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Even if the Filthy Dukes got the their hip mate Samuel Dust (the singer with Late Of The Pier) to do the buisness on the single, ‘This Rhythm’, they’ve certainly not scared to get even more guests involved on the album.

This tactic is not always a good thing and you possible mixed results here, a bit like a Kill Em All club night? The influences of the likes of Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, Chemical Brothers, Tangerine Dream et al. It seems to go a bit wobbly whendo the overtly synth pop-80s thing like ‘Elevator’ being the most obvious and the Duran Durany ‘Messages’ with Tommy “Swedish hotshot” Sparks (his name seems to be poppin up everywhere at the moment).

Orlando Weeks (of The Maccabees) guests on the title track (this one is a bit of a grower), Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines) lends his talents ‘Don’t Fall Softly’ and the hilarious frYars’ Ferry/Bowie impersonation that’s ‘Poison The Ivy’.

The electroesque ‘Absolute Body Control’ (more Human League than Can) is more our thing along with ‘Tupac Robot Club Rock’ (featuring Plastic Little) that was released as a single last year and it got radio play on Kiss, Galaxy, Xfm, NME and Ministry FM and Radio 1 with Sara Cox making it ‘Single Of The Week’.

OK, a S. Cox recommendation might get you a bit worried but whatever you think of Nonsense In The Dark (personally I’d go for the kraut-ness of the instrumentals ‘Cul-de-Sac’ and ‘Twenty Six Hundred’), the Filthy Dukes’ status as in-demand remixers continues apace, with commissions from White Lies and Bloc Party; and if you’ve heard their brilliant remix of Kevin Rudolph’s ‘Let It Rock’, you’ll know why.

Reviewed: Filthy Dukes - Nonsense In The Dark (Fiction/Polydor) Cat. No. 2701832 Release date: 16th March 2009
1. This Rhythm featuring Samuel Dust (5:16)
2. Elevator featuring To My Boy (3:27)
3. What Happens Next? featuring Foreign Islands (3:45)
4. You Better Stop (3;37)
5. Messages featuring Tommy Sparks (3:16)
6. Tupac Robot Club Rock featuring Plastic Little (4:28)
7. Nonsense In The Dark featuring Orlando Weeks (6:33)
8. Cul De Sac (4:00)
9. Absolute Body Control featuring Tim Lawton (4:02)
10. Don’t Fall Softly featuring Brandon Curtis (4:19)
11. Twenty Six Hundred (4:10)
12. Poison The Ivy featuring frYars (5:08)
13. Somewhere At Sea featuring Mauro Rimmidi (4:51)

Links:
www.filthydukes.com
www.myspace.com/filthydukes
www.lateofthepier.com
www.myspace.com/lateofthepier