrumentals are overlong. But then
Richard starts to sing again, and everything's all right. Either of the first
two mixes would make fine walk-in music at the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As for Angel...it's not the Richard most of us know, but it's hard to argue
with the lush instrumentals and listening to Richard croon a love ballad with
his trademark intricate lyrics. It's a good introduction to Absolute O'Brien,
letting you ease into it more than one of the Mephistopheles Smith songs would.
Angel grows on you; it sounded syrupy to me at first and I've grown to like
it.

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Last Updated on 08/14/2001 9:08 PM